202 Author Heather McGhee

Heather McGhee and I discuss adapting her monumental novel THE SUM OF US: HOW RACISM HURTS EVERYONE for younger readers (available February 21st). We talk about how everything we believe comes from a story we’re told, how she’s been able to find open-minded readers in a world of book banners, how she hopes young people will join with other people in their community who are different from them and take action to bring about meaningful change, how she once felt a ghost, and so much more.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE for more great content:)  Buy THE SUM OF US (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS): HOW RACISM HURTS EVERYONE  by Heather McGhee: https://amzn.to/40FbAUU  Download BANNEKER BONES AND THE GIANT ROBOT BEES for free: https://amzn.to/2XyTyG2   Heather McGhee designs and advances policy solutions to inequality. The former president of the think tank Demos, McGhee drafted legislation, testified before Congress, and became a regular contributor on news shows including NBC’s Meet the Press. Now the chair of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization, McGhee holds a BA in American Studies from Yale University and a JD from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her twenty year-old cat and their chatty toddler.   http://www.middlegradeninja.com/   https://heathermcghee.com/   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support