Prologue: Writing in a time of crisis -- Bridging divides: from racism to empathy in the 21st century -- Getting to radical empathy -- My family's story: the isolation of internalized oppression -- Racism and health disparities -- Finding empathy in the academy -- Love and marriage -- Radical empathy in leadership: creating change -- Creating change at the national level: restorative justice and working off the past -- Revisiting the path to radical empathy -- Epilogue: The long road ahead.
Summary:
In the US, political developments in the 21st century have shown that deep racial divides remain. The persistence of inequality indicates the stubborn resilience of the institutions that maintain white supremacy. Givens calls for 'radical empathy' : moving beyond an understanding of others' lives and pain to understand the origins of our biases, including internalized oppression. She offers practical steps to call out racism and bring about radical social change.
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