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Adult Forum—October 22 at St. John!
The Social Justice Ministry is excited to invite you to an Adult Forum on October 22nd at 10:45am in Heritage Hall following service with our very own member Jeff Fuhrer for a discussion of his newly released book ‘The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It).’ Learn more about the book here:
How our false narratives about post-racism and meritocracy have been used to condone egregious economic outcomes—and what we can do to fix the system.
The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narratives—of a supposedly post-racist nation, of the self-made man, of the primacy of profit- and shareholder value-maximizing for businesses, and of minimal government interference—have been used to excuse gross inequities and to shape and sustain the US economic system that delivers them. Jeff Fuhrer argues that systemic racism continues to produce vastly disparate outcomes and that our brand of capitalism favors doing little to reduce disparities. Evidence from other developed capitalist economies shows it doesn't have to be that way. We broke this (mean-spirited) economy. We can fix it.
Jeff’s book is available to order from a variety of outlets and has also been ordered by many local libraries.
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