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Reader recommendation: Combined Destinies

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The premise of Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief About Racism, edited by Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell, is explained by Jealous, mother of NAACP president Benjamin Todd: 鈥渞acism has made us all its victims.鈥 Jealous and Haskell write: 鈥淯nless we all do whatever we can to eradicate it, racism will continue to undermine human decency and goodwill.鈥 The 197-page book has over 50 contributors, including an Episcopal priest, a social worker, and a teacher. This is a deeply moving book.

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