Rich White Men : What It Takes To Uproot The Old Boys Club And Transform America

Description: With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Robin Di Angelo this provocative book investigates major corporate boardrooms and presents a data - driven analysis of how rich white men have preserved their monopoly on power and what we can do to stop them. It's no secret that our country has a serious problem when it comes to wealth inequality and systemic racism and patriarchy have only exacerbated the advantages of wealthy white men. Over the past three decades America's richest white men have only become richer while those suffering in poverty have only gotten poorer. The divide may seem too great to bridge but Rich White Men exposes the hidden and insidious ways that white male elites inherit increase and preserve their status and in this book we get clear on how to uproot their monopoly on power. Serial nonprofit entrepreneur Garrett Neiman's day job is to get rich white men to donate money to good causes and organizations. In Rich White Men Neiman brings us into corner offices of billionaires and the boardrooms of Goldman Sachs Mc Kinsey Stanford Harvard and other enclaves of silver - spooned white men to illuminate the role of rich white men in the world and how they justify inequality. He uses the analogy of compound interest to illustrate how the advantages wealthy white men inherit give them a leg up at key moments in their lives gilding their trajectories and shutting others out. Through this rare insider access readers will discover new ways to persuade the elite toward progressive solutions. A hopeful polemic the book sheds light on dark truths about inequality and the people invested in preserving it while also providing a blueprint for how America can become an equitable democracy. Rich White Men reveals that to realize America's founding aspiration of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness we must recognize dismantle and transform our current system into one that liberates us all including this nation's morally and spiritually impoverished wealthy white men.
Title: Rich White Men : What It Takes To Uproot The Old Boys Club And Transform America
Barcode: 9780306925566
Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/20/2023