A revolutionary, evidence-based guide for developing resilience and
grit to confront our whitewashed history and build a better future--in
the vein of Think Again and Do Better.
The racial fault lines of our country have been revealed in stark detail
as our national news cycle is flooded with stories about the past. If
you are just now learning about the massacre in Tulsa, the killing of
Native American children in compulsory "residential schools" designed to
destroy their culture, and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, you
are not alone. The seeds of today's inequalities were sown in past
events like these. The time to unlearn the whitewashed history we
believed was true is now.
If we close our eyes to our history, we cannot make the systemic changes
needed to mend our country. Today's challenges began centuries ago and
have deepened and widened over time. To take the path to a more just
future, we must not ignore the damage but see it through others' eyes,
bear witness to it, and uncover its origins. As historians share these
truths, we will need psychologists to help us navigate the shame, guilt,
disbelief, and resistance many of us feel.
Dolly Chugh, award-winning professor of social psychology and author of
the acclaimed The Person You Mean to Be, gives us the psychological
tools we need to grapple with the truth of our country. Through
heartrending personal histories and practical advice, Chugh invites us
to dismantle the systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more
just future.
