If we could fix racism just by having Black people tell us how bad it was, we would have fixed it by now. As a White American, I felt like I needed to take some responsibility for myself and understand how things were working on my end. Read on San Diego Voice & Viewpoint By Harmeet … Read more
On this episode of Stateside, of Michigan Public (an NPR affiliate) we covered the $138.7 million settlement over the FBI’s failure to adequately investigate assault allegations against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016. Then, we spoke to the author of a book that investigates the economic experiences of five working class families about how she found … Read more
By Micah Walker, Bridge Detroit In 2016, Tracie McMillan wrote an essay for The New York Times reacting to the news that Donald Trump would become the next president of the United States. Titled, “White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart,” the piece referenced the journalist’s stint working undercover at a rural Michigan location of the … Read more
Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry Often when white people consider racism, we look almost exclusively at what it costs people of color. We rarely consider the other side–what that racism gives us in unearned benefits, and how that benefit hurts us as a culture. In her new book The White Bonus: Five Families and the … Read more
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The advantages she’s gotten over her life from being White, she estimates, amount to $371,934.30. To calculate that number, McMillan tallied those benefits and divided them into two categories: A family bonus, which includes money her … Read more
Factually! with Adam Conover When we talk about racism in America, we tend to focus on the harm inflicted upon people of color, while rarely focusing on the ways that white people indirectly benefit from a racist culture. Author Tracie McMillan explores this concept of The White Bonus in her latest book, exploring the tangible … Read more
Author and journalist, Tracie McMillan joins Emily to discuss her new book, The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America. Raised in rural Michigan, Detroit- and Brooklyn-based writer Tracie McMillan has written for publications including the New York Times; Washington Post; Los Angeles Times; Mother Jones; Harper’s Magazine; Slate; and … Read more
By Catherine Hollis Acclaimed journalist Tracie McMillan’s muckraking, experiential methods have earned her prizes, acclaim and the special animosity of Rush Limbaugh, a sure sign of the power of her investigative work. With The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America (Holt, $32.99, 9781250619426), McMillan offers a powerful and necessary … Read more
From the review: “A penetrating look at the material advantages of racial privilege….[and] a well-researched, disquieting examination of inequality.”
From the review, by Jenny Hamilton: McMillan’s (The American Way of Eating, 2012) family, like many white families, long told a tale of their own history that relied heavily on thrift, good sense, and self-determination. Race did not feature. In The White Bonus, McMillan uncovers the myriad ways in which she and her family benefited … Read more
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