OIC Big Read for Fall 2021 (Nov 11)

The Oakwood Inclusion Coalition will host its first Big Read book discussion of virtually on Thursday, November 11, at 2:00 p.m.The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Copies of are available in a variety of formats (hard copy, E-copy, and audiobook) at and other local libraries.The Righteous Mind Wright Memorial Public Library

In the book, Haidt, a social psychologist and professor at NYU, examines how morality is shaped by emotion and intuition more than by reasoning, and why differing political groups have different notions of right and wrong.  

Haidt cites as one of the motivations for writing his book a fear that our political divisions are hardening into mutual incomprehension and dysfunction.  His mission aligns with the OIC’s mission to encourage people, in all their diversity, to strive toward better mutual understanding.