Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DDE7NV1Nw&t=639s
Speaker: James A. White Sr.
Title: 50 years of racism -- why silence isn’t the answer
When watching James A. White Sr. Ted-Talk “50 years of racism -- why silence isn’t the answer” I realized that what he was saying is not only true but it is still happening to some people today. Now it might not be directly towards black folks but it can happen to anyone from women to men to Hispanics to Asians. This is also part of the reason why I specifically chose this Ted-talk, racism has always been something that fascinates me because no matter the time racism will never end, even today. Now, do I think that his appearance, age or gender did an impact in his message? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it’s “natural” for humans to judge someone even if they did not say it, …show more content…
White, who thinks we as a country should be more open and discuss topics such as racism. As I previously stated the speaker and I can surely connect as we are both minorities in this country. I connect because of both his personality and his talk, his personality because he is a minority who later became well-educated and had his kids become educated trying to become productive members of society, also by his talk because as you know racism is a real-life problem we have going on, and it has now even impacted our politics, Mr. White talks about how we must come together to “eradicate racism, by any means necessary” and how he wants to “appeal to Americans, to their humanity, their dignity, and civil pride and ownership, to be able to NOT react to heinous crimes in an a aversive manner but instead, to elevate your level of societal knowledge, awareness and consciousness, to then collectively come together, all of us, to make sure that we speak out against and challenge any kinds of insanity that makes it okay to kill unarmed people regardless of their race, ethnicity, and diversity”. The question
Speaker: James A. White Sr.
Title: 50 years of racism -- why silence isn’t the answer
When watching James A. White Sr. Ted-Talk “50 years of racism -- why silence isn’t the answer” I realized that what he was saying is not only true but it is still happening to some people today. Now it might not be directly towards black folks but it can happen to anyone from women to men to Hispanics to Asians. This is also part of the reason why I specifically chose this Ted-talk, racism has always been something that fascinates me because no matter the time racism will never end, even today. Now, do I think that his appearance, age or gender did an impact in his message? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it’s “natural” for humans to judge someone even if they did not say it, …show more content…
White, who thinks we as a country should be more open and discuss topics such as racism. As I previously stated the speaker and I can surely connect as we are both minorities in this country. I connect because of both his personality and his talk, his personality because he is a minority who later became well-educated and had his kids become educated trying to become productive members of society, also by his talk because as you know racism is a real-life problem we have going on, and it has now even impacted our politics, Mr. White talks about how we must come together to “eradicate racism, by any means necessary” and how he wants to “appeal to Americans, to their humanity, their dignity, and civil pride and ownership, to be able to NOT react to heinous crimes in an a aversive manner but instead, to elevate your level of societal knowledge, awareness and consciousness, to then collectively come together, all of us, to make sure that we speak out against and challenge any kinds of insanity that makes it okay to kill unarmed people regardless of their race, ethnicity, and diversity”. The question