TED Talks about social justice

TED TALKS

Just what is Critical Race Theory anyway (besides the favorite target of anti-Woke agitators)? Why is intersectionality critical to fighting oppression? How is hair political? These are just a few of the topics and questions covered in the TED Talks provided below, a list which is also a mere sample of what is available. Significantly, these talks reveal the insidious nature of racial oppression, from the obvious issue of racial violence and systemic exclusion, to biological/ medical slippages and deadly misconceptions, to seemingly personal encounters. Below are just a few illustrations on how the fight against anti-Blackness must occur across the entire social range: from large, political and systemic levels to the assumptions and privileges individuals take for granted. As the Feminist saying goes, “The Personal is Political”.

“3 myths about racism that keep the US from progress”. Candis Watts Smith. TEDxPSU (February 2020).

“A business against racism”. Villy Wang. TED@IBM (November 2016).

“Climate justice can't happen without racial justice”. David Lammy. Countdown (October 2020).

“Courage is contagious”. Damon Davis. TED (April 2017).

“The danger of a single story”. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. TEDGlobal (July 2009).

“How protest is redefining democracy around the world”. Zachariah Mamphilly. TEDGlobal (August 2017).

“How racism makes us sick”. David R. Williams. TEDMED (November 2016).

“How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing”. Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon. TED (April 2019).

“How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison”. Alice Goffman. TED (March 2015).

“The lie that invented racism”. John Biewen. TEDxCharlottesville (November 2019).

“No. You cannot touch my hair!”. Mena Fombo. TEDxBristol (November 2017).

“Racism has a cost for everyone”. Heather C. McGhee. TEDWomen. (December 2019).

“Racism thrives on silence -- speak up!”. Dexter Dias. TEDxExeter (June 2020).

“The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about Black history”. David Ikard. TEDxNashville (March 2018).

“Scenes from a Black trans life”. D-L Stewart. TEDxCSU (March 2019).

“The urgency of intersectionality”. Kimberlé Crenshaw. TEDWomen (October 2016).

“We need to address the real roots of racial violence”. Megan Ming Francis. TEDxRainier (November 2015).

“We need to talk about an injustice”. Bryan Stevenson. TED (March 2012).

“What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement”. Yoruba Richen. TED (March 2014).

“What it takes to be racially literate”. Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo. TEDWomen (November 2017).

“Why skin disease is often misdiagnosed in darker skin tones”. Jenna C. Lester. TEDMonterey (August 2021).