How love can help repair social inequality | Chloé Valdary

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What does Kendrick Lamar have in common with Disney's "Moana"? They recognize our common humanity and show us how to love ourselves and one another, says writer and educator Chloé Valdary. She shares how she uses pop culture to help people develop resilience and advance social change — and explains why cultivating love is the key to connection, healing and moving forward together. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim, was recorded June 30, 2020.)

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27 Comments on How love can help repair social inequality | Chloé Valdary

  1. Said this as a reply, but its needs to be known.

    I missed TED with the science and technological innovations that were more inspirational than this bull.

    • You’re right, this stuff is BS. All of this “Intersectionality” crap is not scientifically proven. This was one person’s opinion that was built off another person’s opinion. You can point to a cloud and declare you see a shark and have several people agree. The Grievance studies and critical theorists denounce the scientific method… Lol… And no wonder… This drivel wouldn’t make it out of the college. We need to defund those quacks instead of the police

    • @Leigh Anne YES! Drivel lol I love that word lately. The left are going down in history as the worst political movement in history.

  2. you cant just give people undivided, undeserved love, especially to those who you CANT EVEN HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH. the financial value of degrees have skyrocketed, while the _true_ value of the degree itself has PLUMMETED. imagine writing your thesis what this woman is going on about??? sounds more like a, at best, a great high school essay paper

  3. when the higher ups successfully takes kids, indoctrinate them, and make them idolize “pop culture” figures, over true academics. disgusting. glad no one takes this serious.

  4. “Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” – Matthew‬ ‭7:3-5‬

  5. I have a huge problem with using the big business celebrity culture class to learn how to love myself. While I have my favorites I don’t need nor want the celebrity industrial complex telling me how to love myself. It’s toxic and does nothing for me. Maybe this part can work for everyone else certainly not me.

  6. “I got power, poison, pain and joy in my DNA”, well he will certainly have the second on the list when Chris Anderson’s pal Bill causes the FDA to fold under pressure and everyone is mandated to get RNA injected into their arm.

    • Real science and meaningful stuff doesn’t attract public, while pseudo sociological and “racism bad/sexism bad” does

  7. It’s easy. True love doesn’t lie. Once everyone starts speaking the truth the antagonistic social inequality narrative will just magically vanish.

  8. With 7.5 billion individual humans, stereotyping is a must. We simply cannot know everyone we run across and must make judgements based on what little info we have. Love requires a deeper understanding of the other which must limit our ability to do this. In a world where there are bad actors, if you just assume you love, assume you trust, you’ll most likely be victimized.

  9. Why are a certain group of “people” always manipulated into thinking that love combats hate? …..Are we actually still on that?

    And if anyone disagrees, they’re the villain, right?

    Lol, figures

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