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When we define racism as behaviors instead of feelings, we can measure it — and transform it from an impossible problem into a solvable one, says justice scientist Phillip Atiba Goff. In an actionable talk, he shares his work at the Center for Policing Equity, an organization that helps police departments diagnose and track racial gaps in policing in order to eliminate them. Learn more about their data-driven approach — and how you can get involved with the work that still needs to be done. (This ambitious plan is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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untraining that will be very very hard
Very nice
Go back up and watch the damn video. It’s not sjw.
Intriguing topic, but after watching the video it turns out the title was click bait.
Solutions were offered to solve violence against homelessness & mental illness, but not racism.
These solutions are dependant on data, which makes sense, but before you can categorize brutality as racist you need a definition.. . So back to square 1.
No details were given as to how you categorize excessive enforcement?
He was saying that if we confront racism the way they confronted homelessness, as in not only training enforcers to avoid violence and providing services that make calling the cops unessary in the first place (as crimnals often resort to crime because they don’t see any other practical. options, especially if they’ve been arrested or incarcerated before)
@Jaylin Broan Perhaps you saw something on the video that I missed. “training officers to avoid violence” “provide services”
To me this sounds like:
“If you use data to solve every problem there is, then racism will be solved in the process”
To be fair, this conclusion would be less ‘click bait’ if that is what he means, however the notion that “data is the solution to all problems” seems as likely as a 12 minute TED talk contains the answer to the ancient problem is racism.
. . Or did I miss something?
There is no solution to a fake political construct. So you should have known immediately upon reading the title that this video was a lie.
@Josh Kaufman Yes you did, he’s explaining that racism seems like such an impossible problem to solve because we’re approaching it the wrong way. Like with issues about homelessness (which can also be a social problem when the community sees homeless people like they’re rats instead of people in need)
First he explains that our idea of racism is too abstract and rooted in intangible, unmeasurable things, things we cannot “fix” with a mere rule or law without violating people’s basic rights.
He then goes on to offer a more practical definition of racism, being the practice of racism (and as I saw it, the use of systems that favor certain races over others)
Then he explains that through the use of data, we can better understand and estimate where people are most impacted by racism (both internal and external) and how we can change things to make it so that racism is not a problem anymore (Changing how law enforcement tangibly approaches suspects, changing how education is delivered etc. )
How about we all stop picking at the same, damn wound!
@TehBrackShiip , at 56, all my life, I have heard “MUH RACISM”. It is not denial, I am simply sick of it. Whine all you like, I have NO respect for you at all. Want to live as a victim, boo hoo, there are the tears for your plight. Feel better now?
@Bob Frog You’re saying that we should approach the real problem of racism by not talking about because it annoys you?
That’s not a solution the problem of racism that’s a solution to the problem of your temper.
Picking the wound? The entire body is a deformed charred zombie carcass. Let these Frankfurters find the vein and receive the squid ink discharge in their faces..
@Bob Frog no one cares if it’s annoying you, dude. The world doesn’t revolve around you.
Bob Frog Nobody’s asking for “tears”, we’re explaining why things need to change and how. Just because you don’t like hearing about it doesn’t mean racism is no longer an issue that needs to be tackled are you a fucking 5 year old?
As long as Ignorance exists, so will racism.
Ignorance will likely always exists.
“Stop talking about it.” Morgan Freeman
@Yeah Heyyayya Racism is a social construct. there are only 2 types of people. Decent people and indecent people.
Yeah Heyyayya
It’s a very poor analogy
@mindlesstube none of what you just said proves we should ignore racism
@Yeah Heyyayya Victim mentality is big buisness. The whole SJW BLM fake outrage culture will be looked back upon with laughter and denial.
@Hayden H the fact you assume any complaints of racism come from a “victim mentality” pretty much says it all
Well.. since you could make it into a problem in the first place I’m sure you can come up with a solution too haha. Oh but wait.. that’s the ordinary tactics that polititians trying to rule over the population always deploy!…. lol
A bit too transparent.
get the facts right.
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First step to recovery is to admit there is a problem….and that problem with white and black goes both ways. Racism is taught to children both by a small percentage of white and blacks. The narrative is promoted for political gain.
Say we done it bois racism is no more
Easy, treat everybody with respect and forget race. As Morgan Freeman said “call me by my name, not as a black man.”
Not much money in that though? We need a good narrative to cash in on.
You’re dodging the problem, the problem is that race is a very obvious thing. You can’t ignore it because you notice someone’s race wether you intend to or not. The problem is how we as a culture approach race and how end the spiral effect of defensive racism that fuels itself.
@Jaylin Broan Martin Luther King Jr. covered this pretty good. Judge a person by character, not race.
We’re all of the human race. Once you know the difference between ‘racist and discrimination’ then you will better understand.
Wanna know something? usually the easier the answer is, the dumber it is. If your answer starts with ‘easy’ or ‘why don’t you just’ It is probably wrong. If it was as simple as you say, then it would have ended years ago
By the content of their character.
You can’t change evolution we are all inherently racist on some level
No we are not, being racist and being knowlegable of racist ideas is not the same thing
This is the dumbest excuse for being racist that I’ve ever heard
@Kylie Also the most down to earth comment on the issue. Far better than acting like the only REAL racists are the ones pointing out the racism.
FORCED dievirsity in all and only white nations?
Exactly.
Just reproduce so much that we are all the same color
By putting a Fat Soyboy in charge of the Answer?