In a breathtaking, jazz-inflected spoken-word performance, TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph shares a Black father's tender and wrenching internal reflection on the pride and terror of seeing his son enter adulthood.
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good for you?
Nice, 5th.
Wow
Great presentation, when will we ever learn. Listen closely because this is real news not fake news. Oh yeah I am a white man learning to love all mankind
Such eloquence
Great
This was beautiful
Seems like I missed a memo. TED has political poetry now?
Yeah that’s what I got out of it also.
As a black man I have to say what the bloodclot is this? But unfortunately I have to agree. Smh
1) More whites are killed by police then blacks and that is also if adjusted for violent crime rates.
2) It’s been proven that police do not regard a person’s race when they pull the trigger.
Let us all get along
Bravo!
That’s not a Black/White thing, All good Parents worry about OUR children. Stop separating us and them!
If you were that concerned by police violence why would you park in an illegal area?
Had the same experience, but I’m not black. You are only feeding it by making it about skin color. Try not parking in a bus zone for starters.