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What was the speaker’s thesis? What ideas do you think are important and worth holding onto from the talk?

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Does the speaker challenge you to question your beliefs or to think about something in a new way? Does the speaker challenge you to take action?

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How has your thinking changed after watching this talk? Was it the speaker’s use of logic and facts or an appeal to emotions that caused you to want to make a change in your actions, thoughts, or behavior?

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What connections do you draw between the message in this TED talk and your own life? How is this talk connected to the quote from the warm-up?

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When Stevenson gives the statistics on how many young, African American men are incarcerated or serve jail time, it really opens my eyes to the disparity in the criminal justice system.

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The idea of a criminal record disenfranchising someone(taking away their right to vote) is very upsetting to me, especially when paired with the staggering statistics on race and incarceration.

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the history between conflict and history

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I feel like when he talking about poverty and wealth he is talking about more of your mindset then he is talking about money.

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Mr. McCord An innocent poor person is treated worse than a guilty wealthy person.

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Mr. McCord An innocent poor person is treated worse than a guilty wealthy person.

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1 in 3 young men of color are in prison, incarcerated, or on parole in the US. In Baltimore that number is 60%

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reduce the prison population

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Domenica B. - Arich person is treated way better then a poor person simply for the reason that they're rich.

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Domenica B. - Arich person is treated way better then a poor person simply for the reason that they're rich.

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Mr. McCord The increase in incarceration is staggering and brings into question the War on Crime's success/failure.

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Mr. McCord The increase in incarceration is staggering and brings into question the War on Crime's success/failure.

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His statement quoted by Domenica and Mr. McCord above makes me think of the part of the quote that says "The opposite of poverty is justice"

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I don't think children should be sentenced to die in prison. That seems like a major flaw in the system.

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Mr. McCord - I am a proponent of capital punishment, but an error rate of 11% tells me that we must figure out the justice side before we consider the death penalty.  That one statistic changes my opinion.  It is better that 100 guilty go free than for 1 innocent person to be put to death.

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Mr. McCord - I am a proponent of capital punishment, but an error rate of 11% tells me that we must figure out the justice side before we consider the death penalty.  That one statistic changes my opinion.  It is better that 100 guilty go free than for 1 innocent person to be put to death.

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The fact that kids can be sent to jail just makes me... Uncomftrable.
It just isn't a good idea.
At all.

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He is drawing a comparison between the treatment of Jews under the Nazis and the treatment of blacks during slavery and Jim Crow, specifically the poor treatment of people based solely upon their race/ethnicity.

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"And yet, in this country, in the states of the Old South, we execute people -- where you're 11 times more likely to get the death penalty if the victim is white than if the victim is Black, 22 times more likely to get it if the defendant is Black and the victim is white -- in the very states where there are, buried in the ground, the bodies of people who were lynched. And yet, there is this disconnect."

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The idea that it is important to allow yourself to be in hopeless situations and bear witness to those hopeless and dark things is something I had never considered

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It is noteworthy that he still recalls the content of a conversation with his grandmother from when he was young because she told him that he was special and could do or be anything.  He even remembered and applied the other two things that she told him - do the right thing even when it is hard and don't touch alcohol. A single moment of encouragement shaped his whole life. She gave him no promises of an easy life, just hope and a couple of tools.

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During The Early 19th Century White People Were Being Racist To Blacks Because Of Their Color, Many Areas Had Signs With Confederate Flags Which Means White People Only. In Alabama, White People Got To Sit Up Front Of The Bus And Blacks Had To Sit In The Back, When Rosa Parks Refused To Sit In The Back, She Was Arrested By A White Police Officer For Not Moving To The Back Of The Bus.

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The challenges r that you need to have hope when you think thier in no hope

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In My Words, People Say Whoever Commit Crimes Deserves To Die After Being Given A Death Sentence To Death Row For Murder, Assaulting, Kidnapping And Even Explosive Devices

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More Men Go To Jail And/Or Prison For The Crimes They Committed

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Dark Things Are Creepy And Scary Too

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A rich person is treated better then a poor person and if your black then it is even worst especially  if you are a male