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Art is a wonderful expression of emotion or ideas and can often spark a conversation. Looking back through history however, most paintings depict white people. Whenever black people are shown they are usually enslaved, or impoverished. Furthermore, I am in an art history class so I personally understand how deep the analysis's of any one painting can go, however this speaker points out (in the image below) a person can find more about the dog or the lace on the woman's dress than they can about the little black boy in the background. In the world of art, race is not even an issue prevalently discussed, something I can attest to with my own personal experience. As a solution, this speaker is pushing for the beginning of a new talking point in art history, and possibly the amendment of some artworks to depict racial minorities properly. However, if anyone listens to this talk, they will notice that the last thing he wants is these eradication of these "unfair" depictions.

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Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode How Art Changes Us.
About Titus Kaphar's TED Talk
Western art contains countless paintings and sculptures that reveal a painful history of racism. We can't erase that history, but artist Titus Kaphar has begun the long and hard work of amending it.
About Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar is a painter and a sculptor. His work explores and wrestles with our long history of slavery and racism. He often borrows from the historical canon, and then alters the work in some way. Using techniques like cutting, crumpling, shredding, erasing and more, Kaphar creates art that nods to history's untold narratives and reveal its unspoken truths.

Kaphar is the founder and CEO of the PostMasters Project, an arts incubator in New Haven, Connecticut.

Titus Kaphar. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Titus Kaphar. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Titus Kaphar. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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Titus Kaphar: How Can We Address Centuries of Racism In Art?

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subscribe to TED Radio Hour podcast Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode How Art Changes Us. About Titus Kaphar's TED Talk Western art contains countless paintings and sculptures that reveal a painful history of racism. We can't erase that history, but artist Titus Kaphar has begun the long and hard work of amending it.

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The Connection Between Health and Racism 

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The Connection Between Health and Racism 

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By this time, researchers have looked into racism and what it physically does to a person. This recent study has found that racism is literally impactful on someones health. Stress is something that is known to increase health problems, and someone who is experiencing discrimination deals with a certain amount of daily indignities (which any reasonable person can see leads to stress) that others do not have to deal with. This in turn can lead to problems such as coronary heart disease. Furthermore, minority groups face a certain amount of discrimination in the health care system which has been briefly discussed above. Studies have shown that minority groups receive a worse degree of care than majority groups; even comparing two college educated people (one white one african america) will show this startling truth. The solution to this problem is very simply and eloquently phrased in this podcast. Any person can be discriminatory towards another (even subconsciously) so everyone just needs to remember: "it could be me".

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Most people can acknowledge that discrimination has an insidious effect on the lives of minorities, even when it's unintentional. Those effects can include being passed over for jobs for which they are qualified or shut out of housing they can afford. And most people are painfully aware of the tensions between African-Americans and police.

But discrimination can also lead to a less obvious result: tangible, measurable negative effects on health. A new survey conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health asked members of different ethnic and racial groups about their experiences with discrimination. Ninety-two percent of African-American respondents said they felt discrimination against African-Americans exists in the United States today, and at least half said they have experienced it themselves at work or when interacting with police.

All of this discrimination can literally be deadly, according to Harvard professor David Williams, who has spent years studying the health effects of discrimination.

He tells NPR's Michel Martin: "Basically what we have found is that discrimination is a type of stressful life experience that has negative effects on health similar to other kinds of stressful experiences."

Interview Highlights
On the health problems caused by day-to-day discrimination
The research indicates it is not just the big experiences of discrimination, like being passed over for a job or not getting a promotion that someone felt they might have been entitled to. But the day-to-day little indignities affect health: being treated with less courtesy than others, being treated with less respect than others, receiving poorer service at restaurants or stores. Research finds that persons who score high on those kinds of experiences, if you follow them over time, you see more rapid development of coronary heart disease. Research finds that pregnant women who report high levels of discrimination give birth to babies who are lower in birth weight.
On discrimination at the doctor's office
Across virtually every medical intervention, from the most simple medical treatments to the most complicated treatments, blacks and other minorities receive poorer-quality care than whites. African-Americans who are college-educated do more poorly in terms of health than whites who are college-educated. And these racial differences in the quality and intensity of care persist for African-Americans irrespective of the quality of insurance that they have, irrespective of their education level, irrespective of their job status, irrespective of the severity of disease.
On how to start combating discrimination
Much of this discrimination that occurs in the health care context, and in other contexts of society, may not even be intentional. There is intentional discrimination, but we think the majority of the discrimination that occurs in the health care context is driven by what we call "implicit bias" or "unconscious unthinking discrimination."

If I am a normal human being, I am most likely to be prejudiced. Why? Because every society, every culture, every community has in groups and out groups. And if there are some groups that you have been taught - just subtly, as you were raised - to think of negatively, you will treat that person differently when you encounter someone from that group, without any negative intention on your part, even if you possess egalitarian beliefs. That's why you have to acknowledge that I and everyone else is a part of the human family, and these are normal human processes that occur, and the first step to addressing it is to acknowledge: "It could be me."
NPR's digital news intern Jose Olivares produced this story for digital.

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Most people can acknowledge that discrimination has an insidious effect on the lives of minorities, even when it's unintentional. Those effects can include being passed over for jobs for which they are qualified or shut out of housing they can afford. And most people are painfully aware of the tensions between African-Americans and police.

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In this ted talk, Luvvie Ajayi talks about how it is important to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. She does talk about race briefly, but she mostly speaks about how things that make a person uncomfortable are sometimes imperative, and this idea can be applied to many, many aspects of the racism debate. Recently my mom asked me how best to bridge the topic of race in an acceptable why as she was trying to do a project with the library. I think the conversation needs to happen and unfortunately, someone is going to be offended almost any way this discussion is phrased. However simply ignoring the issue is not an option. So, I believe the discussion needs to start, and we, as a society, need to figure out the rules along the way.

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Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

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Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker.

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How can racism cause such a controversial debate? 

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How can racism cause such a controversial debate? 

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In this article I believe the most impactful line is actually a quote they use, "racism is mans gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason,". In complete honesty, in this debate of reason after reason why racism is "bad", this quote perfectly sums up the argument. If you were even to just think about it, people hate other people because of a pigmentation difference. Imagine if someone instantly hated someone else because they were wearing a yellow shirt. That makes absolutely no sense so how can racism? However, throughout history there has been oppression of mass groups of people across the globe; Slavery is a famous example in our country as well as numerous others, the Holocaust in Germany, and Apartheid in Africa.

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"whitest state" still needs to confront racism 

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"whitest state" still needs to confront racism 

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This state we live in is a calm, relatively safe (in comparison with other states), and very monochromatic. As a result, "Mainers" sometimes have problems understanding why it is necessary for them to confront this societal problem; they never have to deal with it so why is it an issue here? A persons beliefs or views of them selves can remain constant until they are actual forced to prove them and remain true. This is why people- no matter what state they call home- need to be clear on the issue and cemented in what they believe. You might not think you are racist.... until you have to deal the issue first hand, which is why it is better to know what you unquestioningly think before hand. Furthermore, even though people of Maine are fortunate enough to not have to deal with this issue every day, for the problem to go away, everyone must be educated. Not just people who deal with this everyday.

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Most People Believe they are Discriminated against 

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Most People Believe they are Discriminated against 

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It is very rare that a person will go through their life without facing some sort of major obstacle, however some groups of people face discrimination (something everyone can agree is a major obstacle) almost daily. This is a problem and it still exists. While many groups are discriminated against, it depends on the location, culture, and situation among. However, as an overall, certain groups stand out. For example, 33% of African Americans have been discriminated against when they went to see a doctor. This is something that, in our day and age, should not be happening. Everyone has the same right to medical care, so why shouldn't everyone be treated with the same respect when they receive this care. Throughout these videos, talks, and articles, it can be very clearly seen that black people are their own group and as such they are different but equal similarly to how someone would view people of another country; they may have different cultural practices, but that is not a bad thing.

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Majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people's daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The poll asked a wide range of questions about where Americans experience discrimination - from the workplace to the doctor's office - and people's perception of it. The groups polled include whites, blacks, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and LGBTQ adults.

White Americans are among those who feel their group is discriminated against, with 55 percent saying discrimination exists against whites in the U.S. today.

These results are part of a large national statistically representative survey of 3,453 adults from Jan. 26 to Apr. 9.

We will be releasing the full results of the poll over the next several weeks, starting Tuesday with results from the survey of African-Americans. We will highlight and analyze the particular acts of discrimination that each group experiences.

The African-American results, in 802 adults, provide insight into the historically high levels of discrimination blacks have faced since arriving in America. These experiences happen across a broad range of situations: interacting with police; applying for jobs or seeking promotions; trying to rent an apartment or buy a home; or going to a doctor or health clinic.

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The findings on African-Americans have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

The perceptions of discrimination are not primarily based in actions by institutions, as some might expect. "Most African-Americans believe that discrimination is due to the attitudes of individuals that they interact with," says Robert Blendon, the poll's director and professor of policy and political analysis at the Harvard Chan School. "A smaller share believes it's actually government or institutional policies."

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Fear of discrimination, possibly triggered by past encounters, plays out in different ways. We found that this fear significantly influences people's decisions whether to seek medical care, to call the police when in need, and even whether to drive or attend social events. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of African-Americans polled said they have personally experienced racial discrimination when going to the doctor or a health clinic, with 22 percent avoiding care out of fear of discrimination.

"If someone is avoiding seeking medical care out of fear of discrimination, they're at risk of going undiagnosed for serious conditions," says Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "We know that repeated stress from discrimination and racism can actually make some of those conditions more likely in the first place and shorten lives."

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And repeated stress comes from many kinds of discrimination and the fear it engenders. Numerous studies have shown that African-Americans are more likely to be stopped by police compared with other racial groups. In the poll, 60 percent of people told us that they or a family member have been unfairly stopped or mistreated by police because they are black.

That has consequences for them personally and across society - 31 percent of poll respondents say fear of discrimination has led them to avoid calling the police when in need. And 61 percent say police are more likely to use force on a person who is African-American than on a white person in the same situation.

Where people live can make a big difference, too. Our survey found that 64 percent of blacks live in non-majority-black areas. For these people, perceptions of local discrimination, opportunity, police and government and community environment were generally better when compared with majority-black areas, sometimes by wide margins.

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Our poll found substantial numbers of African-Americans who say they have been slurred or have been the target of insensitive or offensive comments or negative assumptions. A story later in our series will explore the split by income and gender in the chart below.

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Persistently higher premature death rates in blacks compared with whites was one of the issues that inspired this poll and series. The most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that gap at 16 percent, even though it has narrowed since 1999, when death rates for blacks from all causes were 33 percent higher than whites.

Many factors play into the gap, including a considerable drop in crime rates involving African-Americans over that period and improved access to medical care for many people. What we're trying to explore with our "You, Me and Them" series and poll is how the stress-inducing experiences of discrimination in everyday life affect health.

"Over 200 black people die prematurely every single day in America, in part because of racism in society," says David Williams, a professor of public health at the Harvard Chan School who has pioneered work in the field of racial disparities in health care. "This poll helps us see where we need to take action to address the problem."

The poll was conducted in the first quarter of 2017. A final report discussing major highlights from the series will be released in December.

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Poll: Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination

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Majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people's daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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All words have context and all words are within certain relationships. Therefore it makes sense that black people should be able to use this word because there is a relationship that exists there that does not exist with white people. These are basic societal rules if you think about it. No one would call their teacher "sweetheart" because that is not the relationship that exists between these two people. At the same time a case can be made that it is not appropriate to tell someone they can not use this word if you are not part of this relationship. If you apply this to a normal (aka uncontroversial) situation; a person would never tell one of two people dating, "hey, you can't call your partner baby. That's rude to them." A bystander is not part of the relationship so it is not appropriate for them to A) start calling the person baby, or B) tell one of the people people they can not call their partner baby. It is simple common sense.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates just explained why white people shouldn't use the n-word in the perfect way

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There are many points within the race debate encompassing everything from treatment of different races and racial slurs. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the n-word is frequently used because of the time period, however people still use it today. A common idea is that it is only okay for a black person to use this particular word, because of the connotation of ignorance that comes along with it. Furthermore, this word can only be acceptably used in certain places and around a certain type of people, so one might say it is not worth the trouble of using it at all. In order to make this not a problem anymore, the simplest course of action would be to abandon it altogether. It symbolizes something incredibly negative so how on earth can it be "appropriated" into something even remotely positive.

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The n-word: An interactive project exploring a singular word

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After the National Football League made the controversial decision to ban the n-word on the field this year, a team of Washington Post journalists explored the history of the word, its evolution and its place in American vernacular today.

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The relationship that exists between Huck and Jim is perfect evidence that black people are human too, which is something contested during the time of this book. The author of this article makes this clear by examining every part of the connection. She also indirectly talks about why this book should still be allowed to be read in schools. I completely agree with what she is saying. In the case of the n-word, it must be talked about so it does not happen again. She herself acknowledges that, at a certain age, children are already beginning to call each other names, so it is completely appropriately to at least bring up an example of something, in real life, that went too far. Maybe if the issue is discussed in school, the debate in adult life (which can be seen in all of these articles, videos, podcasts, everything), will be understood more and hopefully some of the tension will be alleviated.

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A Tale of two Americas, and the Mini-mart where the meet 

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A Tale of two Americas, and the Mini-mart where the meet 

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America was once a great nation where immigrants came to get a second chance at life. While it is still that place, it has now evolved into a country that refuses second or sometimes even first chances to its native people. This once great country is splitting into a "republic of dreams and a republic of fears" creating a divide which grows bigger by the day. It is horrible to think that someone born into a bad community or family is stuck there for the rest of what will be a hopeless life. This talk had a lesson to take away; do not forget that while this is a place of dreams on the billboards, we must work hard as a people to maintain that status in real life.

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Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided

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Ten days after 9/11, a shocking attack at a Texas mini-mart shattered the lives of two men: the victim and the attacker. In this stunning talk, Anand Giridharadas, author of "The True American," tells the story of what happened next. It's a parable about the two paths an American life can take, and a powerful call for reconciliation.