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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies.

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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies.

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Daryl Davis, a professional musician, discovers though his unlikely friendship with a Klansman, that hate is bred by ignorance. After engaging in discussion and coming to a mutual understanding, Davis is able to convince him to rescind his allegiance to the KKK. The message in this TED Talk is to show people that in the modern world, anyone of any background or experience is able to positively effect the world. Through productive discussion, and willingness to listen, understanding can occur, change can be made and ignorance and hatred can be eliminated.

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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville

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Chimamanda Adichie warns of "the danger of a single story" or the danger of garnering stereotypes of a certain group of people based on literature. Without knowing people or groups, we create a "single story" about them, or stereotype them and develop an image of what all people in that group are like. When we have a "balance of stories," we are able to gain many perspectives on different people and becomes less ignorant about the world around us. Less ignorance and more understanding leads to a less hateful society.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story | TED

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It is important that white people acknowledge the privilege they have and don't allow it to convert into racist actions and attitudes. It is necessary to recognize that white is treated as the "default" or "normal" race in America. Subconscious discriminatory attitudes have been passed down from other generations, if these biases and prejudices go unnoticed, they turn to racism. Ignorance and refusal to recognize privileges can lead to hate. White privilege is embedded in society, inherited by generations past. It is important that it is at least recognized.

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Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself.

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After NBC's Megyn Kelly seemingly accepted the usage of "blackface," CBS reflects on the history of the practice. The practice was used to mock and assert superiority over blacks. It cast offensive stereotypes over the whole race. Even some black performers were involved in the demeaning practice, as they were expected to do so to make white audiences comfortable. Today some question why attempting to appear black is offensive. This question is due to ignorance of the history of the practice. People who don't understand how blackface was used to demean are blinded to the racism of the practice. Turning a blind eye to the history allows these racist practices to occur.

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Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form

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This slam poem speaks powerfully of the silencing and discrimination that is unique to black women in this country. Sha'Condria Shibley refers to her poem as her baby and refers to how black women are often to afraid to speak up and be themselves for fear of being misinterpreted or silenced by white society. The world too often exhibits prejudices based off of one's looks. Shibley compares this to light travelling faster than sound; the world has made up its mind on her before she has even spoken. Far too often does our society exhibit bias towards someone before we even can come to know them as a person. These prejudices keep racism alive today. Black voices are being shut out by white society, just as Janie's voice had been muted in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

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Women of the World Poetry Slam 2016 - iCon "Black Woman Steps Up to Mic"

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Gendered racism is the way sexism and racism affects minority women. Stereotypes and attitudes about race and gender ingrained in our society impact minority women hurts their abilities to access education, and higher paying jobs, sometimes disallowing them to escape poverty. Black women in the United States have always dealt with both racism and sexism. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston effectively highlights the way Janie was treated as a black woman in the Jim Crow south. Her opinion was at many time silenced and a main goal of hers was to find her voice and freedom that she was so often denied. In modern America, this remains an issue. Sha'Condria Shibley's powerful poem "Black Woman Steps Up to Mic" shows that black women still struggle with expressing their voice, 80 years after Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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The Me Too movement, designed to allow survivors of sexual assault to get support with others with similar experience and fight for a world without sexual assault. Criticism of this movement attempt to make it an issue of gender and focus on the minority of false accusations. This attempt to paint a negative image of Me Too by the media is far besides the point of its original  intentions. To work towards an America were sexual assault is not a problem people have to face. For as long as this country has existed, sexual assault has occurred far to often. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie's mother and grandmother were both raped. As this book was published 81 years ago, it shows just how long sexual assault has been prevalent in the United States. The Me Too movement is attempting to allow survivors of sexual assault an outlet to be heard and the stop sexual violence that has been with America since its founding. However the media coverage distracts from this goal.

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Tarana Burke: Me Too is a movement, not a moment

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In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the sexual violence she saw in her community. She took out a piece of paper, wrote "Me Too" across the top and laid out an action plan for a movement centered on the power of empathy between survivors.

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Gender equality is an ever changing issue. Throughout the past few centuries progress has slowly been made to grant women rights that had been exclusive to men and attempt to guarantee equality. Upon its founding, the United States only allowed property owning, white men to vote. The women's rights movement was founded in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. Since then, a lot of progress has been made. In 1920, women were granted the full right to vote in the US. The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1961. Through the 1960s the feminist movement shifted towards getting more female representation in the workplace. With the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, loopholes were closed to guarantee equal pay. Modern gender equality issues include sexual assault against women, and sexual harassment in the workplace. This issues are highlighted in the Me Too movement. The movement, described in Tarana Burke's TED Talk, highlights lingering sexism in our culture. These problems outlined in Their Eyes Were Watching God, with the history of sexual assault seen in Janie's family tree. Many strides have been made since the founding of this nation to ensure gender equality, but sexist and discriminatory attitudes still are embedded in our society.

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The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story

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The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story

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After having her throat puncture by an attack by a deer, Kate Stone story was sensationalized by the media. However, the focus was not the trauma she experienced through her attack, it was because she is a transgender woman. her privacy was destroyed by the media as she was slandered by the coverage because of her transition. She turned her anger to passion and became a journalist and editor, speaking against slanderous media coverage and approving stories for the British tabloid "The Sun." Her story is similar to Daryl Davis's who wanted to take the discrimination she encountered and make a positive impact on society. Stone's coverage is similar to that of the Me Too movement as stories commonly distract from the real information, instead creating headlines for getting more views. Stone's status as a transgender woman was exploited by the media, but rather that get angry, she focused her efforts on helping improve the world, and preventing incidents like this from ever happening again.

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Kate Stone: The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story

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After a horrific accident put her in the tabloid headlines, Kate Stone found a way to take control of her narrative -- and help prevent others from losing their privacy, too. Learn how she reclaimed her story in this personal talk infused with humor and courage.

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What the racial equality movement can learn from the global fight for women’s rights

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What the racial equality movement can learn from the global fight for women’s rights

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While the fight for gender equality is making progress internationally, the racial equality movement remains limited to certain regions. As most racial equality movements are "locally" based, such as the US's "Black Lives Matter," and Australia's "Racism, it stops with me." While the gender equality movements fight for intersectionality, racial equality groups struggle with it. Movements such as "Black Lives Matter" are more controversial, leading to more division rather than a universal fight for equality. We need to me more understanding of groups and their messages and goals. If we choose not to understand it squanders the ability to fight for equality. Rather than immediately casting a movement off, a conscious effort should be made to understand. Letting bias and ignorance take over leads to hate, which in turn creates more divisiveness.

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What the racial equality movement can learn from the global fight for women’s rights

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The success of the women’s movement shows the importance of international solidarity.