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We need to address the real roots of racial violence

Name: We need to address the real roots of racial violence
Uploaded: 2020-06-03T21:35:57Z
Duration: 19 min 38 s
Description: "Why does the killing of unarmed blacks continue to happen?" asks political scientist Megan Ming Francis. She makes an urgent case for a new approach to these tragic deaths, explaining that we need to look at the deeper causes of systemic racism rather than settle for easy fixes.

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Megan Ming Francis |

TEDxRainier

• November 2015

"Why does the killing of unarmed blacks continue to happen?" asks political scientist Megan Ming Francis. She makes an urgent case for a new approach to these tragic deaths, explaining that we need to look at the deeper causes of systemic racism rather than settle for easy fixes.

global issues
social change
race
violence
equality

We need to address the real roots of racial violence

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