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How we can start to heal the pain of racial division

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Ruby Sales |

TED Salon: Verizon

• September 2018

"Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and offering new thinking on pathways to racial justice.

"Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and offering new thinking on pathways to racial justice.

This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with Verizon. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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About the speaker

Ruby Sales

Activist, scholar, educator

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Ruby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation.

About TED Salon

TED Salons welcome an intimate audience for an afternoon or evening of highly-curated TED Talks revolving around a globally relevant theme. A condensed version of a TED flagship conference, they are distinct in their brevity, opportunities for conversation, and heightened interaction between the speaker and audience.

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This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with Verizon. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TED Salons.