Allegories on race and racism | Camara Jones | TEDxEmory

[@sandybarrow9089]

I wonder if she realized at the time that this talk is so powerful that it will be assigned to students for homework! I am a graduate student now and I have had the pleasure of getting to review this video as even my professors recognize how strong her teachings are from her.

[@fati3339]

literally got this assigned

[@ayethirikyaw9262]

Yes same.

[@AnaSantos-nv1bo]

I'm watching it now for homework!

[@Junksaint]

Yep lol very insightful

[@nyasiac7998]

I'm actually in the middle of doing an assignment on this video lol

[@josephineensign4123]

Excellent use of allegories to teach about racism and health. If you ever get the opportunity to hear/see Dr. Camara Jones in person, I highly recommend it.

[@alittleredhen]

Pleased Dr. Jones speaking in Portland January 2020. Interested to learn where her ideas are now.

[@kateengler8965]

one of my most favorite ted talks. i keep coming back to watch every once in a while. I'm thankful for dr. jones for sharing this

[@anyasnyder4500]

Just incredible. Dr. Jones is a national treasure. I would have been there standing up cheering. You go, Dr. Jones!

[@ronaldenglish3970]

Dr. Camara Jones is amazing in interpreting allegories in categories for conceivable applications for action.

[@dontegoodridge9659]

The way she explained it makes so much sense! You really broke it down and made it simple while still keeping it educational and complex

[@JoyLawsonDavis]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. The allegories make this topic palatable for a wider audience. Sharing with undergraduates, graduates and others. thank you very much!!

[@davidthomas8413]

I had the great pleasure to hear Dr. Jones speak at the Grantmakers in Health Conference in Austin, TX last week. She is brilliant!!

[@agee9567]

what amazing and insightful analogies that puts things into perspective!! It always bugged me when people say that racism is a myth and everyone has equal opportunities, that simply isn't true ! You explained it so well

[@08ranaiu]

The only scenario in which I would give this video a thumbs down is due to the fact it's only 20-something minutes....I could listen to her for days! Captivating story-(allegory)telling, compelling message, and beautiful/gentle call to action. Bravo!

[@myhealthislife]

Thank you Dr Camara Jones for sharing your art and helping us to act to change whats around us.

[@JenniferStJude-g7m]

A lovely person with a wonderful presentation. I loved it and found it very helpful in illustrating such a complex topic. The stories were so well done. I appreciate the path she outlined for all of us to participate in the betterment of our society. Loved it all.

[@cynthiasilvaparker]

Powerful allegories and guidance for understanding and dealing with racism. Thanks!

[@vincentmiller4936]

Wow she is brilliant. Here allegories are descriptively intriguing, and very enticing to listen to. I must commend her on her presenting the truth in a fixable way. Now all we need to do is implement what she said. Oh that we would, turn the conveyer belt around.

[@SylviaWongLewis]

Love this use of 'allegories' about racism, privilege and other isms.Thank you!

[@destinymatthews3304]

"The gardener may go to her grave preferring red over pink...but her children will not grow up with that attitude and will know that the flowers are equally beautiful."

[@katiesears9833]

@Destiny Matthews- I found this statement profound as well. Thank you for capturing it in direct quotation.

[@JRose-ub3hd]

This is the best example of explaining racism that I have ever seen! Brilliant ☺

[@paulapenn1850]

Dear Camara, brilliant as always!! Thank you for your work!

[@oesterle6]

Really excellent. Helps a lot to get us outside of ourselves and look at the situation outside of our mostly unconscious judgments.

[@writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, TEDx Talks.

[@gigilove2750]

I want to share this with everyone I know. Outstanding perspective Dr Jones 💗

[@ginny2286]

So proud to see a Wellesley classmate making such a profound difference in the world.

[@jameelahedwards8550]

Wow, this is the best explanation of racism I've heard. Must share!

[@Inner-wellbeing]

Wonderful! Thanks to women like Dr. Jones to explain complex ideas! Very powerful.

[@barbarafranklin1575]

Excellent. What a wonderful way to present the concepts of race & racism.

[@JonaGenova]

Positively brilliant. Thank you, Dr. Jones & Emory.

[@AliveBoldTV]

This is one of the best Ted talks I have ever seen. so much content packed into 20 minutes!

[@princessrose273]

I really enjoyed watching this program. I was able to learn a lot of things about race and racism and about many other subjects that were touched upon on this broadcast. we should all learn to better ourselves in every aspect of our lives.

[@4vendetta1]

Wow, Camara's ability to explain complex issues in a simple way is amazing. I will be doing a deep dive into her work.

[@stevenabman9541]

Spectacular clarity and teaching. A wonderful way of thinking of complex problems to enhance our understanding of bias and racism.

[@laffinggal]

Thank you for these allegories which will help me and others understand racism better.

[@Antropovich]

I agree what she said, but I would add : 1) There surely is a category (or subcategory) called 'post-institutionalized'. This means that even when the laws and policies have been revoked, you still have the aftermath of those laws/policies. This can be in the form of people living in ghettos, having lower education level in your family, fewer role models, etc. 2) The inherit property of capitalism - people who have more wealth are very hard/impossible to catch up with. The families that are rich get the benefits anyway. To have equality in outcome - ie wealthy immigrants, minorities - takes generations of accumulation.

[@reginarobertkrystyn]

Antropovich You need to start that dissertation!

[@SheaBae31]

Wow, thank you for this comment.

[@drasco61084]

That's what she's talking about with the generations of oppression of the pink flowers. It's not just a matter of simply stop seeing the pink flowers as worth less, or simply one thing or another, but a multifaceted approach. You have to enrich the soil, remove the rocks, etc. So in the real life USA for example it might be housing assistance for people of color like what only white people had access to after WWII to actually build wealth and not just rent, changes in law enforcement and schools, community empowerment, and even efforts to create more sustainable society, since capitalism isn't sustainable.

[@garyhost1830]

80% of millionaires are first generation rich. Ie if your not one of these you can be.... but probably never will be by continually having the victim mentality. Anyway merry Christmas. I'm watching this trying to expand my knowledge why such a large gap between blacks and whites. So far it seem largely culture based.

[@dionnad.d.1769]

Yes, that's the Pink & Red Flower Garden analogy. The ghetto and poor school is the rocky soil. The fertile soil for the red roses and gardener supplying it is part of capitalism.

[@vpdhpc]

Dr. David Williams recommended this video. Dr. Williams was a panel member for the report launch First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in thehealth and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada in Toronto, February 3, 2015.

[@ucity88]

Dr. Camara Jones is the G.O.A.T! I just wish the audio quality was better on this one...

[@gretae1]

That was amazing, she barely even breathed when she was talking lmaooo. She is my new obsession!!!

[@SamsarahMorgan]

This is a brilliant teaching - thank you!

[@cordelialeeder492]

Dr. Jones is so brilliant! Bravo!

[@billyramirezhealthybydesig5188]

Howso?

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

@@billyramirezhealthybydesig5188 answer the question

[@waynebanks5325]

She is very good and right on point we need more people like her for some people that Hits a nerve truth of course always does Amen

[@itumelengdikobe5811]

This is so good! Thank you!

[@annsheridan12]

75% single family households , disproportionate criminality, dropping out of school and the other pathologies of single parent households. These are factors in inequality as well.

[@annsheridan12]

The proportion of single parent households in a community predicts the rate of violent crime and burglary but the communities poverty level does not

[@ZaySanders]

Amazing allegorical usage. I will be using this to train in the future!

[@seanjohn864]

Well spoken and good conversation

[@gaelcruanes9068]

such a good analogy! Really good talk!

[@RiverLewis]

This lady knows how to teach it. Fantastic.

[@MrRubberduck11]

this was great! Thank you so much! You are a very special person!!!

[@caseybent-callaghan6659]

Brilliant allegories. Thank you!

[@kevinboone2178]

Sister-woman recently gave a mind-expanding keynote speech at the 2023 Commencement Ceremony for the School of Health Sciences at Georgetown University in Washington, DC (posted on KZbin).

[@CBaule-wm2xv]

Deep! Very well explained. Brilliant!

[@alisonjordan903]

Also - we had a question about how to get “red seeds” that don’t seem to benefit from the “well loved planter” to better understand how the Gardeners Tale allegory accounts for them - May need to be reminded that some red seeds may have ended up in the pink seed planter - by the gardener, the wind or by birds… in any case, should these “red seeds” be mad at the pink seeds? Or the gardener? Or the researchers? Or…?

[@salalonzo4084]

wow no comments .. what jones is saying is the most interesting take on racism. scientific and internal how racism works.

[@Dr.irenebuenavistamolina]

Insightful and informative

[@JuneOmadela]

I love this!

[@Spaciousness1]

I wanna cry! She's a gem.

[@jubilantsleep]

Her creativity is inspiring

[@baxselana8003]

Thanks for this Ms Camara Jones

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Very articulately presented, intelligently perceived and thoughtfully presented nonsense.

[@laurenjamieson8411]

I agree. It is total nonsense.

[@allisonjonesphelps2860]

Why do you believe it is nonsense? (no sarcasm here - genuinely curious)

[@straighttalking2090]

@@allisonjonesphelps2860 I think it's nonsense because she sets up the position that race is not biological and uses flowery allegories to back up her preposition that has little to do with biology. Allegories fall apart when you go into detail (synonyms for the word include 'myth' 'parable' 'fable'). To compare moths with humans for example is to compare an order of one phylum with a species of another.. very vague or misleading when the issue is about light. The problem for me is that she conflates racism and biological race - commendable for fighting against the former, lamentable for its irrelevance to a discussion on biological race - a reality about which she is in denial.

[@q_q123]

@@straighttalking2090 Race is a social construct

[@yapinganderson7714]

This is truly amazing!!

[@AdrienLegendre]

I would add, we need social science research because in many cases the causes and effective solutions for racial disparities are likely complex.

[@EvilBunnehz11]

I love these talks. But as someone who is apart of the oppressed group, I don't need them. Can we actually DO something about institutionalized racism already?

[@lorinormandin4657]

Love her!

[@pinkiemasiteng9558]

Great speech!

[@nizeyimanaeric1958]

Good explaination

[@omegaexcellence1608]

Watching this at 2x speed really makes her sound as crazy as she is

[@BeyondTheMind007]

I enjoy what she is saying but she needs to slow down a little so her words are more concise. Sounds like she's spraying her words and it's a little hard to comprehend.

[@Hiphop101ize]

Great speech! Maybe I'm jinxing it but In B4 the "what a race trader, all these people do is talk about race...maybe if they weren't so criminal and baby daddy, crack,ect", and the obligatory "i hate naaaggers" guy that pollutes every other youtube discussion that even peripherally mentions race even in absence of the -ism. There I got it, it's on record now

[@terripds1278]

My new role model

[@fittomakeup9890]

Brilliant!! 💝💝

[@jasonspray9209]

Excellent

[@nyjharichardson8442]

That was amazing

[@adu-fokuodouglas2332]

Very useful

[@AfrikanLifestyle]

Very nice description of racism..

[@elchefe7701]

At 2:42min what a beautiful thought, but on the other hand there is the NBA. And I bet with every Professor of Sociology that in the top three of the next marathon run there are Kenians, Erithreans, at least they are black. 1 Dollar against 1000 well meant, but false words.

[@pupplylove3003]

It was a bit confusing for me. I wish Dr. Camara would have given specific examples using human interactions.

[@MansaHere]

You should read her paper on the theoretical framework for the three levels of racism and the Gardener's Tale. She includes some brief examples of the three levels on pages 1212-1213 (up to the 'Levels of Racism: A Gardener's Tale' header on page 1213.) Here's the link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1446334/pdf/10936998.pdf

[@joleneonyoutube]

This is incredible

[@hyunjunlee5107]

14:16

[@danielsaari3885]

you're right racism doesn't exist because being of A different race is saying that you're not part of the human race and it a person is a different species I find it insulting dogs are all part of the canine family and no matter what breed they are they are all part of the canine and there's no mistaking it there's the animal kingdom and there's cats and dogs and a cat is a different species than a dog and just because someone has a cultural or an ethnic background doesn't mean that they're different species and if one loses the empathy for another person or another ethnic or cultural background that hasn't suffered the same in prejudices All Nations and all country have enslaved their own people at one time or another and making it that just because of once ethnic background that they're Superior in that understanding is arrogance to say the least

[@hyejue]

반갑습니다. Hi. From Korea

[@chriscarter296]

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[@WindyDays2009]

2:52 - "...but in some parts of Brazil, I'm clearly White". I doubt that.

[@TJL-z8p]

have you ever been to Brazil and met its people?

[@WindyDays2009]

@@TJL-z8p I'm Brazilian, I've never been anywhere else. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, but KZbin only sent me a message letting me know about the second reply that I got for this.

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

@@WindyDays2009 all good!

[@tsflanders2654]

This chick talked about an episode she had in California when she went out to eat with some friends. In the story, she clearly says that the hour was extremely late and they were done studying, so they went into town to get some food. While she was eating, she noticed that the restaurant sign said closed. And she took this as striking evidence of racism. I guess it never occurred to her that they made it in the restaurant just before it closed, and the restaurant was trying to get rid of some food on late minute customers. But of course, everything she notices is evidence of racism racism racism racism. I think this chick has a fundamental misunderstanding of how restaurants work, And how businesses use time to determine when they open and close.

[@davidlukeskywalker1900]

amazing

[@Junksaint]

5:39 that's all "wokeness" means. It's not complex or remotely scary, it's basic humanity once you see it and the metaphorical glasses come off.

[@paul3116]

Awesome!!!

[@lizr87]

I had to watch this for a class. Watching it at two times speed is about all the seriousness it deserves. Did she just plagiarize the parable of the soils from Jesus? Really!

[@simplysid8980]

Probably a lovely person but that's 20 minutes of my life that I will regrettably never get back...

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

20 minutes you woulda spent scrolling instagram

[@TVTECS]

Can someone give me an example of someone whose wasted their entire life on a pseudo science based theory and tries to example with really bad allegories? Great example of someone doing a talk for 20 mins, throwing in all available buzzwords and hoping no one will notice by the end she'd actually said absolutely nothing of substance. I mean she's been studying this for over 20yrs and they are the best allegories you've got. You cant put forward theories and then offer evidence of them in the form of an allegory, this chic is your real deal snake oil salesmen. She should come with a buyer beware sign

[@TripleSixxxRonin]

Im glad infound a comment that noticed that as wel

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

delete your comment its humiliating you

[@TVTECS]

@@NoSpoilers-wb5ww I'm good, you seem to be the only one that disagrees, most others agree

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

@TVTECS Untrue. Read the comments, you're the one who is in the minority.

[@TVTECS]

@@NoSpoilers-wb5ww I'm referring to my comment, 8 people liked it, you're the only one that complained

[@lindajackson653]

Acknowledged.

[@VirgilioHernandezvirgiliohdz1]

STRAIGHT FACTS

[@georgeduncan8946]

A component Of Racisn is surely POWER to economically SUpress a peopke....racism prejudice is a continued comittment to ignorance ☝🏿☝🏿💥💥💥💥

[@terezabarreto3824]

gosto muito dos video

[@alisonjordan903]

Now that you know - what will you do about it?

[@tommy2chips]

Interesting.

[@gaillewis5472]

Entomology is not a good analogy since Luna moths actually are green. Not all moths are the same species and will not gather with moths who aren't potential mates. Humans are one species with varying amounts of melanin based on environmental need. Since we travel more, different people are everywhere, yet still genetically the same species.

[@YunisdelsisCarballo-Quesada]

absolutely pointless and meaningless.

[@timothywalter1679]

do you have a peanut for a brain?

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

answer the question

[@iceshcratiote3635]

Terouga ero leauges

[@phamth]

SOWK 644

[@tsflanders2654]

“And I am going to make this story about racism.” Noooooo *sarcastic shock*. Even though you literally made a career uncovering phantom racism, in every sphere of life. I don’t believe you would make a story ABOUT RACISM!

[@Thatguy-mo8jd]

I was forced to watch this propaganda as a part of a school assignment. Stay strong my fellow students.

[@Burl900]

They will give anyone a degree.

[@NoSpoilers-wb5ww]

Shoutout to 3 years ago when you utterly humiliated yourself LOL!

[@fabbeyonddadancer]

don't forget women privilege as well

[@anonymouse7773]

okay incel