Marlon Peterson at TED Residency 2016
Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform (transcript)
Summary
You matter and all human matters, even you are in prison.
When the speaker was in prison, letters that students gave him redeemed and helped him move beyond the darkness and the guilt associated with the worst moment of his young life. It gave him a sense that he was useful.
There are amazing rewards by investing the humanity of people and pursuing their importance wherever they are
We need to invest in them more and help them find that they matter, society easily disregard and discard, though.
Words in this story
redeemed /verb/ buy back. compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).
redemptive /adj/ acting to save someone from error or evil
malign /adj/ evil in nature or effect; malevolent.
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