Dr. Bernice King·TED2020
The US needs a radical revolution of values
Summary
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by police. After that, the demo of black lives matter is not stopping now, even during COVID. It's because, I didn't know, on March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor and on February 23, 2020, Ahmad Arbery had been shot by police. They had been black...
Dr. Berbice King is the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When she was five, her father was assassinated. She was too young to know what her father had done. However, she suggests that the only way forward is that we repent for being a nation built on violence and should choose nonviolent coexistence. For a long time, violence continues to win and creates poverty, racism, and militarism. It must lead to violent CO-annihilation. It means that both sides are extinct. Freedom is never won and here, it needs a revolution of values. Every industry should start doing antiracism work. Only changing society can stop violence and racism.
The story is excerpted from The path to ending systemic racism in the US.
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