Why race matters and how to talk about it: Alex Kajitani at TEDxEncinitas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2014
- Alex Kajitani is the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, and a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year. The author of two books, including Owning It: Proven Strategies for Success in ALL of Your Roles As a Teacher Today, Alex is a top authority in teacher-leadership and a highly-sought after keynote speaker who supports and motivates teachers nationwide. His "Rappin' Mathematician" CDs and activity book are used in classrooms and homes around the world to "make math cool." Alex has been honored at The White House and featured in numerous books and media outlets, including The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. For more of his innovative ideas, visit www.AlexKajitani.com.
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Amazing talk.
"Talking about race and ethnicity becomes so much easier when you're just telling a story"!
This is such an important and incredibly relevant message. Thanks for talking about race, Mr. Kajatani!
My favorite part is when he said " talking about race and ethnicity is not racism acting badly towards someone because of their race or ethnicity is"
Incredibly powerful!
awesome speech !
Great stuff 👍
Thank you. 💞
Powerful message!
Skip steps 1, 2 & 3... Go straight to 4. It's easy, painless and effective.
I'm all about embracing your last name and heritage...if it's yours. In the case of many Latinos and Black Americans our last names are a result of European colonialism and slavery. My last name doesn't mean squat, it was "given" to me.
Gifts are given. Your last name was beaten into you. Branded more or less.
SJ 24
Well Change your name then also much of the book Roots was plagiarized
thank god for all of these african and muslim inventions
Very good video.
I still dont understand y i should be proud of my race
@sheslulu thought you'd like this
Yes,.......it does matter and its a form of pride,....!
:simpsons mcbain voice: MENDOOOOOOZAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Not getting the introduction part of how illegal immigration translates to race issue.
me neither
immigration is bad for racial and societal integrity
I might get hate for this, but topics like having papers and being deported is not a matter of race. It is a matter of Nationality. I have yet to hear about any legal citizen to be deported.
if his behaviour goes against the local culture and established societal customs, his citizenship may be revoked if he's an alien
So you can attend public school but you can't buy a plane ticket?
You can buy the ticket, but if you don't have US identification, you cannot get through security and board the plane.
You seem to be trapped with the concept of race too much. Why not talk about ethnicity, nationality, etc?
alex is an african american name there ? its a dutch name in origin but w.e
he speaks of a specific black man who he is named after... but yah w.e
Right out of the gate he is equating illegal immigrants not having the same privileges as citizens with racism. Watching the rest of this video is a complete waste of time if 3 minutes in he's already being dishonest.
His dishonesty is difficult to watch. Thumbs down!
Yeah it's hard to listen to someone being so dishonest out of the gate and arguing from faulty premises.
how does illegal immigration privileges work out in nations such as Israel and Brunei?
Only race I see is the human race. But there are cultural differences.
Sometimes
Of course you don't know that human specie have many races, you did not study biology.
Well.. "the human race" might sound cute, but it's a misnomer. The phrase is 'human species' if you don't intend to confuse.
@@straighttalking2090 Yeah.
@@TheNagato135 If you study bioligy and go into this topic you will find that biologically humans can't be classified into races. But races are present as a social construct.
This momo is the top educator in California? I guess I couldn’t spend 15 minutes bullshitting about nothing but that’s all it takes to be teacher of the year?
only people who benefit from racism like to talk about race
Does tribalism = racism?
I think a multiracial society will fail. A little diversity if fine and probably a good thing. Too much diversity leads to division and conflict. The different races are just that. . . different.