When it comes to racism, are you a non or an anti? | Hank VanPutten

When it comes to racism, are you a non or an anti? | Hank VanPutten | TEDxLSSC

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3 жыл бұрын

Drawing from work and research in diversity, equity, and inclusion, this talk explores different categorical definitions of racism and the perspectives they come from. A native of Jamaica, New York, Hank Van Putten earned his B.S. in Education from Northeastern University, and a M. Ed. from Cambridge College. Hank spent 35 years in the Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts and is currently a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Facilitator/Trainer for the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College. Hank is an anti-racist educator who has received training from internationally recognized scholars. His interests have focused on the impact of race on the academic achievement of African American students. To this end he has taught a graduate course for educators entitled “Active Anti-Racism and Effective Classroom Practices for All Students,” and the Foundation Course in the Graduate Program of Conflict Resolution and Peaceable Schools at Lesley University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@nonstop3rd Жыл бұрын

This talk struck a chord with me - I know so many people who pride themselves on doing the bare minimum to be allies, yet roll their eyes at anything more instead of wanting to further their understanding.

@vladhvadim Жыл бұрын

too me also

@nonstop3rd Жыл бұрын

@@vladhvadim 👍

@nextgendynasty Жыл бұрын

it did with me also

@samizdat113 Жыл бұрын

Allies? 😆 🤣 😂 I pride myself in being your enemy.

@fawkewemf5616 Ай бұрын

What "bare minimum?" Do u mean? Give an example

@ronaepstien Жыл бұрын

I love this talk, I love Hank - I hope people can see what he is saying for the truth and need instead of being offended.

@carmelmillar4422 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and powerful message. I hear the message of personal action and I thank you. x

@andersonaimes Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing talk Hank, the way you unpack everything in a factual, non accusatory way makes it very easy to ask ourselves those questions and not feel shame for never having done so before

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

THX Anderson for your thoughts and reflections.

@berthoumieuxjuniorjeangeos2786 Ай бұрын

I love this talk ... that's fantastic. Congratulations 👏🏿

@elissazachary3790 Жыл бұрын

Definitely relate to all the stuff he says about being left handed and could add way more to the list, so many hobbies and skills I gave up trying to learn because it was too hard as a left handed person. Then I thought about all the different minorities and the immensity of what they are deprived of and it makes me want to cry.

@DavidEmerling79 Жыл бұрын

Left-handers learn that they can never play shortstop on their baseball team. Nor could they be the 2nd baseman, 3rd baseman or catcher. Right-handers, on the other hand, can play *any* of the 9 positions. Right-handers seldom think much about those restrictions on left-handers. Had Abner Doubleday (inventor of baseball) decided that the bases would be run clockwise instead of counterclockwise, the right-handers would have all the restrictions, not the left-handers - a rather arbitrary situation.

@thunkjunk Жыл бұрын

What makes white people right handed and minorities left handed?

@yonasdawitmelese1528 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing explanation about the topic.

@hankvanputten6343 10 ай бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words!

@hamlinr Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I can answer this question Hank. You've given me a lot to think about.

@bethdanster Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible talk - easy to understand and follow but so profound in terms of making you rethink where and how you stand in society

@hasnain-jeelani Жыл бұрын

'the essential feature of racism is not about hostility, nor misperception, but rather a system of advantage that is derived on the basis of race' - this quote is the truth and something I've felt many times over

@rdococ Жыл бұрын

Like affirmative action?

@maxinebennier Жыл бұрын

I appreciated the way Hank used his "privilege bracelet" to highlight the opportunities he has... was a very good way of demonstrating how each of us faces different societal challenges and advantages

@mattyounce2486 3 жыл бұрын

This was intellectually superior to the concept of xenophobia, racism, and hatred of a people. Conceivably striving for equality and understanding probably makes me an antiracist however if I have to walk a middle path and never arrive at an answer I would venture to assume antiracism is both a hinderance and a benefit because I'm not scared of the truth just the length to go to challenge it, where ignorance is common sense and census is the norm.

@RodMen_89 3 жыл бұрын

antiracism is a acronoum for cultural marxism

@chloesanduski Жыл бұрын

'the essential feature of racism is not about hostility, nor misperception, but rather a system of advantage that is derived on the basis of race' - what a fantastic quote.

@mayaquinton Жыл бұрын

Loved the bit about his privilege bracelet - certainly made me think again about the privileges I have, especially being able to access any building at any time. That's something I've literally never thought about NOT being able to do.

@jayreaves1578 Жыл бұрын

I had never thought of racism of "systems of advantage that are derived from race". Perspective changes what you see.

@hairypoppins294 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sending this to me, yes that is truth

@stephaniewarner7695 4 ай бұрын

Inspired.

@funkqueen2029 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that. I am the constant victim of Racism & Discrimination. Our Silence Condones Racism!

@kendalllrose Жыл бұрын

What an emotive and difficult question to answer. Thanks for opening the conversation.

@janetsplace1953 Жыл бұрын

you saw the link too!

@jeffb713 Жыл бұрын

I would imagine economist Dr Thomas Sowell is chuckling at the intellectually simplistic nature of this presentation.

@MissMuMu33 Жыл бұрын

Stop

@nextgendynasty Жыл бұрын

thanks Hank for your perspective. This was a really valuable listen.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Thank-you🙏🏽

@f.c.illslick1488 Жыл бұрын

Interesting what he said about parents discouraging children from using their left hands in a right handed world.

@danomurua 7 ай бұрын

Most excellent

@vladhvadim Жыл бұрын

Did not know a huge amount of this

@thanawatdangprasert Жыл бұрын

We have to dig deep to examine the racial culture we are born into to answer Hank's question.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Thanawat, Clint Smith challenges us to examine the entanglement of capitalism, colonialism and slavery. THX for your thoughts and reflections.

@fantastic.shoppingaddict Жыл бұрын

Wow this talk really opened my eyes to a lot of my own privilege, some of which I'd never even though of before - like being able to access any building at any time. It's pretty wild how much you don't realize about other peoples abilities when you've never had to think about it

@selitudenow Жыл бұрын

Man the story about the house appraisal around the 8:10 mark is just insane.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Indeed, and it’s not an “isolated incident”.

@kirkslapete Жыл бұрын

John Lennon asked us to imagine all the people living life in peace. That was last century and we're still not even close.

@V4Andy 3 жыл бұрын

On this issue you're either with us or against us.

@dannyberinger4634 Жыл бұрын

Woah! Take it easy killer

@ivancastille1574 Жыл бұрын

I am a Diversity Workforce Advocate with a African American owned Construction company on a Big Transportation Project in Portland Oregon. I appreciate this presentation and will ask this question in our diversity training presentations. Thank you so much!

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your paying it forward!

@brentmcclain2014 Жыл бұрын

I was a wrestling coach. I personally cut the hair of a white kid whose hair did not meet the referee's grooming standards. He either refused to wear a cap or his coach didn't have one. Whatever the case, no racism took place that day.

@BetterDayswithMotso Жыл бұрын

you still oppressed the kid

@locdinwithzaza 6 ай бұрын

@@BetterDayswithMotsohe could’ve not competed 😂

@anadepina2696 Жыл бұрын

We might be kin. You look so much like my people from Cape Verde, West Africa.

@toms8393 Жыл бұрын

Will you be opening a church in the near future? It’s phenomenal religion you are selling.

@MissMuMu33 Жыл бұрын

Calm down

@kdx1214 3 жыл бұрын

Great knowledge

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

THX for your words of support!

@guillermoelnino Жыл бұрын

Sh itty prop aganda

@TheIrishfitter Жыл бұрын

This is excellent.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@pagetderosier5267 Жыл бұрын

I'm ashamed to say I didn't even know there was a distinction between the two. Seems very obvious to me now that I've listened to this.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your self-reflection!

@bobsmith3931 Жыл бұрын

There are talks on classification of ghosts, too. Doesn’t make it true.

@derekjohnston2105 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hank for breaking this down to easily relatable concepts. Reframing racism as a "system of advantages" gave me new insight into how pervasive it is.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Derek, THX for your thoughts and reflections.

@marybryant6213 3 жыл бұрын

Weird music in the beginning...poor taste. Whoever chose that set the wrong tone for this amazing speech.

@amagodatfortnite Жыл бұрын

To be honest I'm not able to answer your question Hank. I'm anti racism having experienced it first hand. But fear I may be racially biased

@livequality4578 Жыл бұрын

Anti-racists depend on racism for employment and identity, so they work tirelessly to rebuild it.

@Chelsea-Chelsea Жыл бұрын

This makes me think of people who refuse to even analyse their own behaviour in relation to questions like this. You know the kind of people who say things like "I don't even see colour" - and the best response to that statement I've heard is if you don't see colour then you aren't seeing more than half of the population.

@glennwatson3313 Жыл бұрын

I have found that people are able to see oppression even when it does not exist, especially when it does not exist. The problem with racism is that the demand is far greater than the supply.

@boogerrhymes Жыл бұрын

It's really crazy to think about how many difficulties other people face that we aren't even aware of because of our privilege. Like when people say "I don't see color" how in the world do they think that's an argument for NOT being rac'st like if you don't see color then you don't see over 2/3rds of the worlds population.

@thetis5813 3 жыл бұрын

30 Mn kanalda kimsemi yorum yazmaz

@geangarcia2673 Жыл бұрын

No.

@maxinebennier Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's one of the options 🤔

@Deachinio07 Жыл бұрын

Many of the stories that you gave us as an example of racism had nothing to do with that. When you put race as the most important thing in some individual/institutional decisions, this is what your thinking looks. You put race in things that don t have nothing to do with race. You have to be more factual, not propagandistic.

@hankvanputten6343 Жыл бұрын

Andrei, THX for your thoughts and reflections. I’d invite you to examine the entanglement of capitalism, colonialism and slavery to uncover why it is important to place race at the center. Without racism, there’d be no need to distinguish folks by race.

@Deachinio07 Жыл бұрын

Why no need to distinct folks by race ? It is very important in Medicine for example. Different races has different risk factors in different diseases and different outcomes. Some races are more susceptible for some diseases aswell. It is a must in Medicine to know this differences and to give a great and correct care. So this is an example of why is necessary to distinct human beings by race. And for capitalism and slavery is a very long discussion. Slavery existed for very long time and it was not the Westerns who were first. Go more back in history if you want. I don’t Say it was Good, but this is how the things very back there worked. And for capitalism what is the alternative ? Is there a better regime? Communist China or Russia? Monarchy?..So please, no. In capitalism i have the chance and freedom to succeed by myself. This is powerful and enough.