color blind or color brave

    I thought that Melody did an amazing job on the Color Blind or Color Brave TedTalk. She was very informative on the lack of representation in the corporate world. I loved how she spoke about her mother and how she taught her at a young age that there would be people who seen her differently than a human being. Also she briefly touched on different cultural practices. I loved how she spoke about tackling problems directly instead of avoiding them. I felt this relates to the real world in many different ways. First, I also relate to being part of corporate America and noticing how although the bank I worked for did push for more diversity there was so much more that needed to be done to bridge the gap. Second, I found an article recently about Critical Race Theory being removed from schools in Florida by Ron DeSantis. Although according to districts it is not in the curriculum--DeSantis decided to ban it anyway. I felt that when Hobson discussed tackling problems directly instead of avoiding them, she touched on an important concept. I believe education is the only way to help teach people to unlearn racist ideologies and bigoted beliefs. Unfortunately, with the violence happening in Florida against Black Americans it doesn't seem that CRT is going to help, but I believe that it is detrimental not to teach youth how to not be racist. History should not be hidden due to fear but instead difficult conversations need to take place in order to heal the atrocities in our society. Check out the article if you have time, it was sad but also very informative.

PolitiFact FL: DeSantis says he removed CRT from schools | WUSF Public Media