This is part of an ongoing spotlight created by Black@TED, TED’s employee resource group for staff who identify as Black. This is a reintroduction for anyone, anywhere. There’s a bad habit in desperate need of breaking. A narrow understanding of representation, watered down to mean simply a face or a voice (without weight, like a […]
This is part of an ongoing spotlight created by Black@TED, TED’s employee resource group for staff who identify as Black. An ineffable chemistry chose us. Our shades, hues, textures— Breathtaking. Complex polymers form to produce our Melanin Coat of Arms. The beauty of formidable, dominant genes that code our entire experience. Us, the sums […]
This is part of an ongoing spotlight created by Black@TED, TED’s employee resource group for staff who identify as Black. “Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” ― James Baldwin “She’s an American,” the grandmother of my children often declared. A […]