Name: How we can start to heal the pain of racial division
Uploaded: 2019-02-01T16:02:02Z
Duration: 20 min 18 s
Description: "Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and offering new thinking on pathways to racial justice.

"Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and offering new thinking on pathways to racial justice.

How we can start to heal the pain of racial division

Racism inflicts wounds that can silence and paralyze, as seen when a young freedom fighter’s life was saved by a friend who stood in the line of fire. The pain of division echoes across generations, with both love and hate shaping pivotal moments in the struggle for justice. The roots of inequality run deeper than individual prejudice, emerging from a pervasive culture of whiteness that shapes identities and power. Real progress, the speaker argues, requires collective storytelling, authentic self-connection, and a commitment to redemptive, not punitive, justice.