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Jun 20, 2012

"There is no Them. There are only facets of Us." --John Green

The Opposite of Poverty is Justice

Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer who spends most of his time in jails, prisons, on death row and in low-income communities, shares some hard truths about America's criminal justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of young black men between the ages of 18 and 30 has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. In this video Bryan urges the TED audience to think about our identity as a nation. When we don't think or care about the poor, we diminish the positive in our lives. "We cannot be full, evolved human beings until we care about basic human rights and dignity," said Bryan at the end of his talk, stirring the audience to a standing ovation.