How to raise a black son in America

"And I refuse to accept that we can't build this world into something new, some place where a child's name doesn't have to be written on a t-shirt, or a tombstone, where the value of someone's life isn't determined by anything other than the fact that they had lungs, a place where every single one of us can breathe. "

Clint Smith is a writer, teacher and doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying education, incarceration and inequality. Clint is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. His work blends art and activism. In this TED talk, he reflects on growing up black in America and shares his hopes for his future children. Powerful and inspiring.