A Vision for Racial Healing

Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families, still earn less as adults than white boys with similar backgrounds. That’s according to a new study from the Equality of Opportunity Project, which looked at U.S. Census data to study the lives of 20 million children.

The folks at TED have curated some of the most fresh and insightful talks on race.

Wendy Herkey -Are the dearth of workforce housing in Charlotte, the lack of upward mobility, the re-segregation of our schools and last year’s riots all connected? Clint Smith believes so and wrote about it in The New Yorker. He tells host Mike Collins more on Charlotte Talks.

Verna Myers – Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri,and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate Verna Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups. She makes a plea to all people: Acknowledge your biases. Then move toward, not away from, the groups that make you uncomfortable. In a funny, impassioned, important talk, she shows us how.

Camara Jones, TEDxEmory – Dr. Camara Jones shares four allegories on “race” and racism. She hopes that these “telling stories” empower you to do something different, and that you will remember them and pass them on.

John Legend and Common perform the song "Glory" at the 2015 Oscars.

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Radio Host, Celeste Headlee, shares 10 rules to have a better conversations, emphasizing the importance of key listening skills.