By 
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
 | 
TED Stage Talk

"You Have the Rite"

In a breathtaking, jazz-inflected spoken-word performance, TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph shares a Black father's tender and wrenching internal reflection on the pride and terror of seeing his son enter adulthood.

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