By 
Megan Ming Francis
 | 
TEDx Talk

We need to address the real roots of racial violence

"Why does the killing of unarmed blacks continue to happen?" asks political scientist Megan Ming Francis. She makes an urgent case for a new approach to these tragic deaths, explaining that we need to look at the deeper causes of systemic racism rather than settle for easy fixes.

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