Don’t call people out -- call them in | Loretta J. Ross

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🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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We live in a call-out culture, says activist and scholar Loretta J. Ross. You’re probably familiar with it: the public shaming and blaming, on social media and in real life, of people who may have done wrong and are being held accountable. In this bold, actionable talk, Ross gives us a toolkit for starting productive conversations instead of fights -- what she calls a “call-in culture” -- and shares strategies that help challenge wrongdoing while still creating space for growth, forgiveness and maybe even an unexpected friend. “Fighting hate should be fun,” Ross says. “It’s being a hater that sucks.”

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. Should we publicly call out others for bad behavior in order to hold them responsible?
0:11.7	Activist and public intellectual Loretta J. Ross proposes a different way. She says instead of calling people out, we should try calling them in.
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1:05.5	First of all, thank y'all for listening to me.
1:09.4	I come to y'all because most black women don't go to Ku Klux Klan rallies on purpose.
1:16.5	I did because it was my job.
1:19.1	I monitored hate groups.
1:21.6	But I really wanted to find out how people could hate strangers so much.
1:28.8	Mostly I wanted to work for peace and justice,
1:31.9	but fortunately for me,
1:34.4	my mentor at the time was the legendary civil rights leader,
1:38.5	Reverend C.T. Viviard,
1:40.2	who'd been an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King.
1:44.3	And C.T. used to say,
1:47.2	when you ask people to give up hate,
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