Hello, I'm Chris Anderson and this is the Ted interview.

We have something very different for you today.

Until just a week or two ago, it was hard to imagine an issue demanding our more immediate

attention than the coronavirus pandemic.

Then came the horrifying death at the hands of a policeman, or rather the knee of a policeman,

of George Floyd and unarmed black man, and a torrent of pent-up grief and anger erupted

into the streets.

Americans are now grappling with the deepest of questions about their country and what

they're willing to do for it to become the country it could be.

Our panel discussion today takes those questions head on and I'm humbled by the distinguished guests

who are joining us, all of them known for their crucial work on social justice and civil

rights.

They are Dr. Philip Atiba Gough, co-founder of the Center for Policing Equity, Rashad

Robinson, president of Color of Change, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil

Liberties Union, and Dr. Bernie's Albertine King, CEO of the King Center, and daughter of

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In today's discussion, these guests describe in powerful ways their own intense reactions

to what has happened and help identify the structural causes that led to this.

But they do much more than that.

They identify concrete changes that we and our governments must make, including radical

shifts in public spending and an entire reimagining of the role of police.

And even amidst the emotional firestorm that has impacted so many of us, they do point

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