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Two Takes On Fighting Racial Discrimination From TED Fellows

TED Fellows are known for their cutting edge work and fresh ideas. This year's crop is working to fight systemic racism in the United States.
On display is the work of Paul Rucker, a 2018 TED Fellow working to fight for racial justice.

The annual TED conference wraps up Saturday. It kicked off in Vancouver this week with a collection of short talks from this year's TED Fellows — a group of "rising stars" from across disciplines and around the world. They talks have become must-see sessions for those in the know, as they feature people doing cutting edge work that hasn't yet broken out. One theme that quickly emerged from this year's crop of Fellows: fighting systemic racism in the United States.

Two TED Fellows, artist Paul Rucker and designer Antionette Carroll, offered very different approaches for how to identify and address problems that are, Rucker says, "woven into the fabric" of our history.

As a black woman, Carroll explained, she's experienced racial

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