Racial Stereotyping | Emilia Espinosa | TEDxYouth@TFIS

[Music] before i start my speech i want to thank my parents my family and miss eisen for supporting me throughout the way hi my name is emilia i want you all to look at this picture the one on the left is the original which is located in the louvre in france and the one on the right is a copy which is located in el prado in spain now if i do this would this be the same i want you all to think about it is it the same stereotyping is a way to make information out of someone's appearance that might lead to the wrong view of the person or an obstacle you simply place on other people or a label on a picture i am very lucky to attend to an international school where kids from several different countries go to school i've decided to interview several students teachers and parents from our community to find differences and similarities after this i've come to a conclusion where yes we all have differences we all have differences but we have a lot more in common even though we all speak different languages we all look different we have different beliefs religions perspectives and traditions we have a lot more in common even though we have a lot more in common we all want to be heard we all want to we all have fear of people rejecting us we want people to and most importantly we want people to see us for who we really are not a stereotype which is placed to our race but when you understand these differences it opens your mind a power from under you rises up a power that will take you a long way a power that not everyone has you become open-minded and yes we all have differences but that's what makes us unique but these differences shouldn't pull us apart from each other they should bring us closer to each other for each of us bringing our strengths together and making this world a better world my school has shown me the importance of being open-minded and i'll always be grateful for this and i can say that me and my fellow students have all become citizens of the world thank you very much

Channel: TEDx Talks

Views: 45,536

Keywords: TEDxTalks, English, Global Issues, Global issues, Race, Racism

Id: gBs4iJFzj9I

Length: 3min 0sec (180 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 16 2020