. Fong Tran is currently the Director of Student Activities and Campus Life at the College of Alameda. He received a masters degree in Community Development at UC Davis, focusing on the experiences of youth of color in social media. Lastly Fong is an activist based spoken-word poet engaging students in social justice based writing and hosting several workshops on allyship, collaboration and masculinity. www.FongTran.com Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/fongbatman/videos Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fong-Tran-Poetry/223764321055679?fref=ts Instagram - https://instagram.com/fongtranpoetry Tumblr - http://fongtranpoetry.tumblr.com/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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Activism is the new "normal". - Ours isn't even the 1st generation of people who were raised to be good environmental/social/political activists. My parents gave up their dreams to become loyal activists...
Agreed with every premise, disliked his attitude. No need to shout or interact oddly with a crowd to get your point across.
EVERYTHING he has said here is so brilliant and necessary <3
This is one of the most underrated Ted talks. Why am I just seeing this?
I agree with most things, but I think microaggressions are a really grey area just because, we should learn about eachother. Just ignoring social norms don't make them better.
took one second to see between this guy. just anther person pulling our country apart. then to see his rederict was displayed on ted. wasnt surpring. keep up the ryhme. well here is the riddle. try and show social differences between people and create hatred towards another in the disguise of activision. then make it ryhme and look good with an american looking asian to show political correctedness.. Its simple, love each other and and stop hating
Go Fong! I'm so honored to know you!
I wrote out a huge comment on this page, and coming back, I can only see it when I'm logged in. Was it deleted? Does TEDx Talks not like differing opinions on their pages?
I don't disagree, but it would be lazy, cowardly, immoral, and unethical to not take action against that which would be detrimental if unhindered. And anyways, I'm not afraid of a challenge. Also, I could give a damn how it makes me feel, I will hold steadfast as long as I am doing the right thing.
I enjoyed this video. burden of knowing and not being able to let it go
Super! Will take your advise!
good rap man
AMAZING FONG!
This is such a good ted talk
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I should add life is about adversity, not getting your way is a part of that. You people need to grow up. If you’re an environmentalist for example, start a business that competes in the market by going green. Invent a technology that makes things cleaner or more efficient. Getting others to sacrifice for your version of change is like watching a child battle over bed time
so....do be an activist lmao?
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lol, 23 reactions 🤔
What I hate about activists is that they go out into the public protesting against what they’re passionate about for the sake of being heard, but never offering solutions to their own reasons behind their protests.