TED Talks
James A. White Sr.: The little problem I had renting a house
TV-PG
2015 • E31 Feb 20, 2015 15mFifty-three years ago, James A. White Sr. joined the US Air Force. But as an African American man, he had to go to shocking lengths to find a place for his young family to live nearby. He tells this powerful story about the lived experience of "everyday racism" — and how it echoes today in the way he's had to teach his grandchildren to interact with police.