TED Video Response

The video impacted me significantly.  Byran Stevenson presented his argument with passion and power in his voice.  He gave personal experiences as well as some of is young clients.  He has worked with several incarcerated individuals along with young 13 year old who are in jail.  He said that speaking on "TED" was a great honor and privilege because TED relays powerful messages.  Bryan's message was the power of identity.  Identity can mean several different meanings. The power of identity gives the means for a person to say anything they believe.  A person can do things as well as get others to participate with them.  Identity is not being judged by the technology but by the character.  A country's character is their true identity.  How does the country treat their poverty and their incarcerated people?  For example, Bryan does not think the opposite of poverty is wealthy.  The opposite of poverty is justice.  Although Bryan presented a valid and effective argument, he said this is not about race.  In his argument he only discussed blacks and whites.  he never discussed other cultures such as the Hispanics.  He said that 1 out of 3 black men are either in jail or on probation.  He also said that white people have the death sentence 10% of the time while black men have it 20%.  This gives an emotional appeal, but he should of included statistics about other races.