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Megan Ming Francis delivered a TED talk this month, exploring the question: “Why does the killing of unarmed blacks continue to happen?” Rejecting the impulse to focus primarily on superficial remedies to police violence, Francis calls instead for for a closer examination of the root causes of systemic racism, as the better path toward true racial justice.
The entire TED Talk can be viewed here: https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_ming_francis_we_need_to_address_the_real_roots_of_racial_violence?language=en