Analysis Of We Need To Talk About Injustice By Bryan Stevenson

Davis is emphasizing throughout her two lectures the importance of the lasting freedom from human beings. She also talks about how society’s dedication for freedom is so strong when ironically we have organizations who stop certain groups like class, race, gender, sexuality, etc. from being free. Furthermore, she’s intensely involved in her writing for social justice in our country. In “We need to talk about injustice” Bryan Stevenson mentioned how powerful and important for someone is. He mentioned his grandmother at the beginning of his speech and how much her experience as a slave had shaped her in how she saw the world. Furthermore, the imprisoning of her husband and the alcohol related death of Stevenson’s uncle had shaped her the way

she did. This is why she taught her children and grandchildren her view. One day Stevenson’s grandmother had a conversation with him to apply her history with him, so he can live a better life than she had to experience. He had to promise her three things: always love your mother, never drink alcohol and the last one was "I want you to promise me is that you'll always do the right thing even when the right thing is the hard thing” (Stevenson, TED talk). All of the mentioned promises and life experiences from his grandmom had shaped not only her but also Bryan Stevenson. From Stevenson’s speech I have learned how today we can see hopelessness in our current mass incarceration (jail and prison), parole and probation which shapes our country. He mentioned how the United States has the highest incarceration rate in our world and how “One out of three black men between 18-30 years of age are in jail, in prison, on probation or parole … 50 to 60 percent of all young men of color are in jail or prison or on probation or parole” (Stevenson, Ted talk). He continues talking about how we still have injustice in our country based on race, class, gender, etc. Or how can it be that states are taking away your right to vote just because of a criminal conviction, for example in Alabama “34 percent of the black male population has permanently lost the right to vote” (Stevenson, Ted talk). Some people still have disadvantages in their life which risks and affects today our identity.