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I, Too, Am TJ | Eke Wokocha | TEDxTJHSST

1,165 views · Published 19 October 2015 · 6:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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When people think of pressures, they think of bullying and strict parents, but they no longer think of racial issues. It is assumed that racial issues do not exist anymore, but in reality they do. The speech demonstrates that racial issues still exist today in a hope to call action to end them. 





He was born and raised in San Diego, California, where Hispanics were the majority, and when he moved to Virginia, my middle school was predominantly African American. The dramatic demographic differences of TJ made it much harder to fit it and feel like apart of the school as he did with many schools previously. Considering that TJ is a STEM school, the lack of both African Americans and Hispanics in the STEM field didn't make the transition any easier. However the lack of minorities in the STEM field is what lead him to start the movement to get the minorities as involved as the Caucasian and Asian Americans are. 

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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