{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60027a43c0ca2230f9f532be/60027a4d466b06727b2873f6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power | Paul Rucker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60027a43c0ca2230f9f532be/60027a4d466b06727b2873f6.jpg?height=200","description":"Multidisciplinary artist and TED Fellow Paul Rucker is unstitching the legacy of systemic racism in the United States. A collector of artifacts connected to the history of slavery -- from branding irons and shackles to postcards depicting lynchings -- Rucker couldn't find an undamaged Ku Klux Klan robe for his collection, so he began making his own. The result: striking garments in non-traditional fabrics like kente cloth, camouflage and silk that confront the normalization of systemic racism in the US. \"If we as a people collectively look at these objects and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us,\" Rucker says. (This talk contains graphic images.)","author_name":"TED"}