Does African American Studies Matter? | Kush K. Bhardwaj | TEDxBuffalo 

If what you learned wasn't worth sharing, it wasn't worth being learned. Learn, share, grow. Amazing talk.

This man is amazing, I had the honor of hearing him speak in a smaller setting with an audience of just young people and he was talking about college. He invokes deep thought and is so real. Mashallah!

Dr. B!!! I have watched this a few times today, and shared it privately with some of my close friends without social media! You are opening the eyes of young minds, and so honored to be able to take your classes in college, and be able to call you a friend! You killed it on this!!! I only WISH I was in Buffalo to witness this!!! Absolutely amazing!!

The only thing that would have made this any better for me would have been to hear it with the applause.

Wow, this was my 5th grade history teacher. Immensely intelligent man, very genuine and caring. He taught at a school named K.I.P.P that was short for knowledge is power program in Buffalo Ny. The school was largely under funded but it had heart. The teachers were top notch and they all cared. They really cared to stimulate us with higher levels of teaching and really challenged us to go above and beyond. This TED talk really brought me back to those days.

Easily the greatest professor I have ever had. Learned so many valuable lessons from this man. Shoutout Dr. B!! From a Hip Hop and Social Studies student Fall 2015 at UB. Peace and Love

This man is amazing and has become someone I look up to even two years after I met him. As a child he even inspired me to learn more and put things into perspective and it’s astounding that he was able to get a kid to think about more than what she’s thought.

came to my school today Bascs he was such a cool guy, really intelligent.

Wishing I could take his classes. Great talk!

Wow this was such an awesome TED talk/I learned so much and I am sharing this link w-my colleagues.

I think this was great! It opened my eyes to think about the way I been taught. This is worth sharing. Job well done.

BUT FR I LOVE THIS TED TALK SOOOOooooOO MUCH

Absolutely wonderful. Preconception is such a dreadful 🤔 thing we all do it. Judging the book by the cover.

I SAW HIM YESTERDAY AT MY SCHOOL HE WAS GREAT

Honored to be Jedi for life 💪🏾💕 Dr. B is a prime example of what an exceptional educator is.

I have known Kush since 1988 he is genuine and well credentialed in the African-American culture.

Bravo, Professor!

Chills

I have to watch this for my class 💯

This is awesome

Powerful

10k views over 3 years shows how much farther we have to go as a people and society!!

I want to be in this man's lecture

Tfw this man gave me a fist bump. _My hand is famous._

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

WOW, amazing!

Did he come to anyone’s else school? He came to mine today. October 10th, 2018 Mckinley High School

Hotep!

Lover of chemistry here

KILLED IT !!!

I'm guessing this Rockstar professor never lived in the hood

GodDAMN! Good stuff.

I am a sith Lord but this guy is deep

why i feel like my people dont treat ourselves responsibly, now we need other people to help us smh. im good, i will always do right by my people. collectively we must assimilate the effect though.

aint no way

I don't know how to express my thoughts on the matter in a way that would make the audience clap and shout in support. I personally have an aching distaste for when people identify themselves by random traits as it's their one defining characteristic somehow; and being 'that', and being proud of it is somehow 'good' and should be especially glorified and underlined. For me it seems like an act of self-mutilation, self-oppression if you want. When we brush off the fact that we are all fundamentally the same people, and kind of take it for granted. Focusing and identifying ourselves with one or the other stereotype by abiding to it or wasting time in an effort to subvert it, instead of abandoning it altogether. It's like basing your entire persona around the shape of your nose. I guess what I'm trying to say is that maybe we shouldn't single out one race and study it. Cause that's exactly what we've been doing the whole time.

Disappointing talk, that lacked substance.

The issue I have is why everyone is so interested in teaching African-American studies that is not African-American. You don’t see Iris teaching Jewish history. You don’t see a South African teaching Japanese history. That’s the only problem we have. We are tired of being a community. Everyone can just freely be a part of and critique when they feel like it.