How to End Racism | Dolores Huerta | TEDxOakland

In this Inspiring talk, legendary activist Dolores Huerta shares simple steps on how to get rid of racism. In response to white supremacists who keep saying, "they are crossing the border into our country" To that Ms. Huerta says, "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us." Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She served as Vice President and played a critical role in many of the union’s accomplishments for four decades. In 2002, she received the Puffin/Nation $100,000 prize for Creative Citizenship which she used to establish the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF). DHF is connecting groundbreaking community-based organizing to state and national movements to register and educate voters; advocate for education reform; bring about infrastructure improvements in low-income communities; advocate for greater equality for the LGBT community; and create strong leadership development. She has received numerous awards: among them The Eleanor Roosevelt Humans Rights Award from President Clinton in 1998. In 2012 President Obama bestowed Dolores with The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx