A radical experiment in empathy: Sam Richards at TEDxPSU
Sam Richards is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester, 725 students register for his Race and Ethnic...
========== Translator: Camille MartÃnez
Reviewer: Ivana KoromMy students often ask me,
"What is sociology?"And I tell them it's the study of the way
in which human beings are shapedby things that they don't see.And they say, "So,
how can I be a sociologist?How can I understand
those invisible forces?"And I say, "Empathy.Start with empathy.It all begins with empathy.Take yourself out of your shoes,put yourself into the shoes
of another person."Here, I'll give you an example.So I imagine my life
if, a hundred years ago,China had been the most powerful
nation in the worldand they came to the United States
in search of coal.And they found it, and, in fact,
they found lots of it right here.And pretty soon,
t...
