Cristina Roldão invites the audience to think of a topic that is still a taboo in Portuguese society - racism. In her powerful talk, the academic not only talks about the problems but also proposes important solutions that might help build a better society where skin colour should not matter. Cristina Roldão is a black Portuguese scholar and one of the voices in the public debate about racism in Portugal. PhD in Sociology, she is a researcher at CIES-IUL and a professor at the Higher School of Education of the Setúbal Polytechnic Institute (ESE-IPS). Among the research, teacher training, work with communities and taking a position in the public and media space, she has focused on the processes of exclusion and institutional racism that affect African descendants in the Portuguese school and society, the need to collecting ethno-racial data and affirmative action policies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
