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The difference between false empathy and true support

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Chezare A. Warren |

TED-Ed Educator Talks

• February 2024

There's a right way and wrong way to do empathy, says author and scholar Chezare A. Warren. So how do we get it right? He unpacks the source of false empathy and explains the key shift in perspective we need to build healthy relationships and truly support others.

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There's a right way and wrong way to do empathy, says author and scholar Chezare A. Warren. So how do we get it right? He unpacks the source of false empathy and explains the key shift in perspective we need to build healthy relationships and truly support others.

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Chezare A. Warren

Author, artist, scholar

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Chezare A. Warren's work and research aims to clarify the conditions that facilitate Black children's education well-being.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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Learn how to do empathy in the classroom.