Candis Smith is a scholar, writer, parent, spouse, friend and a dreamer of a post-racist world and a more equitable future.

Smith has written three books that work toward this vision: Black Mosaic: The Politics of Black Pan-Ethnic Diversity, Racial Stasis: The Millennial Generation and the Stagnation of Racial Attitudes in American Politics and Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter.

She is a political scientist at Duke University, coming back home after a ride around the country -- taking stops at Texas A&M, Williams College, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Penn State, where she fell in love with TED.

Scholar, Writing, Journalism, Literary, Racial Justice Social Activism, Political, Political Science, Social Justice, Culture,