for instance, laverne cox, austin channing tatum, jason reynolds.what really touched me is in reading some of these stories is how vulnerable-- how vulnerable and shargt people are. it's terrifying. it is really scary to share some of these stories because, "a," you go, "am i sharing too much?" "b," you go, "what is the purpose of me doing this?" and then, "c," i often think it must be hard to realize some of these things as you are putting them into words. brene, on your side, i guess it's a two-part question. number one, how do we live in a world where we become more aware of this and say, "i'm going to give you the space to try to talk about these things," and make it a safer place to be in. secondly, how can we as people try to identify those shortcomings that we have? >> yeah, i just remembered this crazy moment when we started getting the essays in. i called tarana, and i said, have you read any?" she said, "i read 10." and i said, what, did you learn?" she said, "i learned a lot about blackness they didn't know." and i said, "i learned a lot