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Sense of pride and self-worth of sky high. now theyve identified with their ancestors. >> anthony: kens wife diane has prepared a lunch of buffalo steaks, potato salad, fry bread and indian pudding made of juneberry stewed with flour and sugar. >> kennard: when i looked at my ancestors, they didnt have diabetes, they didnt have much cancer. they were very strong, durable people. and i said well, im going to start eating nothing but buffalo. >> anthony: over the course of your life, how much has ...

Adopted from korea by a loving family of ten. he does the chores like everyone else. >> my job is when i get up in the morning i just let the dog out, i feed her, i feed myself. do the dishes every day. >> reporter: he rides a bike, plays soccer, runs track, builds with legos, and uses a laptop. and watch as jesse plays in his first ever basketball game with his school team. he told us about his biggest challenge. >> definitely the way people react to seeing me. you dont usually see an armless k...

Anti-you j anti-jewish. so he was extremely hate-filled. and people are prejudiced, people are homophobihomophobic, is it -- youre a profiler. what is it that trips a person when you can no longer function in society because your beliefs so extreme that you trip and decide you want to kill people? >> well, i like to explain this way. i think the genetics loads the gun, gives them the potential. his personality and psychology aim it. and miss experiences pull this trigger. so the thousands of dec...

Know, you feel hopeless. is anyone out there listening? is there anything i can do? i guess i dont matter. you know, if nobody believes me, then, you know, its -- you know, it definitely does something, i think, to your self-worth. >> yeah. do you think its -- since youve told your story, has it been powerful? has it been healing for other people? >> it was crazy because when the book first came out and i started getting, you know, comments or this or that, then i realized, oh, my gosh, like the...

Attacks you, but when someone in a powerful position like in my book -- it was a guidance counselor at the school that i went to. you just feel even worse. you question yourself and, you know, you feel hopeless. is anyone out there listening? is there anything i can do? i guess i dont matter. you know, if nobody believes me, then, you know, its -- you know, it definitely does something, i think, to your self-worth. >> yeah. do you think its -- since youve told your story, has it been powerful? h...

Too, provide people with a moment of hope too, build resiliency. its the nations largest community-based art program, making art impact individuals in need because they are called on to be creative. they start to see themselves in terms of potential and self worth. the artists are lead thing vision. >> and once you land on a design and everyones on board with it, its amazing to see it come to life. >> im a former sergeant in the army. i have ptsd. if we worked with people painting. can represent...

Resilience. its the nations largest community based public art program. making art impacts individuals in need because theyre called on to be creative. they start to see themselves in terms of their potential and self-worth. the artists are leading the vision. >> once you land on a design and everyone is on board with it, its just amazing to see it come to life. >> im a former sergeant in the army. i have ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder. when i got back, i didnt realize i needed help. we wo...

Influence is when it comes to civil rights? the reverend al was talking about her support of it but, you know, shes sort of an icon in a lot of ways. some of her songs are feminist anthems, they are civil rights anthems. what is songs are feminist anthems. >> "respect" right now should be a global anthem. >> she changed the pay treepatr monologue that was happening in music, men talking about women. instead she changed to to a dialogue where she is demanding respect. shes talking about the self-...

>> its also activating another thing we know from the research that can be problematic, which is our social comparison. our mind is really good at picking out a reference point of who we should compare ourselves to. what should our salary be, how good should we look? we compare ourselves often in a bad way. and i think social media allows us for so much more kinds of comparisons that make us feel bad about ourselves on these different dimensions, attractiveness, wealth levels. for our college st...

For your sense of self worth. >> its also activating another thing we know from the research that can be problematic, which is our social comparison. our mind is really good at picking out a reference point of who we should compare ourselves to. what should our salary be, how good should we look? we compare ourselves, often in a bad way. and i think social media allows us for so much more kinds of comparisons that make us feel bad about ourselves on these different dimensions, attractiveness, we...