Dena Simmons: How students of color confront impostor syndrome | TED

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Camille Martรญnez
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ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: Nawal Sharabati ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: Khadra Salem
ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง ุจุฏุฃุช ุฑุญู„ุชูŠ ููŠ ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ/ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ"ุŒ
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So, my journey began in the Bronx, New York,
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ููŠ ุดู‚ุฉ ู…ุชูƒูˆู†ุฉ ู…ู† ุบุฑูุฉ ู†ูˆู… ูˆุงุญุฏุฉุŒ
00:18
in a one-bedroom apartment,
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with my two sisters and immigrant mother.
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ุจุฑูู‚ุฉ ุฃุฎุชูŠู† ูˆุฃู… ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑุฉ.
00:23
I loved our neighborhood.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุญุจุจุชู ุงู„ุญูŠ ูˆุงู„ุฌูŠุฑุฉ.
00:27
It was lively.
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ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุญูŠ ู…ูุนู…ุงู‹ ุจุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ.
00:28
There was all this merengue blasting,
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ูˆุตูˆุช ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฑูŠู†ุบูŠ ูŠุตุฏุญ,
00:31
neighbors socializing on building stoops
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ูŠุชุจุงุฏู„ ุงู„ุฌูŠุฑุงู† ุงู„ุญุฏูŠุซ ุนู„ู‰ ุดูŒุฑูุงุช ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฒู„
00:33
and animated conversations over domino playing.
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ูˆุชู†ุดุทู ุงู„ู…ุญุงุฏุซุงุช ู…ุน ู„ุนุจ ุงู„ุฏูˆู…ูŠู†ูˆ.
00:38
It was home,
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ูƒุงู† ุงู„ูˆุทู†ุŒ
00:40
and it was sweet.
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ูˆูƒุงู† ุฌู…ูŠู„ู‹ุง ุญู„ูˆู‹ุง.
00:43
But it wasn't simple.
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุณู‡ู„ู‹ุง.
00:45
In fact, everyone at school knew the block where we lived,
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ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ุนุฑู ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุญูŠ ุญูŠุซ ู†ุนูŠุดุŒ
00:49
because it was where people came to buy weed and other drugs.
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุญุถุฑ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ุญุดูŠุด ูˆุงู„ู…ุฎุฏุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰.
00:53
And with drug-dealing comes conflict,
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ูˆุชูˆุบู„ ุงู„ุตุฑุงุน ู…ุน ุชุฌุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฎุฏุฑุงุชุŒ
00:56
so we often went to sleep to the sound of gunshots.
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ูƒู†ุง ููŠ ู…ุนุธู… ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงู† ู†ุฐู‡ุจ ู„ู„ู†ูˆู… ุนู„ู‰ ุตูˆุช ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ุงู„ุฑุตุงุต.
01:01
I spent much of my childhood worried,
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ุฃู…ุถูŠุชู ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุทููˆู„ุชูŠ ู‚ู„ู‚ุฉุŒ
ู‚ู„ู‚ุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุณู„ุงู…ุชู†ุง.
01:05
worried about our safety.
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01:08
And so did our mother.
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ูˆูƒุฐู„ูƒ ูˆุงู„ุฏุชู†ุง.
01:11
She worried that the violence we witnessed would overtake our lives;
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‚ู„ู‚ุฉ ุจุฃู† ุงู„ุนู†ู ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุดู‡ุฏู‡ ุณูŠู‚ุถูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุญูŠุงุชู†ุงุ›
01:16
that our poverty meant
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ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุนุงู†ูŠ ู…ู†ู‡ ูŠุนู†ูŠ
ุฃู† ุงู„ุฌูŠุฑุงู† ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุนุดู†ุง ู…ุนู‡ู… ูˆุดุงุฑูƒู†ุงู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู†
01:18
that the neighbors with whom we lived and shared space
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01:20
would harm us.
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ุณูŠู„ุญู‚ูˆุง ุงู„ุฃุฐู‰ ุจู†ุง.
01:22
Our entire life was in the Bronx,
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ุนุดู†ุง ูƒู„ ุญูŠุงุชู†ุง ููŠ ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ"ุŒ
01:26
but my mother's anxiety spurred her into action,
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ู„ูƒู† ู‚ู„ู‚ ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ ุฏูุนู‡ุง ู„ู„ุชุตุฑูุŒ
01:29
and soon we were driving so fast to Connecticut --
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ูˆู‚ุฏู†ุง ุญุงู„ู‹ุง ูˆ ุณุฑูŠุนู‹ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆู„ุงูŠุฉ "ูƒูˆู†ูŠุชูŠูƒุช" --
01:34
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
01:35
to boarding school campuses, with full scholarships in tow.
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ุฅู„ู‰ ุญุฑู… ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠุฉุŒ ุจู…ู†ุญุฉ ุฏุฑุงุณูŠุฉ ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุณุญุจ.
01:39
Man, don't underestimate the power of a mother
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ุฃูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ุŒ ู„ุง ุชู‚ู„ู„ ู…ู† ู‚ูˆุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…
01:45
determined to keep her children safe.
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุตู…ู… ุนู„ู‰ ุฅุจู‚ุงุก ุฃุทูุงู„ู‡ุง ููŠ ู…ุฃู…ู†.
(ู‡ุชุงู)
01:49
(Cheers)
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01:50
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
01:55
At boarding school,
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ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠุฉุŒ
01:58
for the first time,
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ูˆู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ุฑุฉุŒ
02:01
I was able to sleep without worry.
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ูƒู†ุชู ู‚ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู†ูˆู… ุฏูˆู† ู‚ู„ู‚.
02:05
I could leave my dorm room unlocked,
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ูƒู†ุชู ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ู…ุบุงุฏุฑุฉ ุบุฑูุฉ ุงู„ุณูƒู† ุฏูˆู† ุฅุบู„ุงู‚ุŒ
02:07
walk barefoot in the grass,
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ูˆุงู„ู…ุดูŠ ุญุงููŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุฏู…ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุนุดุจุŒ
02:10
and look up to see a night sky full of stars.
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ูˆุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุนู„ูŠ ู„ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุณู…ุงุก ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู„ูŠุฆุฉ ุจุงู„ู†ุฌูˆู….
ุงู„ู…ุณุชุฌุฏุงุช ุงู„ุณุนูŠุฏุฉ.
02:16
Happy novelties.
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ูˆู„ูƒู† ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู…ุณุชุฌุฏุงุช ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ูƒุฐู„ูƒ.
02:19
But there were other novelties as well.
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02:22
Very quickly, I felt like I didn't belong.
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ุจุดูƒู„ ุณุฑูŠุนุŒ ุฃุญุณุณุชู ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฃู†ุชู…ูŠ ู„ู‡ู†ุง.
02:26
I learned that I didn't speak the right way,
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ุนู„ู…ุชู ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฃุชุญุฏุซู ุจุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุตุญูŠุญุฉุŒ
02:29
and to demonstrate the proper ways of speaking,
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ูˆู„ุชูˆุถูŠุญ ุงู„ุทุฑู‚ ุงู„ุตุญูŠุญุฉ ู„ู„ุญุฏูŠุซุŒ
02:33
my teachers gave me frequent lessons, in public,
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ู‚ุฏู… ู„ูŠ ุฃุณุงุชุฐุชูŠ ุฏุฑูˆุณู‹ุง ู…ุชุชุงู„ูŠุฉุŒ ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุนู„ู†ุŒ
02:37
on the appropriate way to enunciate certain words.
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ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉ ู„ู†ุทู‚ ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ู…ุญุฏุฏุฉ.
ุฐุงุช ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุฃุฑุดุฏุชู†ูŠ ู…ุนู„ู…ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุฑูˆุงู‚:
02:43
A teacher once instructed me in the hallway:
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"Aaaaa-king"ุŒ
02:47
"Aaaaaas-king."
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02:51
She said this loudly.
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ู‚ุงู„ุช ุฐู„ูƒ ุจุตูˆุชู ุนุงู„ู.
"ุฏูŠู†ุงุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ุง ู„ูŠุณุช (axing)ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู†ูƒ ุชุฑูƒุถูŠู† ุจูุฃุณ.
02:54
"Dena, it's not 'axing,' like you're running around with an axe.
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02:59
That's silly."
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ู‡ุฐุง ุณุฎูŠู."
ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุนู†ุฏ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุทุฉุŒ ุชุณุชุทูŠุนูˆู† ุชุฎูŠู„ ุงู„ู‚ู‡ู‚ู‡ุงุช ู…ู† ุฒู…ูŠู„ุงุชูŠุŒ
03:02
Now at this point, you can imagine the snickers of my classmates,
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03:08
but she continued:
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ูˆุงุตู„ุช ูˆุฃุถุงูุช:
03:11
"Think about breaking the word into 'ass' and 'king,'
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"ููƒุฑูŠ ุญูˆู„ ูุตู„ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู‚ุทุนูŠู† "ass" ูˆ "king"
03:16
and then put the two together to say it correctly --
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ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุถุนูŠ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุนูŠู† ู…ุนู‹ุง ู„ู†ุทู‚ู‡ุง ุจุดูƒู„ ุตุญูŠุญ --
03:20
'Asking.'"
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"Asking".
03:23
There were some other moments that reminded me that I didn't belong.
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฐูƒุฑุชู†ูŠ ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฃู†ุชู…ูŠ ู„ู‡ู†ุง.
03:28
Once, I walked into a classmate's dorm room,
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ุฐุงุช ู…ุฑุฉุŒ ุฐู‡ุจุชู ุฅู„ู‰ ุบุฑูุฉ ุฅุญุฏู‰ ุงู„ุฒู…ูŠู„ุงุชุŒ
ูˆุฑุฃูŠุชู‡ุง ุชุดุงู‡ุฏ ู…ู‚ุชู†ูŠุงุชู‡ุง ุงู„ุซู…ูŠู†ุฉ ุญูˆู„ูŠ.
03:32
and I watched her watch her valuables around me.
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03:36
Like, why would she do that? I thought to myself.
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ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ุชูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŸ ู‚ู„ุชู ู„ู†ูุณูŠ.
03:40
And then there was the time
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ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒุงู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ูˆู‚ุช
03:42
when another classmate walked into my dorm room,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฏุฎู„ุช ุฒู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ุบุฑูุชูŠุŒ
03:46
and yelled, "Ew!" as I was applying hair grease to my scalp.
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ูˆุตุฑุฎุชุŒ "ูŠุงู„ุง ุงู„ู‚ุฑู" ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒู†ุชู ุฃุฏู‡ู†ู ูุฑูˆุฉ ุฑุฃุณูŠ ุจู…ุงุฏุฉ ุฒูŠุชูŠุฉุŒ
ูŠู‚ุนู ุงู„ุถุฑุฑ ุงู„ุนุงุทููŠ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู„ุง ูŠุณุชุทูŠุน ุงู„ุดุจุงุจ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู…ุŒ
03:53
There is emotional damage done when young people can't be themselves,
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03:58
when they are forced to edit who they are in order to be acceptable.
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุถุทุฑูˆู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุชุนุฏูŠู„ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุชู‡ู… ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุฃู† ูŠุชู‚ุจู„ู‡ู… ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†.
04:04
It's a kind of violence.
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ุฅู†ู‡ ู†ูˆุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู†ู.
04:08
Ultimately, I'm a quintessential success story.
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ููŠ ุงู„ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉุŒ ูุญูŠุงุชูŠ ู‚ุตุฉ ู†ุฌุงุญ ุฌูˆู‡ุฑูŠุฉ.
04:13
I attended boarding school and college in New England,
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ุฐู‡ุจุชู ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠุฉ ูˆูƒู„ูŠุฉ ููŠ ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ "ู†ูŠูˆ ุงู†ุฌู„ุงู†ุฏ"ุŒ
04:17
studied abroad in Chile
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ูˆุฏุฑุณุชู ููŠ ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌ ููŠ "ุชุดูŠู„ูŠ"ุŒ
04:19
and returned to the Bronx to be a middle school teacher.
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ูˆุนุฏุชู ุฅู„ู‰ ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ" ู„ุฃุนู…ู„ ู…ุนู„ู…ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชูˆุณุทุฉ.
ุชู‚ู„ูŠุชู "ู…ู†ุญุฉ ุชุฑูˆู…ุงู†"ุŒ
04:23
I received a Truman Scholarship,
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04:25
a Fulbright and a Soros Fellowship.
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ูˆู…ู†ุญุฉ "ููˆู„ุจุฑุงูŠุช" ูˆ "ุฒู…ุงู„ุฉ ุณูˆุฑูˆุฒ".
04:28
And I could list more.
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ูˆูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฐูƒุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏ.
04:30
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
ูˆู„ูƒู† ู„ู† ุฃูุนู„.
04:32
But I won't.
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04:33
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
04:35
I earned my doctorate at Columbia University.
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ุญุตู„ุชู ุนู„ู‰ ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฏูƒุชูˆุฑุงุฉ ู…ู† "ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ ูƒูˆู„ูˆู…ุจูŠุง".
04:39
(Cheers)
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(ู‡ุชุงู)
04:40
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
04:42
And then I landed a job at Yale.
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ูˆุจุนุฏู‡ุง ุญุตู„ุชู ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุธูŠูุฉ ููŠ "ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ ูŠูŠู„".
(ุชุตููŠู‚)
04:45
(Applause)
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04:47
I am proud of everything that I've been able to accomplish
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ุฅู†ู†ูŠ ูุฎูˆุฑุฉ ุจูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุชู…ูƒู†ุชู ู…ู† ุงู†ุฌุงุฒู‡
ููŠ ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุญูŠุงุชูŠ ุญุชู‰ ุงู„ุขู†.
04:52
on my journey thus far.
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04:56
I have eternal imposter syndrome.
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ู„ุฏูŠู‘ ู…ุชู„ุงุฒู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฏู‘ุนูŠุŒ ุฃูˆ ู…ุง ูŠุทู„ู‚ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ู…ุชู„ุงุฒู…ุฉ ุถุฑุจุฉ ุงู„ุญุธ.
ู‚ุฏ ุชู… ุฏุนูˆุชูŠ ุฅู…ู‘ุง ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุดุฎุตูŠุฉ ู…ู…ูŠุฒุฉุŒ
05:01
Either I've been invited because I'm a token,
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ูŠุณ ุญูˆู„ูŠุŒ
05:04
which really isn't about me,
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05:06
but rather, about a box someone needed to check off.
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ุŒ ุญูˆู„ ู…ุฑุจุน ุงุญุชุงุฌ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…ู‡
05:10
Or, I am exceptional,
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ุฃูˆุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฅุณุชุซู†ุงุฆูŠุฉุŒ
05:13
which means I've had to leave the people I love behind.
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ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุชุนูŠู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุชุฑูƒ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุฃุญุจู‡ู… ูˆุฑุงุฆูŠ.
05:19
It's the price that I and so many others pay for learning while black.
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ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุซู…ู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณุฃุฏูุนู‡ ูˆุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุชุนู„ู… ูƒุฐูˆูŠ ุจุดุฑุฉ ุณูˆุฏุงุก.
05:27
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
05:34
I police myself all the time.
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ุฃุชุญูƒู…ู ุจู†ูุณูŠ ูƒู„ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช.
ู‡ู„ ุจู†ุทุงู„ูŠ ุถูŠู‚ ุฌุฏู‹ุงุŸ
05:40
Are my pants too tight?
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05:42
Should I wear my hair up or in a fro?
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ู‡ู„ ุฃุตููู ุดุนุฑูŠ ุนุงู„ูŠู‹ุง ุฃูˆ ุฃุจู‚ูŠู‡ ู…ุฌุนุฏู‹ุงุŸ
05:46
Should I speak up for myself,
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ู‡ู„ ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุชุญุฏุซ ุนู† ู†ูุณูŠ
05:49
or will the power of my words be reduced to: "She's angry"?
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ุงูˆ ู‡ู„ ุณูŠุชู… ุงู„ุชู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู† ู‚ูˆุฉ ูƒู„ู…ุงุชูŠ ู„ู„ู‚ูˆู„: "ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุบุงุถุจุฉุŸ"
ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ู…ุบุงุฏุฑุฉ ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ"
05:56
Why did I have to leave the Bronx
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05:58
to gain access to a better education?
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ู„ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุนู„ูŠู… ุฃูุถู„ุŸ
06:03
And why, in the process of getting that better education,
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ูˆู„ู…ุงุฐุงุŒ ูˆููŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ูŠ ู„ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุนู„ูŠู… ุฃูุถู„ุŒ
06:07
did I have to endure the trauma of erasing what made me, me --
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ูƒุงู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุชุญู…ู„ ุงู„ุฃุฐู‰ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุฎู„ูŠ ุนู† ู…ุง ุตู†ุนุชู‡ ู„ู†ูุณูŠุŒ ุฃู†ุง--
06:15
a black girl from the Bronx, raised by an Antiguan mother?
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ูุชุงุฉ ุณูˆุฏุงุก ุงู„ุจุดุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ" ุชุฑุจุช ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู‡ู†ูˆุฏ ุงู„ุญู…ุฑ "ุฃู†ุชูŠุฌุง"ุŸ
06:21
So when I think about our current education reform initiatives,
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ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูุนู†ู…ุง ุฃููƒุฑู ุญูˆู„ ู…ุจุงุฏุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฅุตู„ุงุญ ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุญุงู„ูŠุฉุŒ
06:27
I can't help asking:
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ูู„ุง ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ุชุฌู†ุจ ุงู„ุณุคุงู„:
ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠุชุนู„ู… ุทู„ุงุจู†ุง ู…ู† ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃุจูŠุถ ุนู† ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู…ุŸ
06:30
What are our students of color learning about themselves?
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06:35
Three -- three decades of research reveal
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ุซู„ุงุซุฉ -- ูƒุดูุช ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ุนู‚ูˆุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุจุญุงุซ
ุจุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุชู…ู ุชูˆู‚ูŠู ูˆุทุฑุฏ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ู…ู† ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃุจูŠุถ
06:39
that students of color are suspended and expelled
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06:42
at a rate three times greater than white students,
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ุจู…ุนุฏู„ ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ู…ุฑุงุช ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ุฐูˆูŠ ุงู„ุจุดุฑุฉ ุงู„ุจูŠุถุงุกุŒ
ูˆูŠุชู… ู…ุนุงู‚ุจุชู‡ู… ุจูˆุณุงุฆู„ ุฃุดุฏ ู‚ุณูˆุฉ ู„ู†ูุณ ุงู„ู…ุฎุงู„ูุงุชุŒ
06:46
and are punished in harsher ways for the same infractions.
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ูˆูŠุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุฎู„ุงู„ ุชุบูŠุจ ุญูŠุงุชู‡ู… ูˆุญูƒุงูŠุงุชู‡ู…
06:53
They also learn this through the absence of their lives and narratives
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06:56
in the curricula.
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ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงู‡ุฌ ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…ูŠุฉ.
06:59
The Cooperative Children's Book Center did a review of nearly 4,000 books
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ู‚ุงู… "ู…ุฑูƒุฒ ูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ ุงู„ุชุนุงูˆู†ูŠ" ุจุนู…ู„ ู…ุฑุงุฌุนุฉ ู„ุญูˆุงู„ูŠ 4ุŒ000 ูƒุชุงุจ
07:04
and found that only three percent were about African-Americans.
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ูˆูˆุฌุฏ ุฃู† 3% ูู‚ุท ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ุฅูุฑูŠู‚ูŠ.
07:10
And they further learn this
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ูˆุชุนู„ู…ูˆุง ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุงุญู‚ู‹ุง
ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ู†ู‚ุต ุงู„ุฃุณุงุชุฐุฉ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุดุจู‡ูˆู†ู‡ู….
07:12
through the lack of teachers that look like them.
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07:17
An analysis of data
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ูˆุชุญู„ูŠู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุจูŠุงู†ุงุช
ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ "ุงู„ู…ุฑูƒุฒ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู…ูŠ ู„ุงุญุตุงุกุงุช ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…"
07:19
from the National Center for Education Statistics
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07:22
found that 45 percent of our nation's pre-K to high school students
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ูˆุฌุฏ ุฃู† 45% ู…ู† ุฃู…ุชู†ุง ู‡ู… ุทู„ุงุจ ููŠ ู…ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุงู„ุฑูˆุถุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูˆูŠุฉ
07:27
were people of color,
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ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุจูŠุถุŒ
07:30
while only 17 percent of our teachers are.
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ุจูŠู†ู…ุง ูƒุงู†17% ูู‚ุท ุฃุณุงุชุฐุฉ.
07:36
Our youth of color pay a profound price
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ูŠุฏูุนู ุดุจุงุจู†ุง ู…ู† ุบูŠุฑ ุฐูˆูŠ ุงู„ุจุดุฑุฉ ุงู„ุจูŠุถุงุก ุซู…ู†ู‹ุง ุจุงู‡ุธู‹ุง
07:39
when their schooling sends them the message
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุฑุณู„ู ุฅู„ูŠู‡ู… ู…ุฏุงุฑุณู‡ู… ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ
07:41
that they must be controlled,
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ุจุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุณูŠุทุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู…ุŒ
07:44
that they must leave their identities at home
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ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุชุฑูƒ ู‡ูˆูŠุงุชู‡ู… ููŠ ุงู„ุจูŠุช
07:46
in order to be successful.
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ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู†ุฌุงุญ.
ูŠุณุชุญู‚ู ูƒู„ ุทูู„ ุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู…
07:51
Every child deserves an education
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07:54
that guarantees the safety to learn
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ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุถู…ู†ู ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…ุฉ ู„ุฃู† ูŠุชุนู„ู…
07:57
in the comfort of one's own skin.
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ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠุดุนุฑู ุจุงู„ุฑุงุญุฉ ุจู‡ูˆูŠุชู‡ ูˆู„ูˆู† ุจุดุฑุชู‡.
08:03
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
08:11
It is possible to create emotionally and physically safe classrooms
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ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ู…ูƒู† ุงุญุฏุงุซ ุฃู…ู† ุนุงุทููŠ ูˆุฌุณุฏูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ูุตูˆู„ ุงู„ุฏุฑุงุณูŠุฉ
08:16
where students also thrive academically.
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ุญูŠุซ ูŠู†ุฌุญู ุงู„ุทู„ุจุฉ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุชุนู„ูŠู…ูŠู‹ุง.
08:20
I know, because I did it in my classroom
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ุฃุนู„ู…ู ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู‚ู…ุชู ุจุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ูุตู„ูŠ
08:23
when I returned to teach in the Bronx.
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุนุฏุชู ู„ุฃุนู„ู… ููŠ ุญูŠ "ุจุฑูˆู†ูƒุณ"ุŒ
08:27
So what did that look like?
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ูƒูŠู ุจุฏุง ุฐู„ูƒุŸ
ุฑูƒุฒุชู ุชุนู„ูŠู…ูŠ
08:31
I centered my instruction
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ุนู„ู‰ ุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ูˆุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุทู„ุงุจูŠ.
08:33
on the lives, histories and identities of my students.
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08:38
And I did all of this because I wanted my students to know
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ูˆู‚ู…ุชู ุจุนู…ู„ ูƒู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฑุฏุชู ู…ู† ุทู„ุงุจูŠ ุฃู† ูŠุนุฑููˆุง
08:41
that everyone around them was supporting them
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ุจุฃู† ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ู…ู† ุญูˆู„ู‡ู… ูŠุฏุนู…ู‡ู…
08:45
to be their best self.
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ู„ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ู…ู† ุฃูุถู„ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ
ูุจูŠู†ู…ุง ู„ู… ุฃุณุชุทุน ุงู„ุณูŠุทุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุนุฏู… ุงู„ุงุณุชู‚ุฑุงุฑ ููŠ ุจูŠูˆุชู‡ู…ุŒ
08:49
So while I could not control the instability of their homes,
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08:54
the uncertainty of their next meal,
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ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุญุงู„ุฉ ุนุฏู… ุงู„ูŠู‚ูŠู† ู…ู† ุชู†ุงูˆู„ู‡ู… ูˆุฌุจุชู‡ู… ุงู„ุบุฐุงุฆูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠุฉุŒ
08:57
or the loud neighbors that kept them from sleep,
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ุฃูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุตูˆุงุช ุฌูŠุฑุงู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชู…ู†ุนู‡ู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ูˆู…ุŒ
09:00
I provided them with a loving classroom
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ูˆูุฑุชู ู„ู‡ู… ูุตู„ุงู‹ ุฏุฑุงุณูŠู‹ุง ู…ู„ูŠุฆุงู‹ ุจุงู„ุญุจ
ูŠุฌุนู„ู‡ู… ูŠุดุนุฑูˆุง ุจุงู„ูุฎุฑ ุจุฃู†ูุณู‡ู…ุŒ
09:04
that made them feel proud of who they are,
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09:07
that made them know that they mattered.
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ูˆูŠุฌุนู„ู‡ู… ูŠุนุฑููˆุง ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู…ู‡ู…ูˆู†ุŒ
09:11
You know,
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ุฃุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ
09:14
every time I hear or say the word "asking,"
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ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุณู…ุนู ุฃูˆ ุฃู‚ูˆู„ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ "asking"ุŒ
09:22
I am in high school again.
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ู…ุฑุฉู‹ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ุŒ ุฃุดุนุฑู ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุนุฏุชู ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูˆูŠุฉ.
ุฃููƒุฑู ุญูˆู„ "ass" ูˆ "king"
09:26
I am thinking about "ass" and "king"
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ูˆูˆุถุน ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุนูŠู† ู…ุนู‹ุง ู„ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ููŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ
09:32
and putting the two together so that I speak in a way
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09:36
where someone in power will want to listen.
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ุญูŠุซ ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ููŠ ุงู„ุณู„ุทุฉ ูŠุฑุบุจู ููŠ ุงู„ุณู…ุงุน.
ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุฃูุถู„ุŒ
09:42
There is a better way,
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09:44
one that doesn't force kids of color into a double bind;
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ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ุง ุชุฌุจุฑ ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ ู…ู† ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุจูŠุถ ู„ู…ูˆุงุฌู‡ุฉ ู…ุฃุฒู‚ ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌ:
09:48
a way for them to preserve their ties
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ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ุญุงูุธุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฑูˆุงุจุทู‡ู…
09:51
to their families, homes and communities;
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ู…ุน ุฃุณุฑู‡ู… ูˆู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุชู‡ู…ุŒ
09:54
a way that teaches them to trust their instincts
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ูˆุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุชุนู„ู…ู‡ู… ุงู„ุซู‚ุฉ ุจู…ูˆุงู‡ุจู‡ู… ูˆู…ู‚ุฏุฑุชู‡ู…
10:00
and to have faith in their own creative genius.
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ูˆุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุฅูŠู…ุงู† ููŠ ู…ูŠูˆู„ู‡ู… ุงู„ุฅุจุฏุงุนูŠุฉ.
ุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ู„ูƒู….
10:07
Thank you.
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10:08
(Applause)
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ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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