Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them

Prevoditelj: Igor Pureta Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I was on a long road trip this summer,

Bila sam na dugom putovanju ovo ljeto

and I was having a wonderful time listening

i uživala sam slušajući

to the amazing Isabel Wilkerson's "The Warmth of Other Suns."

"Toplina drugih sunaca" nevjerovatne Isabel Wilkerson

It documents six million black folks fleeing the South from 1915 to 1970

Dokumentira bijeg 6 milijuna crnaca s Juga od 1915.-1970.

looking for a respite from all the brutality

Oni su bili u potrazi za predahom

and trying to get to a better opportunity up North,

od okrutnosti i boljim mogućnostima na Sjeveru,

and it was filled with stories of the resilience and the brilliance

i prepuna je priča o otpornosti i izvrsnosti

of African-Americans,

Afroamerikanaca

and it was also really hard to hear all the stories of the horrors

i bilo je teško čuti te priče o užasima,

poniženjima i svim ponižavanjima.

It was especially hard to hear about the beatings and the burnings

Posebno je teško bilo slušati o prebijanjima i paležima

and the lynchings of black men.

i linčovanju crnih muškaraca.

And I said, "You know, this is a little deep.

I rekla sam: "Ovo je previše teško i

I need a break. I'm going to turn on the radio."

trebam odmor. Upalit ću radio."

I turned it on, and there it was:

I upalila sam ga i čula:

Ferguson, Missouri,

U Fergusonu, Missouriju,

Michael Brown,

Michaela Browna

18-year-old black man,

18-godišnjeg crnca,

unarmed, shot by a white police officer, laid on the ground dead,

nenaoružanog je upucao bijeli policajac, i ležao je mrtav na tlu,

blood running for four hours

njegova je krv tekla četiri sata

while his grandmother and little children and his neighbors watched in horror,

dok su njegova baka i malena djeca i susjedi gledali s užasom

and I thought,

I pomislila sam,

here it is again.

evo ga opet.

This violence, this brutality against black men

To nasilje, ta brutalnost protiv crnaca

has been going on for centuries.

se događa već stoljećima.

I mean, it's the same story. It's just different names.

Hoću reći, to je ista priča, samo su imena druga.

It could have been Amadou Diallo.

To je mogao biti Amadaou Diallo.

It could have been Sean Bell.

Ili Sean Bell

It could have been Oscar Grant.

ili Oscar Grant

It could have been Trayvon Martin.

Ili je mogao biti Trayvon Martin.

This violence, this brutality,

To nasilje, ta brutalnost

is really something that's part of our national psyche.

je nešto što je dio naše nacionalne psihe.

It's part of our collective history.

Dio je naše zajedničke povijesti.

What are we going to do about it?

Što ćemo učiniti u vezi toga?

You know that part of us that still crosses the street,

U vezi s onim dijelom nas koji još uvijek prelazi ulicu,

locks the doors,

zaključava vrata i

clutches the purses,

stišće svoju torbu kada

when we see young black men?

ugledamo mlade crnce?

That part.

Taj dio nas.

I mean, I know we're not shooting people down in the street,

Znam da ne pucamo u ljude na ulici,

but I'm saying that the same stereotypes and prejudices

no ti isti stereotipi i predrasude

that fuel those kinds of tragic incidents

koji potiču te tragične događaje

are in us.

su u nama.

We've been schooled in them as well.

I mi smo tako školovani.

I believe that we can stop these types of incidents,

Vjerujem da možemo spriječiti takve događaje,

these Fergusons from happening,

da se ponovo dogode Fergusoni,

by looking within and being willing to change ourselves.

ako pogledamo u sebe i budemo spremni na promjenu.

So I have a call to action for you.

Zato vas pozivam da djelujete.

There are three things that I want to offer us today to think about

Danas ću vam ponudit ću vam 3 stvari o kojima možemo razmišljati

as ways to stop Ferguson from happening again;

kao načinima da spriječimo da se Ferguson ponovi;

three things that I think will help us

tri stvari koje će nam pomoći

reform our images of young black men;

da promijenimo imidž mladih crnaca;

three things that I'm hoping will not only protect them

tri stvari za koje se nadam ne samo da će ih zaštiti

but will open the world so that they can thrive.

nego im otvoriti mogućnosti da se razviju.

Can you imagine that?

Možete li to zamisliti?

Can you imagine our country embracing young black men,

Možete li zamisliti našu zemlju kako prihvaća mlade crnce,

seeing them as part of our future, giving them that kind of openness,

vidi ih kao dio naše budućnosti, pruža im takvu otvorenost i

that kind of grace we give to people we love?

prihvaćenje koje dajemo onima koje volimo?

How much better would our lives be? How much better would our country be?

Koliko bi naši životi bili bolji? Koliko bi naša zemlja bila bolja?

Let me just start with number one.

Počet ću s brojem jedan.

We gotta get out of denial.

Moramo se maknuti od poricanja.

Stop trying to be good people.

Prestati pokušavati biti dobri ljudi.

We need real people.

Trebamo prave ljude.

You know, I do a lot of diversity work,

Puno radim na različitostima i

and people will come up to me at the beginning of the workshop.

ljudi mi priđu na početku radionice te

They're like, "Oh, Ms. Diversity Lady, we're so glad you're here" --

kažu: "Gospođice Različitost, drago nam je što ste tu"--

(Laughter) --

(Smijeh) --

"but we don't have a biased bone in our body."

"ali mi nemamo nimalo predrasuda."

And I'm like, "Really?

A ja kažem:"Zbilja?

Because I do this work every day, and I see all my biases."

Jer ja se ovime bavim svaki dan a i ja imam predrasuda."

I mean, not too long ago, I was on a plane

Ne tako davno, bila sam u avionu i

and I heard the voice of a woman pilot coming over the P.A. system,

čula sam glas žene pilota preko razglasa,

and I was just so excited, so thrilled.

i bila sam tako uzbuđena i oduševljena.

I was like, "Yes, women, we are rocking it.

I pomislila sam:"Mi žene stvarno rasturamo.

We are now in the stratosphere."

Sad smo i u stratosferi."

It was all good, and then it started getting turbulent and bumpy,

Sve je bilo dobro dok nisu počele turbulencije,

and I was like,

i onda sam pomislila:

"I hope she can drive."

"Nadam se da zna letjeti."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I know. Right.

Da, znam.

But it's not even like I knew that was a bias

Nisam ni znala da postoji predrasuda

until I was coming back on the other leg and there's always a guy driving

sve do povratka kada je pilotirao muškarac.

and it's often turbulent and bumpy,

Često zna biti turbulencija i uvijek

and I've never questioned the confidence of the male driver.

sam imala povjerenje u muškog pilota.

The pilot is good.

Pilot je dobar.

Now, here's the problem.

Ovo je problem.

If you ask me explicitly, I would say, "Female pilot: awesome."

Ako me pitate izravno, reći ću: "Žena pilot: super!"

But it appears that when things get funky and a little troublesome, a little risky,

Ali čini se, kad se stvari zakompliciraju, kad nastupe problemi ili postane rizično,

I lean on a bias that I didn't even know that I had.

oslonim se na predrasudu za koju nisam ni znala da je imam.

You know, fast-moving planes in the sky,

Avion se kreće velikom brzinom u zraku,

I want a guy.

želim muškarca.

That's my default.

To je ono što mi je zadano.

Men are my default.

Muškarci su ono što mi je zadano.

Who is your default?

Tko je vama zadan?

Who do you trust?

Kome vi vjerujete?

Who are you afraid of?

Koga se bojite?

Who do you implicitly feel connected to?

S kim se osjećate implicitno povezani?

Who do you run away from?

Od koga bježite?

I'm going to tell you what we have learned.

Reći ću vam ono što smo naučili.

The implicit association test, which measures unconscious bias,

Test implicitne asocijacije mjeri nesvjesne predrasude,

you can go online and take it.

a možete ga riješiti na Internetu.

Five million people have taken it.

Pet milijuna ljudi ga je riješilo.

Turns out, our default is white. We like white people.

Ispalo je da nam je zadana bijela boja. Mi volimo bijelce.

We prefer white. What do I mean by that?

Dajemo prednost bijelcima. Što želim reći?

When people are shown images of black men and white men,

Kada se ljudima pokažu slike bijelih i crnih muškaraca,

we are more quickly able to associate

brže će povezati

that picture with a positive word, that white person with a positive word,

tu sliku s pozitivnom riječi, tu bijelu osobu s pozitivnom riječi,

than we are when we are trying to associate

nego što će pokušati povezati

positive with a black face, and vice versa.

nešto pozitivno s crnom osobom i obrnuto.

When we see a black face,

Kada ugledamo lice crnca,

it is easier for us to connect black with negative

lakše nam je povezati crno s negativnim

than it is white with negative.

nego bijelo.

Seventy percent of white people taking that test prefer white.

70% bijelaca koji rješavaju taj test daju porednost bijelcima.

Fifty percent of black people taking that test prefer white.

50% crnaca koji rješavaju taj test daju prednost bijelcima.

You see, we were all outside when the contamination came down.

Vidite, svi smo bili na otvorenom kad se slijegala kontaminacija.

What do we do about the fact that our brain automatically associates?

Što radimo s činjenicom da naš mozak radi automatske asocijacije.

You know, one of the things that you probably are thinking about,

Jedna od stvari o kojoj vjerojatno mislite

and you're probably like, you know what,

a vi ste vjerojatno poput, znate što,

I'm just going to double down on my color blindness.

kladit ću se na svojuu sljepoću na boje.

Yes, I'm going to recommit to that.

Da, odlučna sam u tome.

I'm going to suggest to you, no.

Predložit ću vam, ne.

We've gone about as far as we can go trying to make a difference

Otišli smo jako daleko u pokušaju da napravimo razliku

trying to not see color.

i zanemarimo boju.

The problem was never that we saw color. It was what we did when we saw the color.

Problem nije bio što vidimo boju, nego što smo učinili kad smo vidjeli boju.

It's a false ideal.

And while we're busy pretending not to see,

I dok smo zaposleni pretvarajući se da ne vidimo

we are not being aware of the ways in which racial difference

nismo svjesni načina na koji rasna razlika

is changing people's possibilities, that's keeping them from thriving,

mijenja mogućnosti ljudima i sprečava ih da postignu nešto,

and sometimes it's causing them an early death.

a ponekad im uzrokuje ranu smrt.

So in fact, what the scientists are telling us is, no way.

U stvari, ono što nam znanstvenici govore je da nema načina.

Don't even think about color blindness.

Prestanite razmišljati o sljepoći na boje.

In fact, what they're suggesting is,

U stvari ono što nam predlažu je

stare at awesome black people.

zagledajte se u impresivne crne ljude.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Look at them directly in their faces and memorize them,

Pogledajte ih u lice i zapamtite ih

because when we look at awesome folks who are black,

jer kad gledamo impresivne crne ljude

it helps to dissociate

to nam pomaže odvojiti se

the association that happens automatically in our brain.

od asocijacije koja se automatski događa u našem mozgu.

Why do you think I'm showing you these beautiful black men behind me?

Što mislite zašto vam pokazujem ove prekrasne muškarce iza mene?

There were so many, I had to cut them.

Bilo ih je toliko da sam ih morala izbaciti.

Okay, so here's the thing:

Dakle, ovako stoje stvari:

I'm trying to reset your automatic associations about who black men are.

pokušavam resetirati vašu automatsku asocijaciju tko su crnci.

I'm trying to remind you

Pokušavam vas podsjetiti

that young black men grow up to be amazing human beings

da mladi crnci rastu da postanu izvanredna ljudska bića

who have changed our lives and made them better.

koja su promijenila naše živote i učinila ih boljim.

So here's the thing.

Evo još nečeg.

The other possibility in science,

Druga znanstvena mogućnost,

and it's only temporarily changing our automatic assumptions,

koja privremeno mijenja naše automatske pretpostavke,

but one thing we know

a ono što znamo je

is that if you take a white person who is odious that you know,

da ako uzmete neku bijelu osobu za koju znate da je odbojna

and stick it up next to a person of color,

i stavite je do neke obojane osobe

a black person, who is fabulous,

crne osobe, koja je nevjerojatna,

then that sometimes actually causes us to disassociate too.

to može ponekad uzrokovati naše disociranje.

So think Jeffrey Dahmer and Colin Powell.

Zamislite Jeffreya Dahmera i Colina Powella.

Just stare at them, right? (Laughter)

Samo buljite u njih, dobro. (Smijeh)

But these are the things. So go looking for your bias.

Tako stoje stvari. Zato potrežite predrasude.

Please, please, just get out of denial and go looking for disconfirming data

Molim vas, prestanite poricati i potražite drugačije podatke

that will prove that in fact your old stereotypes are wrong.

koji će dokazati činjenicu da su vaši stari sterotipi pogrešni.

Okay, so that's number one: number two,

To je, dakle, broj jedan. Broj dva

what I'm going to say is move toward young black men instead of away from them.

je priđite crncima umjesto da bježite.

It's not the hardest thing to do,

To nije najteže što možete učiniti

but it's also one of these things

no to je jedna od onih stvari

where you have to be conscious and intentional about it.

kod koje trebate imati namjeru i biti svjesni što radite.

You know, I was in a Wall Street area one time several years ago

Prije nekoliko godina bila sam na području Wall Streeta.

when I was with a colleague of mine, and she's really wonderful

s jednom mojom suradnicom i ona je stvarno predivna

and she does diversity work with me and she's a woman of color, she's Korean.

i radila je samnom na različitostima, a i sama je Korejka.

And we were outside, it was late at night,

I bile smo vani i bila je već kasno navečer

and we were sort of wondering where we were going, we were lost.

i smišljale smo kuda ići, izgubile smo se.

And I saw this person across the street, and I was thinking, "Oh great, black guy."

I vidjela sam osobu preko puta i pomislila:"Super, crnac."

I was going toward him without even thinking about it.

Krenula sam prema njemu bez razmišljanja.

And she was like, "Oh, that's interesting."

Ona je na to rekla:"To je zanimljivo."

The guy across the street, he was a black guy.

Osoba preko puta je bila crnac.

I think black guys generally know where they're going.

Mislim da se crnci općenito dobro snalaze u prostoru.

I don't know why exactly I think that, but that's what I think.

Ne znam zašto, no upravo tako mislim

So she was saying, "Oh, you were going, 'Yay, a black guy'?"

Ona je objašnjavala: "Ti si rekla; super, crnac"

She said, "I was going, 'Ooh, a black guy.'"

I nastavila: "A ja sam rekla: Joj, crnac."

Other direction. Same need, same guy, same clothes,

Drugačiji pristup. Ista potreba, ista osoba, ista odjeća,

same time, same street, different reaction.

isto vrijeme, ista ulica, drugačija reakcija.

And she said, "I feel so bad. I'm a diversity consultant.

Zatim je dodala:"Osjećam se loše. Ja sam savjetnik za različitosti,

I did the black guy thing. I'm a woman of color. Oh my God!"

a tako sam reagirala. Uz to i sama druge boje kože. O, Bože."

And I said, "You know what? Please. We really need to relax about this."

Rekla sam:"Znaš što? Molim te. Trebamo se opustiti u vezi s crncima."

I mean, you've got to realize I go way back with black guys.

Mislim, trebate postati svjesni da imam dugu povijest s crnim dečkima.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

My dad is a black guy. You see what I'm saying?

Moj tata je crnac. Vidite na što mislim?

I've got a 6'5" black guy son. I was married to a black guy.

Imam sina crnca od 195 cm. Bila sam udana za crnca.

My black guy thing is so wide and so deep

Moj odnos prema crncima je tako širok i tako dubok

that I can pretty much sort and figure out who that black guy is,

da mogu prilično sigurno procijeniti tko je taj crni momak,

and he was my black guy.

i on je bio moj crnac.

He said, "Yes, ladies, I know where you're going. I'll take you there."

Rekao je:"Znam kuda želite, povest ću vas."

You know, biases are the stories we make up about people

Predrasude su priče koje izmišljamo o ljudima

before we know who they actually are.

prije nego se uvjerimo tko su oni zapravo.

But how are we going to know who they are

Kako ćemo saznati tko su

when we've been told to avoid and be afraid of them?

kada su nam rekli da ih izbjegavamo i plašimo ih se?

So I'm going to tell you to walk toward your discomfort.

Zato vam kažem da izađete iz svoje zone udobnosti.

And I'm not asking you to take any crazy risks.

I ne tražim od vas nešto ludo rizično.

I'm saying, just do an inventory,

Kažem samo da napravite inventuru,

expand your social and professional circles.

proširite svoje društvene i profesionalne krugove.

Who's in your circle?

Tko je u vašim krugovima?

Who's missing?

Tko nedostaje?

How many authentic relationships

Koliko pravih odnosa

do you have with young black people, folks, men, women?

imate s mladim, crnim ljudima, muškarcima i ženama?

Or any other major difference from who you are

Ili bilo čim drugim različitim od vas

and how you roll, so to speak?

i vašeg ponašanja?

Because, you know what? Just look around your periphery.

A znate li zašto? pogledajte na svojoj pefiriji.

There may be somebody at work, in your classroom,

Može biti netko na poslu, u vašoj učionici,

in your house of worship, somewhere, there's some black young guy there.

u crkvi, negdje tamo je neki mladi crni čovjek.

And you're nice. You say hi.

Vi ste pristojni, kažete bok.

I'm saying go deeper, closer, further, and build the kinds of relationships,

Idite dublje, bliže, dalje, izgradite

the kinds of friendships that actually cause you to see the holistic person

takve odnose pomoću kojih ćete vidjeti čitavu osobu

and to really go against the stereotypes.

i pomoću kojih ćete rušiti stereotipe.

I know some of you are out there,

Znam da neki od vas to i rade,

jer neki moji bijeli prijatelji će reći

"You have no idea how awkward I am.

"Nemaš pojma koliko sam užasan.

Like, I don't think this is going to work for me.

Jer mislim da to ne vrijedi za mene.

I'm sure I'm going to blow this."

SIguran sam da ću sve upropastiti."

Okay, maybe, but this thing is not about perfection. It's about connection.

Ovdje se ne radi o perfekciji, već o povezivanju.

And you're not going to get comfortable before you get uncomfortable.

I neće ti biti ugodno prije nego ti postane neugodno.

I mean, you just have to do it.

Vi to to samo trebate napraviti.

And young black men, what I'm saying is

A vi mladi crni ljudi,

if someone comes your way, genuinely and authentically, take the invitation.

ako vam netko autentično priđe, prihvatite poziv.

Not everyone is out to get you.

Nisu svi tu da bi vas lovili.

Go looking for those people who can see your humanity.

Potražite ljude u koji vide vašu čovječnost.

You know, it's the empathy and the compassion

To je empatija i suosjećanje

that comes out of having relationships with people who are different from you.

koji dolaze iz odnosa s ljudima koji su različiti od vas.

Something really powerful and beautiful happens:

I događa se nešto stvarno moćno i prekrasno:

you start to realize that they are you,

počinjete shvaćati da su oni vi,

that they are part of you, that they are you in your family,

da su oni dio vas, da su dio vaše obitelji

and then we cease to be bystanders

i kad prestanemo biti promatrači

and we become actors, we become advocates,

i postanemo sudionici i zagovaratelji

and we become allies.

tada postajemo i saveznici.

So go away from your comfort into a bigger, brighter thing,

Izađite iz zone udobnosti u veću i sjajniju stvarnost,

because that is how we will stop another Ferguson from happening.

jer to je način kako ćemo spriječiti da se dogodi sljedeći Ferguson.

That's how we create a community

Tako stvaramo zajendicu

where everybody, especially young black men, can thrive.

u kojoj svatko, posebno mladi crnci, mogu napredovati.

So this last thing is going to be harder,

Posljednji savjet je još teži,

and I know it, but I'm just going to put it out there anyway.

i ja to znam, a ipak ću ga izreći.

When we see something, we have to have the courage to say something,

Kada vidimo nešto, tada trebamo i hrabrost da nešto i kažemo,

even to the people we love.

čak i ljudima koje volimo.

You know, it's holidays and it's going to be a time

Znate, praznici su i bit će to vrijeme

when we're sitting around the table and having a good time.

kada svi sjedimo za stolom i dobro se zabavljamo.

Many of us, anyways, will be in holidays,

Mnogi od nas će biti na praznicima,

and you've got to listen to the conversations around the table.

i morat ćete slušati priče za stolom.

You start to say things like, "Grandma's a bigot."

I pomislit ćete: "Baka je tako ograničena."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"Uncle Joe is racist."

"Ujak Joe je rasist."

And you know, we love Grandma and we love Uncle Joe. We do.

I mi svi volimo baku i volimo ujaka. Stvarno!

We know they're good people, but what they're saying is wrong.

Znamo da su dobri ljudi, a da je to što govore pogrešno.

And we need to be able to say something, because you know who else is at the table?

I trebamo biti sposobni reći im nešto, jer znate li tko je još za stolom?

The children are at the table.

Djeca su za stolom.

And we wonder why these biases don't die, and move from generation to generation?

I čudimo se što predrasude žive i prenose se generacijama.

Because we're not saying anything.

Zato što mi ništa ne kažemo.

We've got to be willing to say, "Grandma, we don't call people that anymore."

Trebamo biti spremni reći:"Bako, više ne zovemo ljude tako."

"Uncle Joe, it isn't true that he deserved that.

"Ujače, nije istina da su tako nešto zaslužili.

No one deserves that."

Nitko to nije zaslužio."

And we've got to be willing

I trebamo biti spremni

to not shelter our children from the ugliness of racism

prestati štiti našu djecu od ružnoće rasizma

when black parents don't have the luxury to do so,

kad crni roditelji nemaju luksuz da rade to isto,

especially those who have young black sons.

a posebno oni koji imaju sinove.

We've got to take our lovely darlings, our future,

Trebamo primiti naše voljene, našu budućnost

and we've got to tell them we have an amazing country with incredible ideals,

i moramo im reći da imamo prekrasnu zemlju s nevjerojatnim idealima,

we have worked incredibly hard, and we have made some progress,

da smo radili zaista naporno i da smo postigli i mali napredak,

but we are not done.

ali nismo napravili sve.

We still have in us this old stuff

Još uvijek je u nama ta stara priča

about superiority and it is causing us

o superiornosti koja uzrokuje

to embed those further into our institutions

da predrasude i dalje uključujemo u naše institucije,

and our society and generations,

naše društvo i naše generacije,

and it is making for despair

a one bacaju u očaj

and disparities and a devastating devaluing of young black men.

i stvaraju nejednakost i razarajuće obezvređivanje mladih crnaca.

We still struggle, you have to tell them,

Još se uvijek borimo, morate im reći,

with seeing both the color

da vidimo i boje i

and the character of young black men,

karakter mladih crnaca,

but that you, and you expect them,

a da očekujete da oni budu

to be part of the forces of change in this society

dio snaga promjene u ovom društvu

that will stand against injustice and is willing, above all other things,

koje će stajati protiv nepravde i koji su spremni, iznad svega,

to make a society where young black men can be seen for all of who they are.

stvoriti društvo u kojem će mladi crnci biti gledani onakvi kakvima jesu.

So many amazing black men,

Toliki mnogi izvanredni crnci,

those who are the most amazing statesmen that have ever lived,

oni koji su među najvećim državnicima koji su ikada živjeli

brave soldiers,

hrabri vojnici,

awesome, hardworking laborers.

čudesni radnici koji naporno rade.

These are people who are powerful preachers.

To su ljudi koji su moćni propovjednici.

They are incredible scientists and artists and writers.

Oni su izvanredni znanstvenici, umjetnici i pisci.

They are dynamic comedians.

Dinamični komičari.

They are doting grandpas,

Oni su djetinjasti djedovi,

caring sons.

brižni sinovi.

They are strong fathers,

Snažni očevi,

and they are young men with dreams of their own.

oni su mladi ljudi s vlastitim snovima.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)