Brittany Young: How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore | TED Fellows

翻译人员: Lesley yang 校对人员: Helen Chang

[SHAPE YOUR FUTURE]

I want you to take this journey with me.

Let's set the stage.

It's a Sunday in Baltimore.

There could be kids in the park Druid Hill.

They're watching dirt bike riders go pass,

[塑造未来]

do tricks, pop wheelies, do stunts,

让我带你一起来感受一下这一场景。

they're zipping.

我们开始吧。

If you hear the engines revving, smell the gasoline,

这是巴尔的摩的一个星期天。

you can see the joy and excitement on their face.

有孩子们在德鲁伊山公园玩。

Someone’s probably learning how to fix their dirt bike,

他们看到有人在骑越野摩托，

because the parts are way too expensive to buy.

车手们在玩花样， 他们抬起前轮，做特技，

Then they can go to school.

骑车飞奔。

They can get a pop quiz or a test from a teacher.

如果你听到他们发动引擎的声音， 闻到汽油味，

你可以从他们脸上看到喜悦和激动。

You know the kind we all heard and we've all hated.

"A train that's leaving from New York,

有人正在学习怎样修理自己的越野摩托

goes to Cleveland,"

因为直接换一个摩托配件太贵了。

but they're here in Baltimore.

How does this relate?

孩子们回到学校后，

They don't get it.

老师给他们布置了一个突击测验，

They fail the test and now they can hate school.

Then their world can be turned upside down.

我们都知道也都讨厌的那种测试。

“一艘火车驶出纽约，

They can get on Facebook, on Instagram,

开往克利夫兰，”

get a call or a text.

但这里是巴尔的摩。

They can watch as their friend can become a hashtag,

这两个地方和巴尔的摩有什么关系？

孩子们不会这道题。

a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.

他们没能通过考试， 也更不喜欢学校了。

接着他们的世界 发生了天翻地覆的变化。

Lost to the streets, lost to the system

or lost to gun violence.

他们玩Facebook，看Instagram，

Or a kid that could be arrested for a dirt bike.

在上面打电话或者聊天。

他们整日浏览社交网站上的话题，

Because in my city

it can be a misdemeanor for possession of a dirt bike.

孩子们在错误的时间 出现在了不对的地方。

This can be a likely story for Black kids across the country.

他们迷失在街头，迷失在系统里

In cities like Miami, Cleveland, Atlanta, Philly,

或者说迷失在了枪支暴力中。

一个孩子可能因为驾驶越野摩托车 而遭到逮捕。

whatever place had the dirt bike task force.

因为在我所在的城市里

拥有一辆越野摩托可以算轻罪了。

Now ask yourself if the thing you use to relieve your stress,

这是全国黑人小孩的故事。

if it was demonized,

在像迈阿密、克利夫兰、 亚特兰大、费城这样的城市，

would you still do it?

If it was criminalized?

到处都有越野摩托的特遣小组。

The answer is yes.

That's the reality for Black people across the US right now.

问问你自己， 如果能缓解你焦虑的东西，

They’ve watched as we made room in cities for skateboarders, for bicyclists

受到了官方的排斥，

你还会用它缓解焦虑吗？

and any other sport.

如果它被认为是非法的呢？

They can watch TV and see it on X Games, the Olympics or ESPN.

答案是肯定的，会用。

这就是美国黑人现在所面临的情况。

The style of riding can be seen in ad campaigns and films.

只要我们在市内玩滑板，玩自行车

But in Baltimore, what do they have to look forward to?

What do riders get from all of it?

或者玩其他任何运动， 就会被特遣小组盯上。

他们可以看电视，在极限运动、奥运会 和娱乐与体育电视台上看到这些运动。

No space, no outlet,

just a typical narrative.

Like I said, this is a common story.

在广告和电影上 可以看到人们骑这种车。

I was the kid in a park.

但在巴尔的摩， 他们还有什么可以期待的？

I wanted to be just like the big dirt-bike riders,

摩托车手可以得到什么？

but I hate to fall.

Instead, I became like Bill Nye The Science Guy.

没有自己的空间，没有发泄的出口，

老生常谈的说法。

I was doing all kinds of experiments, blowing my eyebrows off,

就像我说的， 这是一个再普通不过的故事。

gluing people to the chair,

我就是那个在公园里的小孩。

and I may or may not have made stink bombs at school.

我也想骑越野摩托，

They would describe me as another bad kid.

但我害怕摔倒。

因此，我成为了一个 像比尔·奈那样搞科学的人。

What they didn't see was all my genius, my talent,

我做过各种各样的实验， 比如把我的眉毛吹掉，

my voice was not heard.

Then I became that Black girl from West Baltimore working in STEM.

把人粘在椅子上，

我可能还在学校里做臭气弹。

My first position, I was confused for the secretary.

他们会认为我是一个坏孩子。

I was pissed.

他们却没看到我的才智与天赋，

But it lit a fire in me.

他们从不会在意我说的东西。

So I want to get more people in the industry.

之后，我这个来自西巴尔的摩的黑人女孩

And in 2013, that's what I started doing.

Working in small groups with kids and students,

开始从事科学、技术、工程 和数学方面的工作。

我的第一份职位竟然被误认为秘书。

teaching them STEM activities.

Then in 2014,

我非常恼火。

I lost my little brother to the prison system.

但这也点燃了我心里的一个想法。

我想让更多的人进入这个行业。

In 2015, I lost all faith in the system, period.

我从2013年开始行动。

我开始和孩子还有学生组成小组，

The world watched the following of Freddie Gray uprising

我们一起开展科学、技术、 工程和数学方面的活动。

在2014年，

as Baltimore burned.

我的弟弟进了监狱。

I wondered when were people going to listen,

where were the solutions?

2015年，我对整个体系 都丧失了希望。

And where was the investment into my community?

In 2016, I broke the system

弗雷迪·格雷的死亡

and became the founder and CEO of B-360,

引发了巴尔的摩抗议示威游行。

我想知道人们什么时候才会去倾听，

carving out a new lane.

I went back to my experience in the park.

出路在哪儿？

I thought about the kids fixing their bikes.

我们的社区要怎样获得投资？

Those are skills people use to pay the bills,

2016年，我开始冲破这个体制，

just like mechanics and mechanical engineers.

成为B-360的创始人和首席执行官，

We leaned into STEM.

S -- Science.

开辟了一条新道路。

我想到了自己小时候在公园的经历，

The science behind popping the best wheelie,

想到了当时那群正在修越野摩托的孩子。

pulling your dirt bike at twelve o'clock

is a physics equation.

他们的手艺是可以赚钱的，

T -- Technology.

他们就像就像懂机械的工程师一样。

The technology needed to get the best radial tires

让我们结合STEM来看。

so you don't have frictional asphalt.

“S”——科学。

E -- Engineering.

做出绝佳的后轮滑特技

The engineering needed to fix or peg a dirt bike,

骑向正前方，

这些动作背后的科学 涉及到物理方程式。

but to also get the best "mac mac" noise.

“T”——技术。

M -- Mathematics.

获得最好的子午线轮胎需要技术，

The math needed for the gas to oil ratio

这可以降低你摔倒擦伤的可能性。

so your dirt bike does not explode.

“E”——工程。

Then I took it a step further.

修理或者为摩托车加一个脚蹬 需要用到工程学，

I thought about the riders.

想让摩托车发出好听的声音 也需要工程知识。

I knew the only way to have program and solutions

“M”——数学。

was to have them at the table.

调和汽油比例需要用到数学知识，

Because the people closest to the problem are the solution.

要是比例没调好，很肯能会引起爆炸。

I thought about Mike.

然后我想到了其他更远的东西。

Since he was six, he's been riding dirt bikes.

我想到了车手们。

When he was 17, graduating high school,

唯一的解决方法就是

he didn't know what he wanted to do,

让车手们也参与进来。

but he knew he loved everything about dirt bikes.

解铃还须系铃人。

He started working with us in B-360,

我想到了麦克。

he's helped us educate kids,

他从六岁就开始骑越野摩托。

train dirt bike riders,

and at 21 he's our lead instructor.

17岁时高中毕业 ，

他不知道自己可以做什么，

He's created events,

he's traveled across the country

但他知道自己热爱 和越野摩托有关的一切。

and he really represents the best of B-360.

他开始来B-360工作，

At the core of our work

帮助我们教育小朋友，

is constantly thinking about what people like Mike want.

训练越野摩托车手，

他21岁就成了B-360的主教员。

For Mike, he wants a space.

A space where he can keep working with students on our curriculum,

他想出了各种活动，

也在全国各地参加活动，

a space where he can keep training more riders

他代表着B-360最棒的那群人。

and growing their skill sets,

我们工作的核心

a space where he no longer has to escape,

就是不断地思考像麦克那样的人 他们想要的是什么。

but he has something in his own city for him.

对于麦克来说，他想要的是一个空间。

With your support and the support of more cities,

在那里他可以继续 按照教学安排教学生，

we can make this a reality.

在那里他可以继续训练更多的车手，

Since 2017,

并提升他们的技能，

we've saved the city of Baltimore about 233 million dollars

在那里他不再需要逃避，

在那里有自己的立足之地。

by doing programing for over 7,000 students.

有了你们和其他城市的支持，

We've saved the city of Baltimore one million dollars

我们可以使这成为现实。

自2017年以来，

by growing work force and opportunities for people just like Mike.

通过为7000多名学生做培训，

That's less people that could possibly go to jail,

less money spent on dollars and cents of incarceration

我们已经为巴尔的摩市 节省了约2.33亿美元。

通过为迈克遭遇相似的人 增加就业机会，

and more money going back into our Black communities, our leaders,

我们已经为巴尔的摩市 节省了100万美元。

our culture and our voices.

We don't need your black squares,

入狱人数减少了，

we don't need your campaigns,

用于监狱的支出也相应减少，

but what we do need is your dollars and cents behind us

更多的钱用到了黑人社区， 用到了我们的领导人身上，

to make real change.

We need more people like you in cities

to believe in investing in us and our model of growing the people.

用于传播我们的文化， 使社会听到我们的声音。

不需要你们在社交网站上 发黑色方块的帖子，

也不需要任何游行活动，

What will you choose to be?

我们需要的是你们的资金支持，

An ally?

Be an impact?

Be the revolution?

让这个活动能真正的改变社会。

B-360.

我们需要更多像你们一样的人，

相信并投资我们的培养模式。

Thank you.

你选择成为什么？

一个盟友？

一个有影响的人？

还是一个能带来一场变革的人？

来成为B-360的一员吧。

谢谢各位！