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

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譯者: Melody Tang 審譯者: 易帆 余
我的生命旅途, 是從紐約布朗克斯區的一間
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So, my journey began in the Bronx, New York,
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一房一廳公寓開始的。
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in a one-bedroom apartment,
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with my two sisters and immigrant mother.
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我有兩個姐姐和移民的媽媽。
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I loved our neighborhood.
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我很喜愛我們的社區,
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It was lively.
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那裡非常熱鬧。
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There was all this merengue blasting,
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經常有人在大跳美倫格舞。
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neighbors socializing on building stoops
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鄰居們在門廊上聊天,
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and animated conversations over domino playing.
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玩骨牌時參雜著生動活潑的對話。
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It was home,
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那是我的家,
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and it was sweet.
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一個甜蜜的家。
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But it wasn't simple.
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但是我們的社區並不單純。
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In fact, everyone at school knew the block where we lived,
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事實上,學校的每個人 都知道我們住的那個區域,
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because it was where people came to buy weed and other drugs.
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因為大家都知道那裡 可以買到大麻和其他的毒品。
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And with drug-dealing comes conflict,
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而伴隨著毒品交易 就一定有衝突事件,
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so we often went to sleep to the sound of gunshots.
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所以我們時常在槍聲中入眠。
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I spent much of my childhood worried,
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我小時候經常很擔心,
擔心我們的安全。
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worried about our safety.
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And so did our mother.
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我的母親也一樣。
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She worried that the violence we witnessed would overtake our lives;
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她擔心我們目睹的暴力行為, 會在我們的生命裡留下陰影;
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that our poverty meant
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而我們的貧窮也意味著
與我們住在同一空間的鄰居,
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that the neighbors with whom we lived and shared space
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would harm us.
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可能會傷害我們。
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Our entire life was in the Bronx,
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我們的整個生活圈都在布朗克斯區,
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but my mother's anxiety spurred her into action,
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但是我母親的憂慮 促使她採取行動。
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and soon we were driving so fast to Connecticut --
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不久後,我們驅車前往 康乃狄克州,一路狂飆,
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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to boarding school campuses, with full scholarships in tow.
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去到一所有全額獎學金的寄宿學校。
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Man, don't underestimate the power of a mother
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老兄,千萬不要低估 一個母親的能力,
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determined to keep her children safe.
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尤其是當她決心 保護孩子的安全的時候。
(歡呼)
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(Cheers)
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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At boarding school,
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在住宿學校,
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for the first time,
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平生第一次,
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I was able to sleep without worry.
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我得以無憂無慮的入睡。
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I could leave my dorm room unlocked,
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我可以不用鎖宿舍的門,
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walk barefoot in the grass,
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赤腳走在草地上,
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and look up to see a night sky full of stars.
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仰頭看著佈滿星星的夜空。
這些是讓我很快樂的新鮮事。
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Happy novelties.
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但是還有其他的新鮮事。
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But there were other novelties as well.
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Very quickly, I felt like I didn't belong.
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很快地,我覺得格格不入。
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I learned that I didn't speak the right way,
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我發現我說話的方式 和其他人不一樣,
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and to demonstrate the proper ways of speaking,
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為了示範如何正確地說話,
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my teachers gave me frequent lessons, in public,
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我的老師經常當眾糾正我,
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on the appropriate way to enunciate certain words.
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如何正確地唸一些語詞。
有一次,老師直接在走廊上教我:
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A teacher once instructed me in the hallway:
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「Aaaaaas-king」(問)
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"Aaaaaas-king."
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She said this loudly.
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她說得很大聲。
「蒂娜,不是『axing』 那是你拿著一把斧頭到處走。
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"Dena, it's not 'axing,' like you're running around with an axe.
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That's silly."
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那很可笑。」
在那時,你可想像 我的同班同學都在竊笑,
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Now at this point, you can imagine the snickers of my classmates,
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but she continued:
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但是她繼續說:
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"Think about breaking the word into 'ass' and 'king,'
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「試試把這個字分成『ass』 和『king』兩個字,
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and then put the two together to say it correctly --
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然後把這兩個字連起來, 正確地唸出來——
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'Asking.'"
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Asking」。
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There were some other moments that reminded me that I didn't belong.
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其它時候我也經常覺得格格不入。
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Once, I walked into a classmate's dorm room,
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有一次,我走進一個 同學的宿舍房間,
我注意到她一直在注意 在我身邊的貴重物品。
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and I watched her watch her valuables around me.
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Like, why would she do that? I thought to myself.
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我那時想,她為什麼會這樣呢?
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And then there was the time
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另一次是,
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when another classmate walked into my dorm room,
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有另一位同學走進我的宿舍房間,
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and yelled, "Ew!" as I was applying hair grease to my scalp.
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當她看到我在頭髮上抹油。 她大聲叫,「噁!」
年輕人會有情緒傷害, 如果他不能做他自己,
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There is emotional damage done when young people can't be themselves,
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when they are forced to edit who they are in order to be acceptable.
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或是他被迫改變自己 來讓別人接納他們。
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It's a kind of violence.
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那是一種暴力行為。
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Ultimately, I'm a quintessential success story.
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終究,我是一個典型的成功故事。
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I attended boarding school and college in New England,
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我就學於新英格蘭州的 寄宿學校和大學,
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studied abroad in Chile
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也去過智利留學,
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and returned to the Bronx to be a middle school teacher.
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然後我回到布朗柯斯區 當一位中學老師。
我拿過杜魯門獎學金、
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I received a Truman Scholarship,
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a Fulbright and a Soros Fellowship.
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富布萊特獎學金、和索羅斯獎學金。
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And I could list more.
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我可以繼續告訴你其它的。
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
但我不會。
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But I won't.
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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I earned my doctorate at Columbia University.
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我從哥倫比亞大學得到博士學位。
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(Cheers)
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(歡呼)
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
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And then I landed a job at Yale.
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然後從耶魯大學拿到一個工作。
(掌聲)
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(Applause)
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I am proud of everything that I've been able to accomplish
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我對我到目前為止的所有成就
感到驕傲。
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on my journey thus far.
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I have eternal imposter syndrome.
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但是我一直有冒牌者症候群。
我被邀請的原因, 是因為我象徵著某一群人,
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Either I've been invited because I'm a token,
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而不是因為我個人,
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which really isn't about me,
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but rather, about a box someone needed to check off.
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又或者因為我在別人的待辦事項上。
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Or, I am exceptional,
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或是,我的出類拔萃,
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which means I've had to leave the people I love behind.
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是因為我必須拋下我深愛的人。
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It's the price that I and so many others pay for learning while black.
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但這些是我和其他許多黑人 為了學習所付出的代價。
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
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I police myself all the time.
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我常常檢視自己。
我的褲子太緊嗎?
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Are my pants too tight?
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Should I wear my hair up or in a fro?
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我應該把頭髮盤上去 或是讓它自然蓬鬆?
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Should I speak up for myself,
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我是否應該為自己發言,
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or will the power of my words be reduced to: "She's angry"?
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或者我說話的力道是否 被解讀為「她生氣了」?
我為何要離開布朗克斯區
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Why did I have to leave the Bronx
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to gain access to a better education?
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去得到更好的教育?
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And why, in the process of getting that better education,
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還有為什麼, 為了得到更好的教育過程當中,
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did I have to endure the trauma of erasing what made me, me --
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我必須忍受不能當自己的創傷?
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a black girl from the Bronx, raised by an Antiguan mother?
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不能當一位來自布朗克斯區, 由安提瓜母親所養大的黑人女孩?
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So when I think about our current education reform initiatives,
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所以當我思考 我們現在的教育改革計劃,
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I can't help asking:
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我不禁要問:
我們有色人種的學生, 對他們自己了不了解?
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What are our students of color learning about themselves?
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Three -- three decades of research reveal
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30 年來的研究顯示,
有色人種學生被休學和退學的比率,
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that students of color are suspended and expelled
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at a rate three times greater than white students,
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是白人學生的三倍,
同樣的違規行為, 他們被處罰得較嚴厲。
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and are punished in harsher ways for the same infractions.
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他們也了解
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They also learn this through the absence of their lives and narratives
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in the curricula.
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課本中缺少了他們的生活與故事。
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The Cooperative Children's Book Center did a review of nearly 4,000 books
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合作兒童圖書中心 做了近四千本書的審查,
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and found that only three percent were about African-Americans.
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發現只有百分之三的書 是有關非裔美國人的。
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And they further learn this
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他們更進一步知道 和他們面貌相同的教師也很少。
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through the lack of teachers that look like them.
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An analysis of data
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國家教育統計中心的
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from the National Center for Education Statistics
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分析資料當中發現,
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found that 45 percent of our nation's pre-K to high school students
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我們國家從學前到高中 有 45% 的學生
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were people of color,
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是有色人種,
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while only 17 percent of our teachers are.
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但有色人種的教師只有 17%。
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Our youth of color pay a profound price
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我們的有色人種青年 付出了相當大的代價,
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when their schooling sends them the message
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因為他們的學校給他們的訊息是
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that they must be controlled,
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他們必須被控制,
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that they must leave their identities at home
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他們必須將他們的身分留在家裡,
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in order to be successful.
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才能夠出人頭地。
每個小孩
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Every child deserves an education
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that guarantees the safety to learn
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無論膚色,
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in the comfort of one's own skin.
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都有安心學習的權利。
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
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It is possible to create emotionally and physically safe classrooms
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創造身心安全的教學環境
學生的課業才有可能 表現得越來越好。
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where students also thrive academically.
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I know, because I did it in my classroom
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我知道這點,因為當我 回到朗克斯區去教書的時候,
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when I returned to teach in the Bronx.
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我的班級就是如此。
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So what did that look like?
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所以那是什麼樣子呢?
我的教學是以
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I centered my instruction
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學生的生活、歷史 和他們的身分為中心。
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on the lives, histories and identities of my students.
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And I did all of this because I wanted my students to know
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我如此做是因為我要我的學生知道,
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that everyone around them was supporting them
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他們周圍的所有人都支持他們
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to be their best self.
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發揮最好的一面。
雖然我無法控制 他們的家庭穩不穩定,
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So while I could not control the instability of their homes,
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the uncertainty of their next meal,
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他們的下一餐在哪裡,
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or the loud neighbors that kept them from sleep,
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或者吵鬧的鄰居讓他們無法睡覺,
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I provided them with a loving classroom
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但我可以提供他們一個愛的教室,
讓他們對自己是誰感到驕傲,
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that made them feel proud of who they are,
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that made them know that they mattered.
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讓他們知道他們很重要。
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You know,
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你知道,
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every time I hear or say the word "asking,"
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每次我聽到或要說 「asking」這個字的時候,
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I am in high school again.
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我就又回想到高中時期。
我會想把「ass」和「king」
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I am thinking about "ass" and "king"
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兩個字連在一起說出來,
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and putting the two together so that I speak in a way
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因為這樣的說話方式, 有權勢的人才能聽見我說的話。
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where someone in power will want to listen.
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但有一種更好的方式,
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There is a better way,
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one that doesn't force kids of color into a double bind;
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一種不用迫使有色人種孩子 進退兩難的方式;
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a way for them to preserve their ties
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一種讓他們可以與他們的親人、
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to their families, homes and communities;
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家庭和社區維持緊密關係的方式;
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a way that teaches them to trust their instincts
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一種教導他們相信自己的本能,
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and to have faith in their own creative genius.
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並對自己的創造天分有信心的方式。
謝謝。
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Thank you.
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10:08
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
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