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

譯者: Man Chun Ma 審譯者: 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,

[塑造你的未來]

do tricks, pop wheelies, do stunts,

我想你和我一起踏上這段旅程。

they're zipping.

先布置好舞台吧。

If you hear the engines revving, smell the gasoline,

這是個巴爾的摩的星期天。

you can see the joy and excitement on their face.

德魯伊山公園可能有很多小孩。

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

他們看着越野摩托車經過、

because the parts are way too expensive to buy.

做特技、抬起前輪、做高難度動作，

Then they can go to school.

發出尖嘯聲。

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

如果你聽聽引擎快速運轉, 聞聞汽油味，

你可以看到孩子們 臉上洋溢着快樂和興奮。

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

"A train that's leaving from New York,

有人可能在學習怎樣修理 自己的越野摩托車，

goes to Cleveland,"

因爲新的零件都太貴了。

but they're here in Baltimore.

How does this relate?

然後他們會去上學。

They don't get it.

老師會給他們突擊測驗或考試。

They fail the test and now they can hate school.

Then their world can be turned upside down.

你知道，就是那些我們都討厭的東西。

「一輛火車離開紐約，

They can get on Facebook, on Instagram,

前往克里夫蘭。」

get a call or a text.

但是孩子們人在巴爾的摩啊。

They can watch as their friend can become a hashtag,

到底有什麼關聯呢？

他們不明白。

a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.

他們在測驗不及格，然後討厭學習。

然後他們的世界變得亂七八糟。

Lost to the streets, lost to the system

or lost to gun violence.

他們上臉書、Instagram、

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

收到電話或短信。

他們可能看到朋友變成主題標籤。

Because in my city

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

一個孩子在錯的地點，錯的時間。

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

在街上迷路，在制度裏迷失，

In cities like Miami, Cleveland, Atlanta, Philly,

或者在槍械暴力中喪命。

或者會有孩子因爲越野摩托車而被捕。

whatever place had the dirt bike task force.

因爲在我的城市

擁有越野摩托車可視作不當行爲。

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

可能全國的黑人小孩都有類似的故事。

if it was demonized,

在邁阿密、克里夫蘭、 亞特蘭大 、費城，

would you still do it?

If it was criminalized?

任何有越野摩托車特遣隊的城市。

The answer is yes.

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

問問自己，如果 你用來排解壓力的興趣，

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

被污名化了，

你還會繼續做嗎？

and any other sport.

就算它是違法的？

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

我的答案是會。

這就是美國黑人所處的現實。

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

他們看着我們爲滑板愛好者、單車手

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

What do riders get from all of it?

及其他運動人士撥出城市空間。

他們看到那些運動在世界極限運動會、 奧運會、ESPN 上出現。

No space, no outlet,

just a typical narrative.

Like I said, this is a common story.

那騎車風格可以在廣告和電影裏看到。

I was the kid in a park.

但在巴爾的摩，他們能期待什麼？

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

騎車手可以得到什麼嗎？

but I hate to fall.

Instead, I became like Bill Nye The Science Guy.

沒有空間、沒有宣洩口，

只有陳腔濫調。

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

就像我所說，這是常見的故事。

gluing people to the chair,

我就是那些小孩的一員。

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

我好想和那些越野摩托車手一樣，

They would describe me as another bad kid.

但我討厭跌倒在地。

所以我成爲了 像比爾·奈一樣的科學家。

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

我做過各種實驗，燒掉眉毛，

my voice was not heard.

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

把別人黏在椅子上，

我可能有或沒有在學校做過臭彈。

My first position, I was confused for the secretary.

他們會說我是另一個壞小孩。

I was pissed.

他們沒有看到我的天賦。

But it lit a fire in me.

沒人聽到我的聲音。

So I want to get more people in the industry.

然後我成爲那個在西巴爾的摩 在 STEM 領域工作的黑人女孩。

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

Working in small groups with kids and students,

在我第一份工作，我被誤認爲祕書。

teaching them STEM activities.

Then in 2014,

我非常生氣。

I lost my little brother to the prison system.

但這使我燃起火焰。

我想把更多人帶進這個產業。

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

2013 年，我開始着手做這件事。

與孩子和學生小組共事，

The world watched the following of Freddie Gray uprising

教他們有關 STEM 的活動。

2014 年，

as Baltimore burned.

我弟弟入獄了。

I wondered when were people going to listen,

where were the solutions?

2015 年，我對所有制度失去希望。

And where was the investment into my community?

In 2016, I broke the system

世界看到有關弗雷迪·格雷的舉事

and became the founder and CEO of B-360,

而巴爾的摩陷入火海。

我在想何時人們才會去聆聽，

carving out a new lane.

I went back to my experience in the park.

解決方法在哪？

I thought about the kids fixing their bikes.

對我的社區的資助又在哪裏呢？

Those are skills people use to pay the bills,

2016 年，我打破固有制度，

just like mechanics and mechanical engineers.

成爲 B-360 的創辦人和執行長，

We leaned into STEM.

S -- Science.

開拓一條新的路徑。

我回顧我以前在公園的經驗。

The science behind popping the best wheelie,

我想起那些自己修理摩托車的小孩。

pulling your dirt bike at twelve o'clock

那是足以用來賺錢繳付賬單的技能，

is a physics equation.

T -- Technology.

就像機械技師和工程師一樣。

The technology needed to get the best radial tires

我們擁抱 STEM。

so you don't have frictional asphalt.

S —— 科學。

E -- Engineering.

做出最好的後輪平衡特技背後的科學，

The engineering needed to fix or peg a dirt bike,

把摩托車面向 12 點鐘方向

是一條物理方程式。

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

T ——技術。

M -- Mathematics.

獲得最好的輻射層輪胎的所需技術

The math needed for the gas to oil ratio

令你不需要依靠柏油的摩擦力。

so your dirt bike does not explode.

E —— 工程學。

Then I took it a step further.

維修和固定摩托車所需的工程學，

I thought about the riders.

以及如何做出最棒的「咩咩」聲。

I knew the only way to have program and solutions

M —— 數學。

was to have them at the table.

計算油氣比率所需的數學，

Because the people closest to the problem are the solution.

令你的越野摩托車不會爆炸。

I thought about Mike.

而我則更進一步。

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

我爲摩托車手着想。

When he was 17, graduating high school,

我知道取得方案和解決方法的唯一方法

he didn't know what he wanted to do,

就是讓他們參與其中。

but he knew he loved everything about dirt bikes.

因爲最貼近問題的人就是答案所在。

He started working with us in B-360,

我想起麥克。

he's helped us educate kids,

他從六歲起就開始騎越野摩托車。

train dirt bike riders,

and at 21 he's our lead instructor.

當他 17 歲從高中畢業時，

他不知道自己想做的事是什麼，

He's created events,

he's traveled across the country

但他知道自己愛着 關於越野摩托車的所有。

and he really represents the best of B-360.

他開始在 B-360 爲我們工作，

At the core of our work

幫助我們教導小孩，

is constantly thinking about what people like Mike want.

訓練越野摩托車手，

並在 21 歲時成爲我們的首席講師。

For Mike, he wants a space.

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

他構思活動，

跑遍全美國，

a space where he can keep training more riders

他真的能代表 B-360 最好的一面。

and growing their skill sets,

我們工作的核心

a space where he no longer has to escape,

是持續思考像麥克這樣的人 想要的是什麼。

but he has something in his own city for him.

對麥克來說，他需要一個空間。

With your support and the support of more cities,

一個他可以持續根據課程 教導學生的空間，

we can make this a reality.

一個他可以不斷訓練更多摩托車手，

Since 2017,

讓他們磨練技巧的空間，

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

一個他不用再逃離的空間，

但他有一些東西想回饋他的城市。

by doing programing for over 7,000 students.

有了你和更多城市的支持，

We've saved the city of Baltimore one million dollars

我們可以把這變成現實。

自 2017 年至今，

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

我們爲巴爾的摩節省了 約兩億三千三百萬美元，

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

less money spent on dollars and cents of incarceration

因我們爲超過七千名學生 提供程式課程。

我們爲巴爾的摩節省百萬美元，

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

因我們培養勞動力 和爲麥克這樣的人提供機會。

our culture and our voices.

We don't need your black squares,

這使本來有機會犯罪的人變少了，

we don't need your campaigns,

減少了監獄的支出，

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

更多金錢回到我們黑人社區、 我們的領導者、

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.

我們的文化、我們的聲音。

我們不需要你 Instagram 上面的黑色正方形，

我們不需要你們發起運動，

What will you choose to be?

但我們需要你實質的金錢支持

An ally?

Be an impact?

Be the revolution?

去帶來真正的改變。

B-360.

我們需要城市裡更多像你一樣的人，

相信我們、投資我們 和我們培養人才的模式。

Thank you.

你選擇站在哪一邊？

夥伴？

成爲巨大影響？

成爲變革者？

B-360。

謝謝。