How to Find Your Voice for Climate Action | Fehinti Balogun | TED

譯者: Tong PL 審譯者: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

Listen, I'm British-born and by a Nigerian raised.

聽著，我是英國人， 由奈及利亞人撫養長大。

There were expectations,

對於我應該走的不同方向，

different ways I was supposed to go.

有著期望存在。

My career options for one,

比如説我的職業選擇，

some of you may already know.

你們有些人可能已經知道了。

As an African, you get three choices.

作爲一個非洲裔， 你有三個選擇。

Please, repeat after me.

請跟著我一起重複。

You are going to be a doctor --

你將要成爲一名醫生

Audience: A doctor.

觀衆：一名醫生

FB: A lawyer.

FB: 一名律師

Audience: A lawyer.

觀衆：一名律師

FB: Or a business man.

FB: 或者一位商人

Audience: Or a businessman.

觀衆：或者一位商人

FB: Now, I did a thing that brought on quite a bit of stress.

FB：我做了一件 帶來不少壓力的事情。

That was me saying, "Mum, babes, I did my best,

那時我說： “媽媽， 寶貝，我已經盡力了，

but that's not how I'm going to go.

但那不是我要的。

I'm going to be an actor."

我要成爲一名演員。“

"Why do you want to prostitute your emotions for money?"

”爲什麽你要爲金錢 出賣的你情感？“

Was my mum's reaction.

是我媽媽的反應。

Now, in all fairness,

平心而論，

what I was asking for was this complete abstraction.

我要求的是 完全抽象的概念。

But the more I succeeded, the more my mum could see, right?

但是我越成功， 我媽就越明白，對嗎？

Her idea of what was possible was being reimagined

她對於可能性的概念 正被重新想象

with me.

因爲我。

I was the lead on the West End.

我曾是西區劇院的主角。

I was about to be a part, a small part, a walk-on part in a massive film.

我正要出演一個小角色， 一個大片中的龍套角色。

I'm building my career and then boom.

我正在建立我的事業，然後轟。

I’m falling apart, and it seems I am dealing with climate anxiety.

我正在崩潰，看起來我正在 面對氣候焦慮症。

Building my dream and watching the world literally burn in front of me

建構我的夢想同時 看著世界在我面前燃燒

and very little being done.

卻什麽都沒做。

I'm panicking.

我很恐慌。

Frozen like a mannequin.

像人體模型那樣凍著。

Until I see environmental activism happening,

直到我看到環保行動 主義正在發生，

and I jump in.

我也投入其中。

But whilst on the protests and in the meeting rooms,

但當在抗議， 與在會議室裏，

a question takes over me.

一個問題困擾著我。

Why don't these people look like me?

爲什麽這些人長得不像我？

Why is it when I think about climate activism,

爲什麽當我想起環保行動主義，

I think about white middle-class people?

我想到的是中產階級白人？

Is it a white middle-class problem?

這是個中產階級白人的問題嗎？

A crisis that seems to require more time, effort, money, work to do

一場危機看起來需要很多時間， 精力，金錢，要做的工作

or know anything about

或者瞭解全部的相關事物

and I'm talking about those that have the privilege

我指的是那些有特權 考慮任何其他事情

to think about anything else but survival.

但除了生存的人。

It feels like people of color experience barriers

感覺有色人種在氣候運動

towards the forefront of the climate movement,

的前綫上遇到了阻礙，

and it seems that the reasons lie behind our underlining principles of survival.

而這背後的原因似乎是 我們注重的生存原則。

To keep your head down.

保持低調。

Do your work, and don’t get into trouble.

做好你的工作，不要惹麻煩。

Survive, and dare to thrive.

生存，敢於茁壯成長。

Protest, yeah, but only for imminent survival.

抗議，嗯， 但只是爲了 迫在眉睫的生存。

See, we've got family that's been in this country for 40 years

看，我們有家人已經 在這個國家40年

and still feel like new arrivals.

但還感覺像是新住民。

And we have a history of disappearing in the night.

我們有過在夜裏消失的經歷。

Shipped off to someplace or just mourned.

運到某個地方或者只能哀悼。

No room for the eco fight.

沒有生態爭鬥的空間。

I mean, me Fehinti Balogun,

我的意思是，我， 費辛蒂·巴洛貢，

on this stage right now doing a TED Talk,

在這個舞臺上， 正在進行TED演講，

I am about four times more likely

假如我被逮捕， 對我使用武力的機率

to have force used against me if I'm arrested

是與我對應的白人

than my white counterpart.

的四倍。

I’m about seven times more likely to be stopped and searched.

我被攔截搜查的機率高於七倍。

And with a new policing bill and public order bill,

而有了新的警務法案 和公共秩序法案,

these biases are only set to increase.

這些偏見只會增加。

Noise restriction on protests.

抗議噪音限制。

Criminalization of protesters

无需对示威者定罪

without having to convict them of a crime.

就将其定为犯罪行为。

Police can stop and search anyone

警察只需聲稱有合理的懷疑

saying they have reasonable suspicion

便可以攔截並搜查任何人

and threaten peaceful protest tactics.

並威脅和平抗議策略。

The fear is real.

這恐懼是真實的。

So, you know.

所以，你知道的。

Keep your head down.

保持低調。

Do your work.

做好你的工作。

And don't get into trouble.

然後不要惹麻煩。

Get yourself a piece of the pie, right?

給自己分一份杯羹，對嗎？

But that suggests the payoff will be in a world

但這就表示結果將會是一個

similar to the ones our parents grew up in.

類似與我們父母成長的世界。

London was hot, boy.

倫敦很熱。

Forty degrees,

四十度，

one of the hottest summers in history

有史以來最熱的夏天之後，

after one of the hottest summers in history.

史上最熱的夏天之一。

Some people couldn’t go outside.

有些人不能去外面。

Plants were either dried up or on fire.

植物要麽乾枯了要麽着火了。

Countries were either underwater or on fire.

鄉下要麽淹水了要麽着火了。

This extreme weather is only set to increase.

這極端的天氣只會增加。

If crops die, well, that makes food more expensive,

假如農作物死了， 食物就會更貴，

affecting working class communities, communities of color first.

影響工人階級社區， 尤其是有色人種社區優先。

That world that they grew up in is gone.

那個他們成長的世界已經沒了。

But what if, and go with me on this,

但是如果，這裏跟著我一下，

what if climate change is just a symptom of a bigger problem?

如果氣候變化只是 一個更大的問題的徵兆？

And what if it is the same problem

并且如果那同樣的問題

that causes racism and sexism and ableism?

導致種族歧視，性別歧視 與殘疾歧視？

What if all of these things are just symptoms

假如這些東西全部都只是

of a bigger problem?

一個更大的問題的徵兆？

Ready?

准備好了嗎？

White supremacist patriarchal capitalism.

白人至上主義 父權制 資本主義

(Applause)

（掌聲）

It feels scary because it feels like a concept,

它感覺很可怕， 因爲它感覺像是一個概念，

even though our society is quite literally based on it.

雖然我們的社會 完全基於它。

Infinite growth

無論代價

with finite resources at whatever the cost.

用著有限的資源 無限成長。

Those forms of oppression wouldn't exist

如果它不會帶來金錢

if it didn't make someone money.

那些壓迫形式不會存在。

I mean, in the UK.

我的意思是，在英國。

slavery plantations in the Caribbean provided the raw materials

加勒比的奴隸種植園提供

needed for industrial change and growth

大英帝國工業改革與發展

in the British Empire, money.

需要的原料，金錢。

Not to mention the genocides and the conquests, more money.

不要忘了種族滅絕 和征服，更多金錢。

The liberation of oil by liberators,

解放者解放石油，

that deliberate the price of liberation whilst polluting soil.

他們商討解放的價格的 同時也在汙染土壤。

Get that money.

拿到那些錢。

Shout out to Shell, by the way,

向殼牌喊話，順便

who historically have taken oil from my country of origin, Nigeria.

歷史上他們在我的祖國， 奈及利亞，開采石油。

Nigeria, who pollutes almost ten times less than England.

奈及利亞造成的污染 幾乎比英格蘭少十倍。

As do so many colonized countries, and you know what?

就像許多的殖民國家， 然後你知道嗎？

It seems to me

在我看來

that some of the people who are the most affected

那些被影響最多的人

pollute the least.

造成的污染最少。

The ones who have been historically stolen from.

那些歷史上被盜竊的人。

Climate change is modern colonialism.

氣候變化是現代的殖民主義。

So we know, with all of this, with a colonial mindset,

所以我們知道，有了這一切， 因爲殖民心態，

with a capitalist mindset

因爲資本主義的心態

that even if we have a magical technology

就算我們有神奇的技術

that clears the air and makes everything safe,

能夠淨化空氣， 讓一切變得安全，

it would only operate in certain neighborhoods.

它只會在特定的街區運作。

We’re dealing with structure.

我們正面對結構。

A structure that told me to keep my head down.

一個叫我們保持低調的結構。

A structure and a media

結構與媒體

that chose to omit that six percent of the population, Indigenous people,

選擇忽略6%的人口， 原住民，

protect 80 percent of the world's biodiversity.

去保護80%的 世界生物多樣性。

Chose to omit that one of the most important climate protests in history

選擇忽略史上 最重要的氣候抗議之一

was led by a Nigerian,

是奈及利亞人帶領的，

Ken Saro-Wiwa of the Ogoni people.

奧戈尼人 肯·薩羅-韋瓦。

Chose to omit the effectiveness of grassroots movements

選擇忽略草根運動

and community action.

與社區行動的效力。

People like BEN and Wretched of the Earth

舉幾個列子，像”BEN“， 以及“凄慘地球”，

May Garden Projects, to name a few.

“五月花園計劃”。

Chose to omit the UK's constant investment in fossil fuels

選擇忽略英國對 化石燃料的持續投資

takes away from any aid it wants to send to countries like Pakistan

帶走了它想要發送給 巴基斯坦等國家的援助

but then reminds me I should recycle more.

但提醒我應該要 更多的回收利用。

If it is that structure that tells me

如果是那個結構告訴我

it is about my own individual purpose and guilt,

這是關於我自己的 目的與罪惡感，

maybe it's worthless, I feel the power is in the masses.

或許它是一文不值的， 但我覺得力量在群衆中。

So I joined groups.

所以我加入團體。

Local and in my job like cooking.

本地的，還有工作上的， 像是烹飪。

With all my different hobs.

與我各種不同的爐。

One being Equity for a Green New Deal.

其中一個是“綠色新政的公正”。

Pension divestment, putting pressure on heels.

養老金撤資，壓力增加。

Then I took lessons from Copwatch UK.

然後我參與了英國警察觀測的課程。

Taught me my rights with police arrests and interventions,

他們教會我在警察逮捕 與介入時我擁有的權利，

discerning their intentions.

并且如何辨別他們的意圖。

I learned I have to think radically now.

我學會了我現在必須全面思考。

About strategy.

關於策略。

And kindness.

還有仁慈。

Kindness for myself

對自己仁慈

and those right behind us.

也對你身後的人仁慈。

To be held by them and to hold right back.

相互支持。

Well, that’s community, right there is strategy in that.

這就是社區，對嗎? 這裏面是有策略的。

Then what's my capacity?

然後我的能力是多少？

How much can I give?

我能夠給予多少？

Because I got rent, auditions, I've got to live.

因爲我需要交房租，試鏡， 我需要生活。

And when I have my capacity, I think, well, what's my aim?

然後當我有能力時，我想， 我的目的是什麽？

Where am I helpful? How do I give weight to my claims?

我在哪裏會有幫助？ 如何才能讓我的話被重視？

It's about strategy, right?

這都關於策略，對嗎？

So why integrate?

所以爲什麽要結合？

Well, I speak to ignite, connect and always agitate.

我是爲了點燃，連接， 並一直鼓動才説這些話的。

Let's go back.

讓我們回顧

Because this is important, agitate.

因爲這很重要，鼓動。

Call out inaction, point to solution, tell the truth.

呼喊出不作爲， 指向解決方法，説出事實。

Get all that money out of fossil fuels,

把全部的錢從化石燃料，

pension investments, accounts,

養老金投資，賬戶裏拿出來，

hand over power, make them want to be radical.

交出權力，讓他們變得想激進。

Connect.

連接。

There are people in spaces just like this

有些人就在這樣的環境裏，

that need to be connected to grassroots movements,

他們需要與草根運動連接，

who need the attention, the space, the funding,

那些運動需要注意力，空間，資金，

and they need you.

也需要你。

Ignite.

點燃。

Remind everybody watching that you are not powerless.

提醒每個看著的人們 你不是沒力量的。

That, "Ah man, there's nothing we can do,

那句”老兄，這沒我們能做的，

just keep going."

只能繼續前進。“

is a symptom,

是一個症狀，

not cure.

而非解藥。

That you stand on years worth of resistance and success,

你站在多年纍積的反抗與成功上，

that you are needed.

你是被需要的。

That you, just like my mum,

那個你，就像我的媽媽，

have the power to reimagine

有著力量能夠去重新想象

what you think is possible.

你認爲可能的事情。

So now we speak.

所以現在我們發聲。

We strategize.

我們策劃。

And we think: How does this action aid the next step?

然後我們思考：這些行動 如何能幫助到下一步？

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause and cheers)

（掌聲與歡呼）