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Kandice Sumner: How America's public schools keep kids in poverty
勘德斯·薩姆納: 美國公立學校如何讓孩子們陷入貧困
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為什麼良好的教育是富有的孩子獨有的？ 在美國各地的低收入社區，特別是在有色人種社區，學校缺乏在更好的學校標準資源，例如樂器、新書、健康的學校午餐和足球場 ──這會真正影響學生的潛能。 勘德斯·薩姆納每天在波士頓的教室裡看到這些差異。 在這個鼓舞人心的演講中，她要求我們面對事實，並改變它們。
Kandice Sumner - Educator
Kandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong. Full bio
Kandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong. Full bio
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00:12
I want to talk to you about my kids.
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我想和你們談談我的孩子。
00:15
Now, I know everyone thinks
that their kid is the most fantastic,
that their kid is the most fantastic,
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我知道每個人都覺得
自己的孩子是世上
自己的孩子是世上
00:20
the most beautiful kid that ever lived.
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最了不起、最漂亮的小孩。
00:23
But mine really are.
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但我的孩子真的是如此。
00:24
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:25
I have 696 kids,
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我有 696 個孩子，
00:28
and they are the most intelligent,
inventive, innovative,
inventive, innovative,
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他們會是你們所見，
最聰明、有創造力、
最聰明、有創造力、
00:32
brilliant and powerful kids
that you'll ever meet.
that you'll ever meet.
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優秀而強大的孩子。
00:37
Any student I've had the honor of teaching
in my classroom is my kid.
in my classroom is my kid.
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任何我有幸教導的學生
都是我的孩子。
都是我的孩子。
00:42
However, because their "real"
parents aren't rich
parents aren't rich
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然而，因為他們
「真正的」父母並不富有，
「真正的」父母並不富有，
00:46
and, I argue, because they
are mostly of color,
are mostly of color,
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而且，容我澄清，
因為他們多數是有色人種，
因為他們多數是有色人種，
00:49
they will seldom get to see in themselves
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他們往往看不到自己身上
00:51
the awesomeness that I see in them.
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如我所見的強大潛力。
00:54
Because what I see in them is myself --
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因為我在他們身上看到的
是我自己──
是我自己──
00:57
or what would have been myself.
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或者說，很可能是我。
01:01
I am the daughter of two hardworking,
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我的父母是兩位認真努力、
01:04
college-educated, African-American parents
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大學畢業的非裔美國人。
01:06
who chose careers as public servants:
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他們選擇了進入大眾服務：
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my father, a minister;
my mother, an educator.
my mother, an educator.
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我的父親是一位牧師；
我的母親是一位教育者。
我的母親是一位教育者。
01:13
Wealth was never the primary
ambition in our house.
ambition in our house.
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財富在我們家從來不是主要的追求。
01:16
Because of this lack of wealth,
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由於並不富有，
01:18
we lived in a neighborhood
that lacked wealth,
that lacked wealth,
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我們住在沒那麼有錢的社區，
01:20
and henceforth a school system
that lacked wealth.
that lacked wealth.
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而那裡的學校也沒那麼有錢，
01:24
Luckily, however, we struck
the educational jackpot
the educational jackpot
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幸運的是，因為一項
「自願反隔離教育計劃」，
「自願反隔離教育計劃」，
01:28
in a voluntary desegregation program
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我被分到一個超棒的學區。
01:30
that buses inner-city kids --
black and brown --
black and brown --
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這個計劃把內城貧民區
黑色或棕色膚色小孩，
黑色或棕色膚色小孩，
01:33
out to suburban schools -- rich and white.
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載到市郊又白又有錢的小孩的學校。
01:37
At five years old, I had to take
an hour-long bus ride
an hour-long bus ride
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從五歲起，我每天花一小時在巴士上
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to a faraway place
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到遙遠的地方，
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to get a better education.
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去接受更好的教育。
01:45
At five years old, I thought
everyone had a life just like mine.
everyone had a life just like mine.
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那時候，我以為
每個人的生活都像我一樣，
每個人的生活都像我一樣，
01:50
I thought everyone went to school
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我以為大家都去上學，
01:52
and were the only ones
using the brown crayons
using the brown crayons
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班上只有自己使用棕色蠟筆，
01:55
to color in their family portraits,
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來著色他們的家庭畫像，
01:56
while everyone else was using
the peach-colored ones.
the peach-colored ones.
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而其他人使用桃色蠟筆。
02:00
At five years old, I thought
everyone was just like me.
everyone was just like me.
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五歲的時候，
我以為每個人都像我一樣。
我以為每個人都像我一樣。
02:04
But as I got older, I started
noticing things, like:
noticing things, like:
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當漸漸長大，我開始注意到：
02:08
How come my neighborhood friend
don't have to wake up
don't have to wake up
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為何我鄰居的朋友
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at five o'clock in the morning,
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不需要早上五點起床，
02:13
and go to a school that's an hour away?
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然後去離家一小時遠的學校？
02:16
How come I'm learning to play the violin
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我學著小提琴，
02:18
while my neighborhood friends
don't even have a music class?
don't even have a music class?
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而我的鄰居甚至沒有音樂課？
02:23
Why were my neighborhood friends
learning and reading material
learning and reading material
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我的鄰居朋友
學著我兩三年前的上課內容？
02:26
that I had done two to three years prior?
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02:29
See, as I got older,
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當我年紀漸長，
02:32
I started to have
this unlawful feeling in my belly,
this unlawful feeling in my belly,
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我開始有種內疚感，
02:36
like I was doing something
that I wasn't supposed to be doing;
that I wasn't supposed to be doing;
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好像我正做著什麼不該做的事情；
02:40
taking something that wasn't mine;
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拿走了什麼不屬於我的東西；
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receiving a gift,
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或是收下一份
02:45
but with someone else's name on it.
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寄給別人的禮物。
02:47
All these amazing things
that I was being exposed to
that I was being exposed to
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那些我有機會接觸
02:51
and experiencing,
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和經歷的精彩事物，
02:53
I felt I wasn't really supposed to have.
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不像是我應該擁有的。
02:57
I wasn't supposed to have a library,
fully equipped athletic facilities,
fully equipped athletic facilities,
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我不該擁有圖書館，
設備齊全的運動設施，
設備齊全的運動設施，
03:01
or safe fields to play in.
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或是安全的遊樂場地。
03:04
I wasn't supposed to have
theatre departments
theatre departments
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我不該擁有劇場
03:06
with seasonal plays and concerts --
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那裡有季節性的表演和音樂會──
03:08
digital, visual, performing arts.
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數位的、視覺的、表演藝術。
03:11
I wasn't supposed to have
fully resourced biology or chemistry labs,
fully resourced biology or chemistry labs,
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我不該擁有資源完整的
生物或化學實驗室，
生物或化學實驗室，
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school buses that brought me door-to-door,
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學校巴士到府接駁，
03:19
freshly prepared school lunches
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新鮮的學校午餐。
03:21
or even air conditioning.
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甚至是空調，
03:24
These are things my kids don't get.
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這些是我的孩子所沒有的。
03:26
You see, as I got older,
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你知道，當我長大，
03:28
while I was grateful
for this amazing opportunity
for this amazing opportunity
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即使我對所擁有過的機會
03:31
that I was being given,
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充滿感激，
03:32
there was this ever-present pang of:
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在我的內心有個永遠存在的痛苦：
03:36
But what about everyone else?
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「那其他人呢?」
03:39
There are thousands
of other kids just like me,
of other kids just like me,
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有成千上萬像我一樣的孩子，
03:42
who deserve this, too.
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也理應得到這些。
03:44
Why doesn't everyone get this?
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為什麼不是每個人都得到這些？
03:46
Why is a high-quality education
only exclusive to the rich?
only exclusive to the rich?
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為什麼好的教育只提供給有錢人？
03:51
It was like I had some sort
of survivor's remorse.
of survivor's remorse.
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而我就好像一個倖存者般在自責。
03:55
All of my neighborhood friends
were experiencing
were experiencing
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我所有的鄰居朋友都在經歷
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an educational train wreck
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支離破碎的教育慘劇，
03:59
that I was saved from through a bus ride.
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我卻幸運坐上了巴士得到救贖。
04:04
I was like an educational Moses screaming,
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我就像一個教育「摩西」尖叫著,
04:06
"Let my people go ...
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「容我的百姓去……
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to high-quality schools!"
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上高品質的學校！」
04:10
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
我親眼看到另一半數孩童
正在接受怎樣的教育。
正在接受怎樣的教育。
04:11
I'd seen firsthand how the other half
was being treated and educated.
was being treated and educated.
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04:16
I'd seen the educational promised land,
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我看到教育的應許之地，
04:19
and I could not for the life of me
justify the disparity.
justify the disparity.
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我卻根本不能合理化這差距。
04:25
I now teach in the very same school system
from which I sought refuge.
from which I sought refuge.
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我如今在我家的學區教書。
04:30
I know firsthand the tools
that were given to me as a student,
that were given to me as a student,
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我很清楚我當學生時，
學校給過我什麼教具，
學校給過我什麼教具，
04:35
and now as a teacher, I don't have
access to those same tools
access to those same tools
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現在作為老師，
我卻沒有相同的教具
我卻沒有相同的教具
04:39
to give my students.
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提供給我的學生。
04:41
There have been countless nights
when I've cried in frustration,
when I've cried in frustration,
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有無數的夜晚，我沮喪哭泣、
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anger
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憤怒、
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and sorrow,
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和悲哀，
04:48
because I can't teach my kids
the way that I was taught,
the way that I was taught,
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因為我不能用我被教的方式
去教我的孩子，
去教我的孩子，
04:52
because I don't have access
to the same resources or tools
to the same resources or tools
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因為我沒有權利
擁有當初用來教我的資源和器具。
04:56
that were used to teach me.
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04:59
My kids deserve so much better.
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我的孩子應該得到更好。
05:02
We sit and we keep banging
our heads again this term:
our heads again this term:
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我們空坐著、不停喊著：
05:05
"Achievement gap, achievement gap!"
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「成就落差，成就落差！」
卻是死路一條。
卻是死路一條。
05:08
Is it really that hard to understand
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真的有這麼難去理解
05:11
why these kids perform well
and these kids don't?
and these kids don't?
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為什麼這些孩子表現良好，
而那些孩子不？
而那些孩子不？
05:14
I mean, really.
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我的意思是，真的！
05:16
I think we've got it all wrong.
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我想我們都錯了。
05:18
I think we,
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我想我們 ，
05:20
as Gloria Ladson-Billings says,
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正如威斯康辛大學教授拉德森所說，
05:22
should flip our paradigm and our language
and call it was it really is.
and call it was it really is.
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應該翻轉我們的範式
和我們的語言並說出實話。
和我們的語言並說出實話。
05:27
It's not an achievement gap;
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這不叫成就落差；
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it's an education debt,
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它是一個教育債。
05:32
for all of the foregone schooling
resources that were never invested
resources that were never invested
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從未被投資的放棄式教育法，
05:37
in the education of the black
and brown child over time.
and brown child over time.
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長期用於教育黑人和棕色的孩子。
05:42
A little-known secret in American history
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美國歷史上鮮為人知的秘密，
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is that the only American institution
created specifically for people of color
created specifically for people of color
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是美國只有一個機構
是專門為有色人種創造的，
是專門為有色人種創造的，
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is the American slave trade --
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就是美國的奴隸貿易──
05:53
and some would argue the prison system,
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有些人會說監獄。
05:55
but that's another topic
for another TED Talk.
for another TED Talk.
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但那是另一場 TED 演講的主題。
05:58
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:59
The public school system of this country
was built, bought and paid for
was built, bought and paid for
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這個國家的公立學校系統
06:03
using commerce generated
from the slave trade and slave labor.
from the slave trade and slave labor.
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是以奴隸貿易和奴隸勞動力等
商務活動來建造、購買和支付。
商務活動來建造、購買和支付。
06:08
While African-Americans were enslaved
and prohibited from schooling,
and prohibited from schooling,
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而非裔美國人以前被奴役
並被禁止上學，
並被禁止上學，
06:12
their labor established
the very institution
the very institution
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他們的勞役建立了這個機構，
06:15
from which they were excluded.
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這個機構卻排除他們。
06:18
Ever since then, every court case,
educational policy, reform,
educational policy, reform,
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從那以後，每一個法庭案件、
教育政策、改革，
教育政策、改革，
06:23
has been an attempt
to retrofit the design,
to retrofit the design,
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都一直試圖改造，
06:26
rather than just stopping
and acknowledging:
and acknowledging:
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卻沒有停下來承認：
06:29
we've had it all wrong from the beginning.
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我們從一開始就錯了。
06:33
An oversimplification
of American educational history.
of American educational history.
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這是過度簡化的美國教育史。
06:37
All right, just bear with me.
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好吧，容我解釋。
06:39
Blacks were kept out -- you know,
the whole slavery thing.
the whole slavery thing.
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黑人被禁止──你知道，
整個奴隸制的東西。
整個奴隸制的東西。
06:43
With the help
of philanthropic white people,
of philanthropic white people,
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在慈善白人的幫助下，
06:45
they built their own schools.
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他們建立了自己的學校。
06:46
Separate but equal was OK.
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分開的但是還算平等的。
06:49
But while we all know
things were indeed separate,
things were indeed separate,
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但是我們都知道，
事情的確不可能如此，
事情的確不可能如此，
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they were in no ways equal.
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他們在任何方面都不相等。
06:54
Enter Brown v. the Board of Education
of Topeka, Kansas in 1954;
of Topeka, Kansas in 1954;
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在 1954 年布朗訴堪薩斯州
托皮卡市教育委員會案後，
托皮卡市教育委員會案後，
06:59
legal separation of the races
is now illegal.
is now illegal.
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種族分類現在是非法的。
07:03
But very few people pay attention
to all of the court cases since then,
to all of the court cases since then,
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但很少有人注意
自那時起所有的法庭案件，
自那時起所有的法庭案件，
07:10
that have undone the educational
promised land for every child
promised land for every child
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反而把每個孩子的
教育應許之地都破壞了，
教育應許之地都破壞了，
07:15
that Brown v. Board intended.
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那不是這個案件原本的訴求。
07:18
Some argue that today our schools
are now more segregated
are now more segregated
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有人認為今天我們的學校更加隔離，
07:22
than they ever were before we tried
to desegregate them in the first place.
to desegregate them in the first place.
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甚至比我們嘗試之前更加隔離。
07:27
Teaching my kids about desegregation,
the Little Rock Nine,
the Little Rock Nine,
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教我的孩子關於廢除種族隔離、
小石城九人事件、民權運動，
07:31
the Civil Rights Movement,
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07:32
is a real awkward moment in my classroom,
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是我教室裡真正的尷尬時刻。
07:36
when I have to hear
the voice of a child ask,
the voice of a child ask,
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當我不得不聽到一個孩子問，
07:39
"If schools were desegregated in 1954,
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「如果學校在 1954 年
就不再種族分離，
就不再種族分離，
07:43
how come there are no white kids here?"
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怎麼會沒有白人孩子在這裡？」
07:45
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
07:47
These kids aren't dumb.
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這些孩子不傻。
07:49
They know exactly what's happening,
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他們知道發生了什麼，
07:51
and what's not.
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和什麼沒發生。
07:53
They know that when it comes to schooling,
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他們知道，在學校教育方面，
07:56
black lives don't matter
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黑人根本不重要。
07:59
and they never have.
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他們從來沒有被重視。
08:02
For years, I tried desperately
to cultivate in my kids a love of reading.
to cultivate in my kids a love of reading.
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多年來，我拼命地嘗試
讓孩子們培養對閱讀的熱愛。
讓孩子們培養對閱讀的熱愛。
08:09
I'd amassed a modest classroom library
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我弄了一個還不錯的教室圖書館，
08:12
of books I'd accumulated
from secondhand shops,
from secondhand shops,
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從二手商店買的書，
08:15
thrift stores, attics -- you know.
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慈善店、閣樓搞來的──你知道的。
08:18
But whenever I said those dreadful words,
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但是每當我說那些可怕的話，
08:20
"Take out a book and read,"
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「拿出一本書來讀」，
08:22
you'd think I'd just declared war.
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你會認為我是在宣戰。
08:25
It was torture.
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這是折磨。
08:27
One day,
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有一天，
08:29
after I'd heard about this website
called DonorsChoose,
called DonorsChoose,
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我聽說有個網站
稱為 DonorsChoose，
稱為 DonorsChoose，
08:32
where classroom teachers create wish lists
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教室教師可以創建
他們班上需要的圖書願望清單，
08:34
of items they need for their classroom
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08:36
and anonymous donors fulfill them,
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然後匿名捐助者去履行，
08:39
I figured I'd go out on a limb
and just make a wish list
and just make a wish list
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我就冒險做了一個願望清單，
08:43
of the teenager's dream library.
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裡面都是青少年的夢想圖書。
08:47
Over 200 brand-new books
were sent to my room piece by piece.
were sent to my room piece by piece.
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超過 200 本全新的書
一本又一本被送到我的班上。
一本又一本被送到我的班上。
08:52
Every day there were new deliveries
and my kids would exclaim with glee,
and my kids would exclaim with glee,
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每天都有新的書進來，
我的孩子們都很高興大喊：
我的孩子們都很高興大喊：
08:57
"This feels like Christmas!"
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「這感覺像聖誕節！」
08:59
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:00
Then they'd say,
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然後他們會說，
09:01
"Ms. Sumner, where did
these books come from?"
these books come from?"
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「薩老師，這些書從哪裡來？」
09:04
And then I'd reply,
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然後我會回答：
09:05
"Strangers from all over the country
wanted you to have these."
wanted you to have these."
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「來自全國各地的陌生人
希望你們擁有這些。」
希望你們擁有這些。」
09:10
And then they'd say, almost suspiciously,
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然後他們會用可疑的語氣說：
09:14
"But they're brand-new."
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「但他們是全新的。」
09:16
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:17
To which I'd reply,
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我會回答：
09:18
"You deserve brand-new books."
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「你們應該得到全新的書。」
09:22
The whole experience hit home
for me when one of my girls,
for me when one of my girls,
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有個經驗直擊要害，
班上有一個女孩，
班上有一個女孩，
09:25
as she peeled open a crisp paperback said,
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當她翻開一本嶄新的平裝書，
09:29
"Ms. Sumner -- you know,
I figured you bought these books,
I figured you bought these books,
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「薩老師，你知道嗎，
我以為你買了這些書，
我以為你買了這些書，
09:33
'cause you teachers
are always buying us stuff.
are always buying us stuff.
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因為你們這些老師總是
在買東西給我們。
在買東西給我們。
09:37
But to know that a stranger,
someone I don't even know,
someone I don't even know,
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但是想到一個
我根本不認識的陌生人
我根本不認識的陌生人
09:41
cares this much about me
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關心我這麼多，
09:43
is pretty cool."
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這真的很酷。」
09:45
Knowing that strangers
will take care of you
will take care of you
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知道陌生人會照顧你
09:48
is a privilege my kids aren't afforded.
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是我的孩子沒有享受過的特權。
09:52
Ever since the donation,
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自捐贈以來，
09:53
there has been a steady stream of kids
signing out books to take home,
signing out books to take home,
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孩子們總是簽出書借回家，
09:57
and then returning them
with the exclamation,
with the exclamation,
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然後還書時他們會大喊：
10:00
"This one was good!"
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「這一個很好！」
10:01
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
10:03
Now when I say,
"Take out a book and read,"
"Take out a book and read,"
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現在當我說：「拿出一本書讀」，
10:05
kids rush to my library.
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孩子們會衝到我的小圖書館拿書。
10:08
It wasn't that they didn't want to read,
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他們不是不想讀，
10:10
but instead, they'd gladly read
if the resources were there.
if the resources were there.
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如果有資源，他們會很樂意閱讀。
10:17
Institutionally speaking,
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從體制上講，
10:19
our public school system has never
done right by the black and brown child.
done right by the black and brown child.
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我們的公立學校制度從來沒有
給黑色和棕色的孩子福利。
給黑色和棕色的孩子福利。
10:24
We keep focusing on the end results
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我們一直專注於最終的結果
10:26
or test results,
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或測試結果，
10:28
and getting frustrated.
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然後感到沮喪。
我們遇到一場災難，我們感到奇怪，
10:29
We get to a catastrophe and we wonder,
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10:32
"How did it get so bad?
How did we get here?"
How did we get here?"
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「情況怎麼會這麼壞？
我們是怎麼來到這一步的？」
我們是怎麼來到這一步的？」
10:35
Really?
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真的是這樣嗎？
10:37
If you neglect a child long enough,
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如果你長期忽略一個孩子，
10:39
you no longer have
the right to be surprised
the right to be surprised
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你就不再有驚訝的權利，
10:42
when things don't turn out well.
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當事情轉向壞的一方的時候。
10:45
Stop being perplexed
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停止茫然，
10:47
or confused
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停止困惑，
10:48
or befuddled
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停止醉茫茫吧！
10:50
by the achievement gap,
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不要再被成就落差
10:52
the income gap,
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或收入差距
10:53
the incarceration rates,\
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或監禁率給搞混了。
10:55
or whatever socioeconomic disparity
is the new "it" term for the moment.
is the new "it" term for the moment.
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或社會經濟差距
這個當下流行的新術語。
這個當下流行的新術語。
11:01
The problems we have as a country
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我們作為一個國家的問題，
11:03
are the problems we created as a country.
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正是我們作為一個國家創造的問題。
11:06
The quality of your education
is directly proportionate
is directly proportionate
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你受到的教育的品質，
11:10
to your access to college,
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與你是否能進入大學，
11:12
your access to jobs,
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與你是否能找到工作，
11:13
your access to the future.
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與你的未來都是直接相關的。
11:17
Until we live in a world where every kid
can get a high-quality education
can get a high-quality education
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直到我們的世界裡
每個孩子都能得到高品質的教育，
每個孩子都能得到高品質的教育，
11:22
no matter where they live,
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無論他們住在哪裡，
11:24
or the color of their skin,
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無論他們的皮膚的顏色，
11:26
there are things we can do
on a macro level.
on a macro level.
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在巨觀層面都有我們可以做的事情。
11:31
School funding should not
be decided by property taxes
be decided by property taxes
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學校的資金不應該
由周邊的房屋稅
由周邊的房屋稅
11:34
or some funky economic equation
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或一些奇怪的經濟公式決定，
11:37
where rich kids continue
to benefit from state aid,
to benefit from state aid,
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讓富有的孩子
繼續受益於州政府援助，
繼續受益於州政府援助，
11:40
while poor kids are continuously
having food and resources
having food and resources
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而窮孩子嘴邊的食物和資源
11:44
taken from their mouths.
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都要被拿走。
11:46
Governors, senators, mayors,
city council members --
city council members --
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州長、參議員、市長、
市議會成員──
市議會成員──
11:50
if we're going to call
public education public education,
public education public education,
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如果我們叫它國民義務教育，
11:53
then it should be just that.
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那麼它應該就是名符其實。
11:55
Otherwise, we should
call it what it really is:
call it what it really is:
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否則，我們應該這麼叫：
11:58
poverty insurance.
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「貧困保險。」
12:01
"Public education:
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「國民義務教育：
12:02
keeping poor kids poor since 1954."
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自 1954 年以來讓窮孩子一直窮。」
12:05
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
12:08
If we really, as a country, believe
that education is the "great equalizer,"
that education is the "great equalizer,"
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如果我們作為一個國家，
真的相信教育是最棒的均衡器，
真的相信教育是最棒的均衡器，
12:13
then it should be just that:
equal and equitable.
equal and equitable.
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那麼它就應該是：平等和公平。
12:18
Until then, there's no democracy
in our democratic education.
in our democratic education.
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不然在我們的民主教育之前
沒有任何民主可言。
沒有任何民主可言。
12:23
On a mezzo level:
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從中觀來看：
12:25
historically speaking, the education
of the black and brown child
of the black and brown child
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歷史上，要教育黑色和棕色的孩子，
12:28
has always depended
on the philanthropy of others.
on the philanthropy of others.
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必須一直依賴別人的慈善事業。
12:32
And unfortunately, today it still does.
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不幸的是，今天它仍然是如此。
12:35
If your son or daughter or niece
or nephew or neighbor
or nephew or neighbor
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如果你的兒子、或女兒、
或侄女、或侄子、或鄰居、
或侄女、或侄子、或鄰居、
12:40
or little Timmy down the street
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或在街上的小蒂瑪
12:42
goes to an affluent school,
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去了一所富裕的學校，
12:44
challenge your school committee
to adopt an impoverished school
to adopt an impoverished school
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挑戰你的學校委員會
去認養一間爛學校，
去認養一間爛學校，
12:47
or an impoverished classroom.
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或一間貧窮的教室。
12:49
Close the divide by engaging
in communication
in communication
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參與有意義的交流
12:53
and relationships that matter.
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與建立關係以拉近差距。
12:56
When resources are shared,
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當資源可以共享時，
12:58
they're not divided;
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就不是分割；
12:59
they're multiplied.
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而是相乘。
13:01
And on a micro level:
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在微觀層面上：
13:03
if you're a human being,
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如果你是一個人，
13:05
donate.
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捐獻吧！
13:07
Time, money, resources, opportunities --
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時間、金錢、資源、機會──
13:11
whatever is in your heart.
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無論你有什麼。
13:14
There are websites like DonorsChoose
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有像 DonorsChoose
這樣的網站，
這樣的網站，
13:17
that recognize the disparity
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讓你發現不平等，
13:19
and actually want
to do something about it.
to do something about it.
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讓你想要去做一些事情。
13:23
What is a carpenter with no tools?
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如果一個木匠沒有工具？
13:26
What is an actress with no stage?
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如果一個演員沒有舞台？
13:28
What is a scientist with no laboratory?
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如果一個科學家沒有實驗室？
13:31
What is a doctor with no equipment?
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如果一個醫生沒有設備？
13:35
I'll tell you:
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我會說：
13:36
they're my kids.
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他們是我的孩子。
13:39
Shouldn't they be your kids, too?
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他們不也是你的孩子嗎？
13:41
Thank you.
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謝謝。
13:43
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kandice Sumner - EducatorKandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong.
Why you should listen
Kandice A. Sumner, M.Ed. teaches humanities (a combination of history and English) for the Boston Public Schools and is a Doctoral student in Urban Educational Policy. Sumner created and facilitates a professional development curriculum entitled R.A.C.E. (race, achievement, culture and equity) to engage professionals of all ages on how to conduct courageous critical conversations concerning race for the betterment of today’s youth. As the subject of the documentary film Far From Home, Kandice speaks publicly and consults with organizations on facilitating difficult conversations about race and education.
Born and raised in urban Boston, Kandice graduated from a suburban school system through a voluntary desegregation program (METCO). She then matriculated Spelman College (a historically Black liberal arts college) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. From being one of a few Blacks in her school to learning at a historically Black college to teaching in the underserved and predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods of Boston, Sumner has spent a lifetime traversing the lines of race, class and gender.
Kandice Sumner | Speaker | TED.com