Baratunde Thurston: How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time
巴拉圖戴•瑟斯頓: 如何解構種族主義,一次一個標題
Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated writer, activist and comedian who addresses serious issues with depth, wit and calls to action. He believes the stories we tell help shape the world in which we live. Also, he's from the future. Full bio
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一個很不凡的名字:
on a Yoruba name from Nigeria,
奈及利亞的優魯巴名字,
What does the book say?"
最黑的名字,書上怎麼寫?」
but we are not Arabs.
但我們不是阿拉伯人。
boarding planes in the 21st century.
不能好好坐飛機。
toward nativism.
but we are not British.
但我們不是英國人。
dehumanizing economic institution
在星巴克也是很棒的名字,
for a great Starbucks name.
former domestic worker,
with lessons in black history,
to the private Sidwell Friends School,
私立席德威友誼學校七年級,
and don't lose your glasses.
不要丟了你的眼鏡。
to learn the arts and the sciences,
席德威是很個棒的地方,
amongst whiteness.
在白人當中生活的藝術。
for life later at Harvard,
去迎接在哈佛的生活,
and "The Onion."
和《洋蔥報》的工作。
in my memoir, "How to Be Black,"
makes you a racist, because --
你們就是種族歧視者。
to read the book.
in the suburbs of Wisconsin.
在威斯康辛州的近郊。
both of whom are white,
他們都是白人。
I don't make the rules.
so I drive us in her parents' car,
所以我用她父母的車載她。
to indicate compliance.
or dashcam footage.
或行車記錄器的錄影。
the car registration,
汽車登記證,
roll down the windows,
about these headlines --
我想到這些新聞標題——
unarmed black person" --
our officer was friendly.
車牌註冊證過期了。
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or darker --
update the paperwork every time we visit.
記得檢驗,車牌登記證等也要更新。
that should not require survival.
this series of stories --
unarmed black person" --
popped up everywhere.
to a friend about yesterday.
gunning down someone
have replaced sex with avocado toast.
用酪梨吐司取代了性。
for a different type of story,
On Black Woman Waiting For An Uber."
舉報黑人女子等 Uber 」,
舉報八歲黑人女孩賣水」,
Selling Water."
黑人家庭在奧克蘭湖邊燒烤」,
At Lake In Oakland."
of living while black
(黑人正常行為被白人報警)
after the extrajudicial police killings.
濫殺黑人後才知道,
of people calling 911.
and closer to the solution.
as I could find.
still-growing database
I realized the process
to understand these headlines.
my Sidwell English teacher Erica Berry
埃里卡·貝里,
to fight for our own freedom.
to break down the headline
engaged in some activity,
On Eight-Year-Old Black Girl"
八歲黑人女孩賣水」,
使用社區水池」一樣,
On Black Woman Using Neighborhood Pool"
黑人立法者參加區內競選」一樣。
On Black Oregon Lawmaker
allowed me to diagram the white supremacy
看到了白人至上主義,
所有白人都是種族歧視者。
that all white people are racist.
that favors white people over others
at the Equal Justice Initiative
在平等司法倡議中,
種族隔離和大規模監禁等時,
to justify slavery and Jim Crow
to transform this traumatic exposure
and I need your participation.
if this is real or fake.
Calls Police On Student
promoted to professor.
so we move on to the real levels.
On Black Oregon Lawmaker"
俄勒岡州黑人立法者」,
Calls Cops On Woman."
報警舉報一女子」。
Calls Police On Black Woman
黑人女子使用社區游泳池」,
On White Man Using Neighborhood Pool."
白人男子使用社區游泳池」。
them reverse racist apples?
the believability of the reversal.
calling police on a white man using a pool
白人男子使用社區游泳池」
to touch her hair without asking,
未經同意碰她的頭髮呢?
while riding a unicycle,
邊騎獨輪車?
over everyone in a meeting.
of injustice is not justice.
並不是公平的做法。
that is not our mission,
so we level up to level three,
is to change the action,
is not your only option
to remind us of the structure.
回憶一下句子結構:
against a target engaged in some activity.
On Black Real Estate Investor
黑人房地產投資者
Calls Cops On Black Woman
報警舉報黑人女子
On Black Women For Playing Too Slow."
舉報黑人女子
the subject is usually white,
就是日常生活。
interpreted as crime.
in the presentation where I have to say,
to show up and resolve this situation,
出面處理這種事情嗎?
than with white people,
the role of 911 calls in this.
from the Center for Policing Equity,
between cops and citizens
the use of force by police on citizens,
responding to calls use force,
也會隨之增加。
of the white population
in my own neighborhood,
是因為我們生存的體系下,
can too easily call on deadly force
on black woman donating food to homeless.
捐食物給流浪漢的黑人女人,
unaccountable men upon her.
racial terror lynchings of black people
種族恐怖私刑事件。
in Hernando, Mississippi
in Edgecomb County, North Carolina,
遭受私刑」。
near Luling, Texas,
將兒子交給霸凌的人羣
over to a mob."
the distance between those two,
to our mission.
is to change the action.
Donating Food To Homeless,"
law enforcement to the scene.
比叫執法人員要便宜得多。
they would have wasted to her,
on the eight-year-old black girl,
八歲黑人女孩的白人女子,
from that little black girl,
on the black real estate investor,
房地產投資者的白人女子,
the cops agree,
並且警察也同意,
and minded her own damn business.
並管好自己的破事。
is an excellent choice, excellent choice.
最棒的選擇,
but there is a final bonus level,
但還有一個獎勵關,
In Front Of Young Women
造訪其辦公室時,
for powerful man to make.
everybody rich now."
of everybody rich now,
we are all in a poorer world.
我們都活在更貧窮的世界,
there is a structure to white supremacy,
白人至上主義有著固定的結構,
systemic abuses of power.
to see the humanity
by this structure.
and invested in and protected and lucky,
I'm semifamous, mostly happy,
seeing me as a threat
給予的無形負擔。
of other people's fears,
which changes the story,
允許故事發生的體系。
stories we all buy into.
for us all to be a part of.
我是巴拉圖戴•拉費克•瑟斯頓。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Baratunde Thurston - Writer, activist, comedianBaratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated writer, activist and comedian who addresses serious issues with depth, wit and calls to action. He believes the stories we tell help shape the world in which we live. Also, he's from the future.
Why you should listen
Baratunde Thurston has worked for The Onion, produced for The Daily Show, advised the Obama White House and cleaned bathrooms to pay for his Harvard education. He's the host of the iHeartMedia podcast Spit, wrote the New York Times bestseller How to Be Black and serves on the boards of BUILD and the Brooklyn Public Library. He makes media, delivers keynotes and promotes action with his unique blend of criticism, humor and optimism. He's most invested in topics of race, technology, democracy and climate, because the hard stuff has already been solved.
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