Stephen DeBerry: Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
ستيفن دبيري: لِمَ "الجانب الخطأ من المسارات" يوجد غالبًا في الجانب الشرقي للمدن
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that's oddly separated
that runs through Silicon Valley.
in Palo Alto are the "haves,"
في (بالو ألتو)،
you can think of:
are the "have-nots."
على الجانب الشرقي للطريق.
of eastside disparity,
of the railroad tracks in East Pittsburgh
في شرق (بيتسبيرج)،
East Oakland, East Philly.
وشرق (أوكلاند)، وشرق (فيلي).
economic and environmental margin
والبيئي والاقتصادي
from the North Pole,
counterclockwise.
and the southern hemispheres
الشمالي والجنوبي
as the rotation of the Earth --
you've got to keep everyone warm.
وعليكم إبقاء الجميع دافئون.
the smoky wind blowing in their face?
تتصاعد الأدخنة في وجهه؟
is what's playing out in cities,
هي ما يحدث في المدن،
but all around the world:
of Paris is this way;
والجانب الشرقي لباريس بهذه الطريقة،
where we're sitting right now,
is East Vancouver.
of economic historians in the UK
المؤرخين الاقتصاديين في المملكة المتحدة
smokestack dispersion.
في الحقبة الصناعية.
conclusion mathematically
marginalized communities to the east.
المجتمعات المهمشة إلي الشرق.
and that's become part of our culture.
وقد أصبح ذلك جزءًا من ثقافتنا.
what I'm talking about
from the "wrong side of the tracks."
"الجانب الخطأ من المسار."
that wind would blow dirty train smoke --
إليه الرياح دخان القطار الملوث ...
in the east is on the margin,
on the margin is in the east,
about disparity by design.
حول التفاوت بسبب التصميم.
talking about any cardinal direction
عن أي اتجاه أساسي
أو لبعض مسارات القطار،
an eastside community.
a natural phenomenon.
that we make to separate ourselves
التي تجعلنا نعزل أنفسنا
eastside community in the United States
الجانب الشرقي في أمريكا
of legal segregation.
for the benefit of everyone,
أن نصمم لصالح الجميع،
with issues like redlining.
مثل قروض المعدمين.
literally created maps
التي لا تستطيع إقراضها.
the red tends to be clustered
إلى أن يتجمع
became a self-fulfilling prophecy:
المتعلقة بالتصميم نبوءة تحقق ذاتها:
into low property tax base
إلى ممتلكات منخفضة القيمة الضريبية
and a less well-prepared workforce,
وقوى عاملة أقل كفاءة.
can't qualify for a loan.
decisions on any number of issues,
بالنسبة للمخططات في العديد من المسائل،
grocery stores versus liquor stores,
فيها مقابل متاجر الخمور،
we design and fund technology products.
المنتجات التكنولوجية .
primitive selves.
we'd want to be remembered,
التي نودُّ أن يتذكروننا بها،
what we've been doing
for the last century.
it doesn't have to be this way.
لا ينبغي أن يكون الأمر بهذه الطريقة.
this eastside dilemma
في معضلة الجانب الشرقي هذه
with good design.
of good design is actually really simple:
هو بالفعل في غاية البساطة:
to design for the benefit of everyone.
لمصلحة الجميع.
maybe we just sit in a horseshoe,
ربما نجلس فقط على شكل حدوة حصان،
to the gentrifiers,
of this image is not to say
and just move people out of the way,
وإخلاءها من الناس،
of benefiting everyone,
more obvious than you assume.
أكثر وضوحًا مما تبدو عليه.
to close this gap
in Silicon Valley?
في وادي السيليكون؟
of starting with EPA [East Palo Alto].
بشرق (بالو ألتو).
the epicenter of innovation
it ought to be here.
فلابد البدء من هنا.
to other eastside communities.
على مجتمعات الجانب الشرقي الأخرى.
a massive investment opportunity
إنها بالفعل فرصة هائلة للاستثمار
policy change and philanthropy.
في مجال السياسات والأعمال الخيرية.
fundamental design principle,
to decide to take care of everyone.
الإعتناء بالجميع.
in the world in this building
في العالم في هذا المبنى
What are we designing for?
ما السبب الذي نصمم من أجله؟
this is not the industrial era.
هذه ليست الحقبة الصناعية.
of legal segregation.
there is no wrong side of the tracks.
أنه لا يوجد جانب خطأ من المسارات.
and our communities with that in mind.
بأخذ ذلك في الاعتبار.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen DeBerry - Anthropologist, venture capitalistStephen DeBerry uses the economy and culture to build a more just and joyful society.
Why you should listen
Stephen DeBerry runs Bronze Investments, an investment firm built to benefit Eastside communities -- places on the social, economic and environmental margin by design. He is a 20+ year Silicon Valley veteran, having worked as an entrepreneur and investor for the founders of Microsoft, eBay and Lotus Software. He's on a mission to use tech and for-profit business for good.
DeBerry has also been active on boards such as The California Endowment, where he helped oversee its $4 billion endowment and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where he currently chairs the Investment Committee. He curates The Record House, an art project in East Palo Alto that connects the Silicon Valley community with visitors from across the country to connect while building one of the world’s most interesting record collections.
DeBerry earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology with highest honors from UCLA as well as Master's in social anthropology and MBA degrees from The University of Oxford. He is a Marshall Scholar and Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow who Ebony Magazine and The Root/Washington Post named one of the 100 most powerful African-Americans in the United States. DeBerry has been a national champion hurdler and adventure athlete who was a member of the first African-American mountaineering team to ascend Denali, the highest mountain in North America. The film An American Ascent documents that expedition. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.
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