Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants
마이클 레인(Michael Rain): 이민자의 자녀에 대하여
TED Resident Michael Rain communicates ideas through written and visual stories. Full bio
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when I was in the third grade,
어느 날 아침이었습니다.
with a Ghanaian staple dish called "fufu."
가나 음식을 싸주셨습니다.
made of cassava,
하얀 녹말 덩어리인데
which is a dark orange color,
would keep me warm on a cold day.
제가 따뜻하게 먹을 거라 생각했죠.
and I opened my thermos,
보온도시락 통을 열었을 때
What's a fufu?" they asked.
푸푸가 뭐야?" 친구들이 물어봤어요.
저는 먹고싶지 않아졌어요.
send me to school with fufu again.
싸주지 말라고 부탁했어요.
or chicken noodle soup
that my friends were eating.
만들어달라고 했어요.
between what was unique to my family
came to the US almost 50 years ago.
50년 전 미국으로 오셨어요.
in a northern region of Ghana,
his bachelor's degree in accounting
joined him years later.
몇 년 뒤 아버지와 결혼했어요.
in lower Manhattan,
her own women's clothing store.
개점하셨어요.
around the world
these different classifications.
or Korean-Americans or Nigerian-Brits.
나이지리아계 영국인 등이 있어요.
and experiences different
in a country different than our parents,
다르기 때문입니다.
to the largest number of immigrants
in a place like New York,
person to find their place.
자리잡을 거라고 생각합니다.
that formed my understanding
a student asked me
that his parents told him
who come to the US
아프리카인이라고 했습니다.
and they laughed a bit,
그분들은 웃으셨습니다.
but because it was a generalization.
그건 일반화였기 때문이에요.
enough to eat in Ghana
가나에는 먹을게 충분한데
안심시켜 주셨어요.
more complex as I got older.
of black American students,
why I sounded differently than they did
왜 부모님이 그들 부모님과 다른지
different than theirs.
한 친구가 물었어요.
and he shared his own confusion
아버지는 자신이 처음 미국에 와서
when he first came to the US.
when he was in Ghana, everyone was black,
모두가 흑인이어서
없다고 하셨어요.
would only consider me to be
and complex cultural issues
in the United States,
tell me it's Latinos,
immigrant demographic?
but it's actually African immigrants.
아프리카 이민자들 입니다.
out of the eight countries
Muslims only live in the Middle East,
겨냥한 정책이라고 생각하지만
banned people are Africans.
and policy and religion,
교육, 정책, 종교와 같은 문제들이
about immigrants are incorrect.
like workplace diversity and inclusion,
gender-ethnicity combination
to senior managerial positions,
least likely to be promoted.
가장 승진하기 어렵습니다.
is part of my work
저의 직업입니다.
for people to find these stories.
쉽게 알 수 있도록 하는거죠.
of portraits and firsthand accounts
초상화와 체험수기 온라인 갤러리를 시작했습니다.
first-generation immigrants just like me
저와 같은 이민 1세대인
for the countries we grew up in,
사람들을 위한 것이에요.
for many of us who are misunderstood
their countries of origin
you might know are Enodi.
에노디입니다.
이드리스 엘바도 에노디에요.
States, Barack Obama,
or Caribbean immigrants.
자녀들입니다.
of first-generation folks.
in North America and Europe,
how critical we are
저희가 얼마나 중요한지
smells new or different to you --
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Rain - Digital storytellerTED Resident Michael Rain communicates ideas through written and visual stories.
Why you should listen
Michael Rain communicates ideas through written and visual stories. He is the creator of ENODI, a digital gallery that chronicles the lives of first-generation Black immigrants of African, Caribbean and Latinx descent, and the co-founder of the emerging tech startup ZNews Africa, a Google, Facebook and Microsoft accelerator member that builds mobile app, email and web products.
Rain's creative and commercial work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Upscale Magazine and the Harlem Arts Festival. He has moderated panels and delivered remarks on entrepreneurship and digital media at major events and conferences at the US Department of State, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and the NYU Stern School of Business.
Rain earned a BA in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Columbia University. He is a 2017 TED Resident and a fellow at the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is Ghanaian-American, a lifelong New Yorker and Brooklyn native.
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