Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
Vernā Myers: Jak pokonać własne uprzedzenia? Stań z nimi twarzą w twarz
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a wonderful time listening
"The Warmth of Other Suns."
autorstwa wspaniałej Isabel Wilkerson.
fleeing the South from 1915 to 1970
6 milionów czarnych ludzi
from all the brutality
opportunity up North,
of the resilience and the brilliance
all the stories of the horrors
and all the humiliations.
których doświadczyli.
about the beatings and the burnings
this is a little deep.
to turn on the radio."
zastrzelony przez białego policjanta,
laid on the ground dead,
and his neighbors watched in horror,
jego babcia, małe dzieci i sąsiedzi.
against black men
It's just different names.
tylko nowe imiona.
of our national psyche.
crosses the street,
żeby przejść na drugą stronę ulicy,
shooting people down in the street,
stereotypes and prejudices
these types of incidents,
and being willing to change ourselves.
i będziemy chcieli się zmienić.
to offer us today to think about
abyście przemyśleli trzy rzeczy,
from happening again;
których symbolem jest Ferguson.
o czarnym mężczyźnie.
will not only protect them
nie tyko ich ochronić,
so that they can thrive.
embracing young black men,
ze swoich młodych, czarnych obywateli,
giving them that kind of openness,
darząc ich otwartością i łaską,
to people we love?
How much better would our country be?
O ile lepszy byłby nasz kraj?
moich zajęć o różnorodności kulturowej
at the beginning of the workshop.
we're so glad you're here" --
in our body."
ani trochę uprzedzeni".
and I see all my biases."
to widzę, że nawet ja mam uprzedzenia".
pilot coming over the P.A. system,
we are rocking it.
getting turbulent and bumpy,
I knew that was a bias
and there's always a guy driving
gdy zawsze steruje mężczyzna
co do umiejętności pilota.
the confidence of the male driver.
I would say, "Female pilot: awesome."
"Świetnie, że kobieta jest pilotką!".
and a little troublesome, a little risky,
even know that I had.
o których nie miałam pojęcia.
what we have learned.
which measures unconscious bias,
Test Utajonych Skojarzeń,
We like white people.
Po prostu lubimy białych ludzi.
of black men and white men,
czarnoskórych i białych ludzi,
that white person with a positive word,
trying to associate
and vice versa.
osobą, i na odwrót.
black with negative
negatywnym ten kolor skóry,
taking that test prefer white.
taking that test prefer white.
when the contamination came down.
that our brain automatically associates?
automatycznie tworzy powiązania?
that you probably are thinking about,
on my color blindness.
trying to make a difference
It was what we did when we saw the color.
sam kolor skóry, ale nasza reakcja.
pretending not to see,
in which racial difference
that's keeping them from thriving,
an early death.
are telling us is, no way.
and memorize them,
at awesome folks who are black,
na wspaniałych czarnych ludzi,
automatically in our brain.
these beautiful black men behind me?
tych pięknych czarnych mężczyzn?
associations about who black men are.
dla was czarni mężczyźni.
grow up to be amazing human beings
wyrastają na wspaniałych ludzi,
and made them better.
our automatic assumptions,
nasze automatyczne założenia.
who is odious that you know,
który budzi okropne skojarzenia
causes us to disassociate too.
(Śmiech)
So go looking for your bias.
Poszukaj w sobie uprzedzeń.
and go looking for disconfirming data
tylko poszukaj dowodów na to,
your old stereotypes are wrong.
Czas na punkt drugi.
young black men instead of away from them.
zamiast się od nich odsuwać.
and intentional about it.
one time several years ago
and she's really wonderful
and she's a woman of color, she's Korean.
it was late at night,
we were going, we were lost.
and I was thinking, "Oh great, black guy."
czarnego faceta i od razu się ucieszyłam.
without even thinking about it.
"Oh, that's interesting."
he was a black guy.
know where they're going.
zwykle wiedzą, gdzie są.
but that's what I think.
were going, 'Yay, a black guy'?"
że ja mówiłam "hurra, czarny",
'Ooh, a black guy.'"
same guy, same clothes,
te same ubrania, ta sama potrzeba,
different reaction.
zupełnie inna reakcja.
I'm a diversity consultant.
Przecież pracuję z takimi ludźmi!
I'm a woman of color. Oh my God!"
a sama nie jestem biała!".
We really need to relax about this."
I go way back with black guys.
duże doświadczenie z czarnymi facetami.
You see what I'm saying?
I was married to a black guy.
i byłam żoną czarnego faceta.
is so wide and so deep
and figure out who that black guy is,
where you're going. I'll take you there."
czego szukacie, zaprowadzę was".
we make up about people
jakie tworzymy,
and be afraid of them?
niektórych unikać i się ich bać?
to walk toward your discomfort.
co jest dla was niekomfortowe.
to take any crazy risks.
and professional circles.
kontakty służbowe.
folks, men, women?
mężczyznami czy kobietami?
from who you are
Just look around your periphery.
in your classroom,
there's some black young guy there.
and build the kinds of relationships,
zawrzyj takie znajomości,
cause you to see the holistic person
że zobaczysz pełny obraz danej osoby
friends in particular that will say,
białych znajomych, co powiedzą:
is going to work for me.
about perfection. It's about connection.
a nie o perfekcję.
before you get uncomfortable.
najpierw musisz poczuć się niezręcznie.
and authentically, take the invitation.
o szczerych intencjach, przyjmijcie go.
who can see your humanity.
dostrzegają w was szlachetność.
and the compassion
with people who are different from you.
z osobami różnymi od nas.
and beautiful happens:
that they are you in your family,
należą do twojej rodziny,
we become advocates,
into a bigger, brighter thing,
żeby przeżyć coś większego, jaśniejszego,
another Ferguson from happening.
takich zdarzeń jak w Ferguson.
szczególnie czarni młodzi mężczyźni.
young black men, can thrive.
zasugeruję będzie trudniejsza,
to put it out there anyway.
the courage to say something,
musimy mieć odwagę zareagować,
and it's going to be a time
and having a good time.
miło spędzamy czas z bliskimi.
na pewno będzie świętować,
the conversations around the table.
"Grandma's a bigot."
"Babcia jest po prostu niesprawiedliwa".
and we love Uncle Joe. We do.
babcię i wujka Józka.
but what they're saying is wrong.
ale to, co mówią, jest niesłuszne.
because you know who else is at the table?
bo wiecie, kto jeszcze siedzi przy stole?
and move from generation to generation?
dlaczego ludzie dalej mają uprzedzenia.
we don't call people that anymore."
"Babciu, nie nazywamy już tak tych ludzi".
that he deserved that.
że on na to zasłużył.
from the ugliness of racism
przed okropieństwami rasizmu,
have the luxury to do so,
nie mogą sobie na to pozwolić,
young black sons.
our lovely darlings, our future,
naszej przyszłości, powiedzieć,
an amazing country with incredible ideals,
i ma niesamowite ideały,
and we have made some progress,
i udało nam się sporo osiągnąć,
into our institutions
również do naszych instytucji,
i braku równowagi
devaluing of young black men.
wartości czarnych mężczyzn.
in this society
and is willing, above all other things,
i będzie chciała przede wszystkim
can be seen for all of who they are.
całokształt czarnych młodych ludzi.
statesmen that have ever lived,
are powerful preachers.
and artists and writers.
with dreams of their own.
mają swoje własne marzenia.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Vernā Myers - Diversity advocateVernā Myers is dedicated to promoting meaningful, lasting diversity in the workplace.
Why you should listen
Vernā Myers is a diversity consultant and self-described "recovering lawyer" with a degree from Harvard Law. She leads the Vernā Myers Consulting Group, an organization that has helped break down barriers of race, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation in thousand-member workplaces. She is also the author of Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing.
Myers encourages us to recognize our own biases in order to actively combat them, emphasizing a "low guilt, high responsibility" philosophy. In her work she points to her own inner biases, because, as she says, "People relax when they know the diversity lady has her own issues."
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