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Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair
夏妮尔·考科蓝: 天然头发的庆典
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夏妮尔·考科蓝发现头发的质地在美国黑人的历史上扮演了一个重要角色——从内战结束后的烫直头发的产品到今天数以千计的女性决定停止追求传统美的标准，开始接受她们自然的头发。“这不仅仅关于发型，”考科蓝说。“这是勇于不屈服于他人的期望。”
Cheyenne Cochrane - Storyteller
Cheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement. Full bio
Cheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement. Full bio
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00:12
I am from the South Side of Chicago,
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我来自芝加哥南部，
00:15
and in seventh grade,
I had a best friend named Jenny
I had a best friend named Jenny
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七年级的时候我有一个
最好的朋友叫珍妮，
最好的朋友叫珍妮，
00:19
who lived on the Southwest
Side of Chicago.
Side of Chicago.
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珍妮住在芝加哥西南部。
00:23
Jenny was white,
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珍妮是白人，
00:25
and if you know anything about
the segregated demographics of Chicago,
the segregated demographics of Chicago,
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如果你对芝加哥的种族隔离的
人口特征有一点点的了解的话，
人口特征有一点点的了解的话，
00:29
you know that there are
not too many black people
not too many black people
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你就会知道没有多少黑人
00:32
who live on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
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住在芝加哥西南部。
00:34
But Jenny was my girl
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但是珍妮是我的好朋友
00:35
and so we would hang out every so often
after school and on the weekends.
after school and on the weekends.
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我们经常在放学后和周末一起玩。
00:40
And so one day we were
hanging out in her living room,
hanging out in her living room,
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有一天我们在她家客厅玩，
00:44
talking about 13-year-old things,
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聊一些十三岁孩子的话题，
00:47
and Jenny's little sister Rosie
was in the room with us,
was in the room with us,
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珍妮的小妹妹罗斯跟我们在一个屋子里，
00:50
and she was sitting behind me
just kind of playing in my hair,
just kind of playing in my hair,
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她坐在我身后玩我的头发，
00:53
and I wasn't thinking too much
about what she was doing.
about what she was doing.
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对于她的动作我没有想太多。
00:58
But at a pause in the conversation,
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但是在我们停止说话的时候，
01:00
Rosie tapped me on the shoulder.
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罗斯拍拍我的肩膀。
01:03
She said, "Can I ask you a question?"
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她说：“我可以问你个问题吗？”
01:06
I said, "Yeah, Rosie. Sure."
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我说：“当然了，罗斯，问吧。”
01:08
"Are you black?"
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“你是黑人吗？”
01:10
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:12
The room froze.
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大家都沉默了。
01:14
Silence.
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屋子里很安静。
01:16
Jenny and Rosie's mom
was not too far away.
was not too far away.
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珍妮和罗斯的妈妈在不远处。
01:19
She was in the kitchen
and she overheard the conversation,
and she overheard the conversation,
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她在厨房里听到了我们的对话，
01:22
and she was mortified.
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她觉得很难堪。
01:24
She said, "Rosie! You can't
ask people questions like that."
ask people questions like that."
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她说：“罗斯，你不能问别人这样的问题！”
01:28
And Jenny was my friend,
and I know she was really embarrassed.
and I know she was really embarrassed.
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珍妮是我的朋友，
我也知道她觉得很丢脸。
我也知道她觉得很丢脸。
01:32
I felt kind of bad for her,
but actually I was not offended.
but actually I was not offended.
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我觉得有点对不起她，
但是我不觉得被冒犯了。
但是我不觉得被冒犯了。
01:36
I figured it wasn't Rosie's fault
that in her 10 short years on this earth,
that in her 10 short years on this earth,
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我知道这不是罗斯的错。
在她出生后的短暂的10年中，
在她出生后的短暂的10年中，
01:41
living on the Southwest Side of Chicago,
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她都住在芝加哥的西南部，
01:44
she wasn't 100 percent sure
what a black person looked like.
what a black person looked like.
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所以她不是百分之百确定
黑人是长什么样子的。
黑人是长什么样子的。
01:47
That's fair.
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这也是正常的。
01:48
But what was more surprising to me was,
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但是更让我惊讶的是，
01:51
in all of this time I had spent
with Jenny and Rosie's family --
with Jenny and Rosie's family --
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在我和珍妮还有罗斯
一家度过漫长时间里——
一家度过漫长时间里——
01:55
hanging out with them,
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和她们闲逛，
01:57
playing with them,
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和她们一起玩，
01:58
even physically interacting with them --
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甚至和她们身体接触——
02:01
it was not until Rosie
put her hands in my hair
put her hands in my hair
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直到罗斯摸到了我的头发
02:05
that she thought to ask me if I was black.
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她才想到要问我是不是黑人。
02:09
That was the first time I would realize
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那是我第一次意识到
02:12
how big of a role the texture of my hair
played in confirming my ethnicity,
played in confirming my ethnicity,
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我头发的触感在确认我的种族这件事上
扮演了多么大的角色，
扮演了多么大的角色，
02:17
but also that it would play a key role
in how I'm viewed by others in society.
in how I'm viewed by others in society.
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同时，它也在别人是怎么看待我的
这件事上扮演了重要的角色。
这件事上扮演了重要的角色。
02:23
Garrett A. Morgan
and Madame CJ Walker were pioneers
and Madame CJ Walker were pioneers
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嘉利特·A·摩根和CJ·沃尔克女士是
02:26
of the black hair-care and beauty
industry in the early 1900s.
industry in the early 1900s.
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20世纪早期黑人护发和美容产业的先驱。
02:30
They're best known as the inventors
of chemically-based hair creams
of chemically-based hair creams
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他们出名是因为发明了化学品制成的发乳
02:34
and heat straightening tools
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和热能直发棒
02:36
designed to permanently,
or semipermanently,
or semipermanently,
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可以永久或半永久的
02:39
alter the texture of black hair.
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改变黑人头发的质地。
02:43
Oftentimes when we think
about the history of blacks in America,
about the history of blacks in America,
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很多时候，当我们想到美国黑人的历史时，
02:47
we think about the heinous acts
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我们想起那些我们作为有色人种而经历的
02:50
and numerous injustices
that we experienced as people of color
that we experienced as people of color
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令人发指的行为和大量的不公平，
02:54
because of the color of our skin,
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就是因为我们皮肤的颜色。
02:56
when in fact, in post-Civil War America,
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但事实上，在美国内战后，
03:00
it was the hair of an
African-American male or female
African-American male or female
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美国黑人的头发，不论男人或女人
03:05
that was known as the most
"telling feature" of Negro status,
"telling feature" of Negro status,
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才是最明显的黑人特征，
03:10
more so than the color of the skin.
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它比我们的肤色更明显。
03:13
And so before they were staples
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在价值几十亿的
03:15
of the multibillion-dollar
hair-care industry,
hair-care industry,
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护发产业发展之前，
03:19
our dependency on tools and products,
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我们依赖于
03:22
like the hair relaxer
and the pressing comb,
and the pressing comb,
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像直发霜和直发梳子这样的产品，
03:25
were more about our survival
and advancement as a race
and advancement as a race
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因为这是关乎到我们在后奴隶时期的美国
03:30
in postslavery America.
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作为一个种族的生存和发展。
03:33
Over the years,
we grew accustomed to this idea
we grew accustomed to this idea
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在这些年中，我们养成了习惯，认为
03:37
that straighter and longer
hair meant better and more beautiful.
hair meant better and more beautiful.
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越直越长的头发才是更好更美的头发。
03:43
We became culturally obsessed
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我们在文化上沉迷于
03:46
with this idea of having
what we like to call ...
what we like to call ...
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这种我们意识中的
03:50
"good hair."
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“好的头发”。
03:53
This essentially means:
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本质上这意味着：
03:55
the looser the curl pattern,
the better the hair.
the better the hair.
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越松散的卷发才是越好的头发。
03:59
And we let these institutionalized ideas
form a false sense of hierarchy
form a false sense of hierarchy
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这种惯常的意识形成一种错误的层级概念
04:06
that would determine
what was considered a good grade of hair
what was considered a good grade of hair
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来定义什么是好的头发
04:11
and what was not.
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而什么不是。
04:15
What's worse is that
we let these false ideologies
we let these false ideologies
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更糟糕的是，我们让这种错误的想法
04:18
invade our perception of ourselves,
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影响了我们的自我感觉，
04:21
and they still continue
to infect our cultural identity
to infect our cultural identity
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而且这仍然在影响我们今天作为美国黑人女性的
04:24
as African-American women today.
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文化认同。
04:28
So what did we do?
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那么我们做了什么呢？
04:30
We went to the hair salon
every six to eight weeks,
every six to eight weeks,
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我们每6到8周去一次理发店，
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without fail,
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从没间断过，
04:35
to subject our scalps
to harsh straightening chemicals
to harsh straightening chemicals
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让我们的头皮暴露在拉直头发的化学品之下，
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beginning at a very young age --
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从我们还是孩子时就开始了——
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sometimes eight, 10 --
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10岁，甚至是8岁——
04:43
that would result in hair loss,
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这会导致脱发，
04:46
bald spots,
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斑秃，
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sometimes even burns on the scalp.
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甚至烧伤我们的头皮。
04:50
We fry our hair at temperatures
of 450 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
of 450 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
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几乎每天，我们用超过450华氏度的高温
04:55
almost daily,
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烫头发
04:56
to maintain the straight look.
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来保持直发。
04:59
Or we simply cover our hair up
with wigs and weaves,
with wigs and weaves,
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或者，我们用假发或头巾盖住头发，
05:04
only to let our roots breathe in private
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只有在私底下才取下它们，让发根呼吸，
05:07
where no one knows
what's really going on under there.
what's really going on under there.
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这样就没人知道我们的头发到底是什么样了。
05:11
We adopted these practices
in our own communities,
in our own communities,
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我们在自己的社区中都采取这样的做法
05:14
and so it's no wonder
why today the typical ideal vision
why today the typical ideal vision
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所以也难怪，当今黑人职业女性的
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of a professional black woman,
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理想形象，
05:22
especially in corporate America,
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特别在美国企业中，
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tends to look like this,
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更倾向于这样，
05:28
rather than like this.
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而不是这样。
05:31
And she certainly doesn't look like this.
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她看起来肯定不是这样。
05:35
In September of this year,
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今年9月，
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a federal court ruled it lawful
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一个联邦法院裁定
05:39
for a company to discriminate
against hiring an employee
against hiring an employee
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一家公司在雇佣过程中
依据梳发绺来歧视员工的行为
依据梳发绺来歧视员工的行为
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based on if she or he wears dreadlocks.
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是合法的。
05:48
In the case,
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在这种情况下，
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the hiring manager in Mobile, Alabama
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在阿拉巴马州的莫比尔市，一个招聘经理
05:52
is on record as saying,
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公开说，
05:54
"I'm not saying yours are messy,
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“我不是在说你很邋遢，
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but ...
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但是……
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you know what I'm talking about."
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你知道我在说什么。”
06:02
Well, what was she talking about?
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那她在说什么呢?
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Did she think that they were ugly?
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她认为他们很丑吗？
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Or maybe they were
just a little too Afrocentric
just a little too Afrocentric
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或许她觉着这对于她的品味来说
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and pro-black-looking for her taste.
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他们看起来太黑人化了。
06:16
Or maybe it's not about Afrocentricity,
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又或者这与非洲中心论无关，
06:18
and it's more just about
it being a little too "urban"
it being a little too "urban"
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而只是在职业环境中，
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for the professional setting.
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这样的发型太“都市化”了。
06:23
Perhaps she had a genuine concern
in that they looked "scary"
in that they looked "scary"
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或许她真的觉得这看起来太“吓人”了，
06:27
and that they would intimidate
the clients and their customer base.
the clients and their customer base.
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会威胁到他们的客户和客户群。
06:32
All of these words are ones
that are too often associated
that are too often associated
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这些话都是通常都和
06:37
with the stigma
attached to natural hairstyles.
attached to natural hairstyles.
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我们天生发型的污点联系在一起。
06:42
And this ...
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而这……
06:43
this has got to change.
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这必须改变。
06:47
In 2013,
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在2013年，
06:48
a white paper published by the Deloitte
Leadership Center for Inclusion,
Leadership Center for Inclusion,
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一份由德勤包容领导中心发表的白皮书
06:53
studied 3,000 individuals
in executive leadership roles
in executive leadership roles
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对3000名行政领导级的人展开调查，
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on the concept
of covering in the workplace
of covering in the workplace
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以研究这样一个概念，
即在工作场合掩盖自己“污名化”的身份:
即在工作场合掩盖自己“污名化”的身份:
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based on appearance,
advocacy, affiliation and association.
advocacy, affiliation and association.
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分为掩盖外表，掩盖主张，
掩盖个人行为和掩盖与他人的关系。
掩盖个人行为和掩盖与他人的关系。
07:04
When thinking about
appearance-based covering,
appearance-based covering,
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针对掩盖外表，
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the study showed
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研究表明
07:08
that 67 percent of women
of color cover in the workplace
of color cover in the workplace
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67%的有色人种女性在工作场合
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based on their appearance.
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会掩盖她们的外表。
07:17
Of the total respondents who
admitted to appearance-based covering,
admitted to appearance-based covering,
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在所有承认会掩盖外表的被调查者中，
07:21
82 percent said that it was
somewhat to extremely important
somewhat to extremely important
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82%表示，这一点非常重要，
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for them to do so
for their professional advancement.
for their professional advancement.
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对他们来说，这关乎他们的职业升迁。
07:29
Now, this is Ursula Burns.
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这是尔塞拉·布恩斯。
07:33
She is the first African-American
female CEO of a Fortune 500 company --
female CEO of a Fortune 500 company --
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她是一家500强公司的第一位
美国黑人女性CEO———
美国黑人女性CEO———
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of Xerox.
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施乐公司。
07:40
She's known by her signature look,
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她以她标志性的外表闻名，
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the one that you see here.
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就是这个。
07:44
A short, nicely trimmed,
well-manicured Afro.
well-manicured Afro.
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这是一位留着打理的完美头发的黑人。
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Ms. Burns is what
we like to call a "natural girl."
we like to call a "natural girl."
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布恩斯女士是我们所谓的“天然女孩”。
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And she is paving the way
and showing what's possible
and showing what's possible
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她在为那些美国黑人女性铺路
07:56
for African-American women
seeking to climb the corporate ladder,
seeking to climb the corporate ladder,
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并让她们知道，得到晋升机会
08:00
but still wishing
to wear natural hairstyles.
to wear natural hairstyles.
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并同时保留自己的天生发型是可能的。
08:03
But today the majority
of African-American women
of African-American women
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但是现在大多数的美国黑人女性，
08:08
who we still look to as leaders,
icons and role models,
icons and role models,
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包括那些在我们看来是
领导者、偶像和榜样的人，
领导者、偶像和榜样的人，
08:12
still opt for a straight-hair look.
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仍选择直发发型。
08:16
Now,
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如今
08:17
maybe it's because they want to --
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也许是因为她们想要这样，
08:19
this is authentically
how they feel best --
how they feel best --
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这样的发型也许真的让她们觉得舒服，
08:22
but maybe --
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但又或许，
08:23
and I bet --
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我敢这么说，
08:25
a part of them felt like they had to
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她们中有一部分认为她们必须这样
08:28
in order to reach the level of success
that they have attained today.
that they have attained today.
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才能达到她们今天的这种成功。
08:34
There is a natural hair movement
that is sweeping the country
that is sweeping the country
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一场天然头发运动正在横扫我们整个国家
08:39
and also in some places in Europe.
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和欧洲的一些地方。
08:42
Millions of women are exploring what
it means to transition to natural hair,
it means to transition to natural hair,
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上百万的女性开始意识到回归天然头发的意义，
08:47
and they're cutting off
years and years of dry, damaged ends
years and years of dry, damaged ends
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并开始剪去多年的干枯受损的发尾
08:51
in order to restore
their natural curl pattern.
their natural curl pattern.
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以恢复她们天然的卷发。
08:54
I know because I have been an advocate
and an ambassador for this movement
and an ambassador for this movement
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我知道这些是因为在过去大约三年里
08:59
for roughly the last three years.
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我是这项运动的提倡者和大使。
09:01
After 27 years of excessive heat
and harsh chemicals,
and harsh chemicals,
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在忍受27年的过度加热和强化学制品后，
09:07
my hair was beginning to show
extreme signs of wear and tear.
extreme signs of wear and tear.
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我的头发出现严重的损伤。
09:13
It was breaking off,
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它开始断裂，
09:15
it was thinning,
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变细，
09:16
looking just extremely dry and brittle.
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看起来十分干枯脆弱。
09:19
All those years of chasing
that conventional image of beauty
that conventional image of beauty
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在这么多年的对传统意义上的美的追求后，
09:22
that we saw earlier
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即我们之前看到的，
09:24
was finally beginning to take its toll.
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我终于开始付出代价。
09:27
I wanted to do something about it,
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我希望能做些什么，
09:30
and so I started what I called
the "No Heat Challenge,"
the "No Heat Challenge,"
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所以我发起了“不烫头发挑战”，
09:34
where I would refrain
from using heat styling tools on my hair
from using heat styling tools on my hair
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我会避免用烫发器来给我的头发做造型
09:38
for six months.
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长达6个月。
09:40
And like a good millennial,
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像很多千禧一代一样，
09:43
I documented it on social media.
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我在社交媒体上记录了这一切。
09:46
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
09:47
I documented as I reluctantly cut off
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我记录下我不情愿地剪去了
09:51
three to four inches of my beloved hair.
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我珍爱的3至4英寸头发。
09:56
I documented as I struggled
to master these natural hairstyles,
to master these natural hairstyles,
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我记录下我在驾驭天然发型时的纠结，
10:01
and also as I struggled to embrace them
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和为了接受它们时的挣扎，
10:05
and think that they actually looked good.
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还要去想它们看起来其实还不错。
10:09
And I documented as my hair texture
slowly began to change.
slowly began to change.
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我记录下了我的发质开始的一点点改变。
10:16
By sharing this journey openly,
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经过公开分享这段旅程，
10:18
I learned that I was not
the only woman going through this
the only woman going through this
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我知道了我不是唯一一个经历过这件事的人
10:22
and that in fact there were thousands
and thousands of other women
and thousands of other women
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并且还有成千这样的女性
10:26
who were longing to do the same.
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渴望着去做同样的事。
10:28
So they would reach out to me
and they would say,
and they would say,
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她们会联系我，并说：
10:31
"Cheyenne, how did you do
that natural hairstyle
that natural hairstyle
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“夏安妮，你是怎么打理我那天看到的
10:33
that I saw you with the other day?
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天然发型的？
10:35
What new products have you started using
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你开始用什么新产品？
10:37
that might be a little better
for my hair texture
for my hair texture
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可能它对我的发质也有效，
10:39
as it begins to change?"
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因为它也开始改变了。”
10:41
Or, "What are some
of the natural hair routines
of the natural hair routines
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或者，“有哪些保养天然头发的方法
10:45
that I should begin to adopt
to slowly restore the health of my hair?"
to slowly restore the health of my hair?"
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我应该去使用来重新使我的头发变得健康？”
10:51
But I also found that there were
a large number of women
a large number of women
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但我同样发现还有大量的女性
10:54
who were extremely hesitant
to take that first step
to take that first step
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十分犹豫迈出这第一步，
10:59
because they were paralyzed by fear.
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因为她们被恐惧左右。
11:03
Fear of the unknown --
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对未知的恐惧——
11:05
what would they now look like?
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她们的新造型会是怎样的？
11:07
How would they feel about themselves
with these natural hairstyles?
with these natural hairstyles?
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她们会喜欢自己的天然发型吗？
11:11
And most importantly to them,
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最重要的是，
11:14
how would others view them?
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别人会怎么看她们？
11:17
Over the last three years
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在过去的3年里，
11:19
of having numerous conversations
with friends of mine
with friends of mine
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我和好友进行了大量的交流，
11:23
and also complete strangers
from around the world,
from around the world,
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还和来自世界各地的陌生人交流，
11:27
I learned some really important things
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我发现一些非常重要的事，
11:29
about how African-American women
identify with their hair.
identify with their hair.
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有关于美国黑人女性对于她们自己头发的认知。
11:34
And so when I think back
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当我回想起
11:36
to that hiring manager in Mobile, Alabama,
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那个阿拉巴马州莫比尔市的招聘经理，
11:40
I'd say, "Actually, no.
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我会说：“事实上，不。
11:43
We don't know what you're talking about."
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我们不知道你在说什么。”
11:45
But here are some things that we do know.
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但是我们知道这些事情。
11:48
We know that when black women
embrace their love for their natural hair,
embrace their love for their natural hair,
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我们知道当黑人女性开始接受
她们对自己天然头发的热爱，
她们对自己天然头发的热爱，
11:53
it helps to undo generations of teaching
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它会帮助重新定义代代相传的观念，
11:57
that black in its natural state
is not beautiful,
is not beautiful,
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即黑人本身不美，
12:00
or something to be hidden or covered up.
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或其他的被隐瞒或掩盖起来的事实。
12:04
We know that black women
express their individuality
express their individuality
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我们知道黑人女性表达她们的个性，
12:08
and experience feelings of empowerment
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以及感受的权利，
12:11
by experimenting with different
hairstyles regularly.
hairstyles regularly.
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是通过定时尝试不同的发型。
12:16
And we also know
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我们也知道，
12:18
that when we're invited
to wear our natural hair in the workplace,
to wear our natural hair in the workplace,
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当我们被邀请在工作时梳我们的天生发型时，
12:23
it reinforces that we are uniquely valued
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这强调了我们的独特价值，
12:26
and thus helps us to flourish
and advance professionally.
and advance professionally.
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也因此帮助我们去提升我们的专业度。
12:32
I leave you with this.
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我就讲到这里。
12:34
In a time of racial and social tension,
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在这个充满种族与社会紧张感的时代，
12:38
embracing this movement
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要真正接受这项运动
12:40
and others like this
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和其他类似的活动，
12:42
help us to rise above
the confines of the status quo.
the confines of the status quo.
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可以帮助我们冲破现实的桎梏。
12:46
So when you see a woman with braids
or locks draping down her back,
or locks draping down her back,
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所以你看到一个编着辫子或是
背后垂下发辫的女孩，
背后垂下发辫的女孩，
12:52
or you notice your colleague
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或是你注意到你的同事
12:55
who has stopped
straightening her hair to work,
straightening her hair to work,
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上班时不再拉直她的头发，
12:59
do not simply approach her and admire
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不要只是赞美她
13:02
and ask her if you can touch it --
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并问她你能不能摸摸她的辫子。
13:05
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
13:07
Really appreciate her.
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请真诚地欣赏她。
13:09
Applaud her.
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称赞她。
13:11
Heck, even high-five her
if that's what you feel so inclined to do.
if that's what you feel so inclined to do.
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如果你愿意的话，甚至是和她击掌。
13:15
Because this --
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因为，这——
13:17
this is more than about a hairstyle.
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这不仅关于发型。
13:20
It's about self-love and self-worth.
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这代表着自爱和自我价值。
13:24
It's about being brave enough
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这代表足够勇敢
13:26
not to fold under the pressure
of others' expectations.
of others' expectations.
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不去屈服于别人的期望。
13:31
And about knowing that making
the decision to stray from the norm
the decision to stray from the norm
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这也关于意识到决定偏离规范
13:36
does not define who we are,
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并不能定义我们是谁，
13:38
but it simply reveals who we are.
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但能展示我们是谁。
13:42
And finally,
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最后，
13:43
being brave is easier
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当我们能依靠别人的共鸣时，
13:45
when we can count
on the compassion of others.
on the compassion of others.
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我们会变得更勇敢一点。
13:48
So after today,
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今天以后，
13:50
I certainly hope that we can count on you.
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我希望我们可以依靠你们。
13:54
Thank you.
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谢谢。
13:55
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cheyenne Cochrane - StorytellerCheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement.
Why you should listen
Cheyenne Cochrane is a storyteller who leverages digital and social media to share her ideas and experiences with her followers and subscribers, seasoned with a dash of humor. A Chicago native and Howard University Graduate, Cochrane lives to inspire, inform and connect with diverse audiences. She is currently the development manager for a national education non-profit. When she's not raising funds to support educational equity for underserved students around the country, she is the creator and visionary behind The Level Up blog, as well as her social media brand, @onmylevel_chey.
Cochrane began documenting her natural hair journey in 2014, while struggling to maintain the integrity of her hair after so many years of applying heat and harsh chemicals. She wanted to adopt a new routine, but like so many other women of color she'd been programmed to believe that straight, long hair was the most appealing, most professional and widely accepted look for a black woman. She knew that deciding to "go natural" would be a journey of self-exploration and would require her to let go of the conventional standards of beauty that she'd adhered to for so many years. What she did not know, however, was how many other women she'd inspire and empower along the way by sharing her journey.
Today, Cheyenne continues to share her natural hair story and lessons with women around the world via her social media platforms and YouTube channel. She also maintains a blog where she posts about all things natural hair and beauty, millennial culture and features young entrepreneurs of color.
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