Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants
میشل راین: بچههای مهاجران چه حسی دارند؟
TED Resident Michael Rain communicates ideas through written and visual stories. Full bio
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when I was in the third grade,
with a Ghanaian staple dish called "fufu."
غنایی به نام "فوفو" گذاشت.
made of cassava,
which is a dark orange color,
که نارنجی تیره است
would keep me warm on a cold day.
در آن روز سرد، گرم نگه خواهد داشت.
and I opened my thermos,
در ظرف غذایم را باز کردم،
What's a fufu?" they asked.
بوی مسخرهای داره. فوفو چیه؟"
send me to school with fufu again.
که دیگر برایم فوفو نگذارد.
or chicken noodle soup
یا سوپ جوجه برایم درست کند
that my friends were eating.
between what was unique to my family
که برای خانواده من خاص
came to the US almost 50 years ago.
حدود ۵۰ سال پیش وارد آمریکا شد.
in a northern region of Ghana,
his bachelor's degree in accounting
به آمریکا آمده بود
joined him years later.
in lower Manhattan,
در منهتن جنوبی مشغول به کار شد.
her own women's clothing store.
مغازه پوشاک زنانه خودش را باز کرد.
around the world
these different classifications.
دست و پنجه نرم میکنند.
or Korean-Americans or Nigerian-Brits.
آمریکایی یا نیجریهای-بریتانیایی باشند.
and experiences different
in a country different than our parents,
والدین خود، متولد و بزرگ شدهایم.
to the largest number of immigrants
میزبان بسیاری از مهاجرین
in a place like New York,
جایی مانند نیویورک
person to find their place.
تا جایگاه خودش را پیدا کند.
that formed my understanding
a student asked me
یک دانش آموز از من پرسید
that his parents told him
والدینش به او گفتند
who come to the US
هستند که به آمریکا میآیند
and they laughed a bit,
ولی آنها خندیدند،
but because it was a generalization.
بلکه به خاطر تعمیم داده شدن.
enough to eat in Ghana
که در غنا غذای کافی داشتند،
more complex as I got older.
پیچیدهتر میشدند.
of black American students,
سیاهپوست آمریکایی هم مدرسه شدم
why I sounded differently than they did
که چرا صدای من با آنها متفاوت است
different than theirs.
«آیا تو هم سیاهپوستی؟»
شاید رنگ پوستم از بین رفته است.
and he shared his own confusion
و او از سردرگمی خودش
when he first came to the US.
به آمریکا آمده بود صحبت کرد.
when he was in Ghana, everyone was black,
would only consider me to be
ممکن است من را
and complex cultural issues
به خوبی نمیشناسند.
in the United States,
tell me it's Latinos,
immigrant demographic?
but it's actually African immigrants.
اما در واقع آفریقاییها هستند.
out of the eight countries
Muslims only live in the Middle East,
مسلمانان خاورمیانه را هدف قرار دادهاند،
banned people are Africans.
آفریقایی هستند.
and policy and religion,
about immigrants are incorrect.
در مورد مهاجران اشتباه است.
like workplace diversity and inclusion,
تنوع و ظرفیتهای موجود در محیطهای کاری
gender-ethnicity combination
to senior managerial positions,
سمتهای مدیریتی ارشد را دارند
least likely to be promoted.
is part of my work
قسمتی از کار من است
for people to find these stories.
این مسائل استفاده میکنم.
of portraits and firsthand accounts
تجارب شخصی برگزار کردم
first-generation immigrants just like me
مهاجرین نسل اول مثل خودم است
for the countries we grew up in,
در کشورهای محل زندگی،
"سیاهپوست بودن" را تحمل می کنند.
for many of us who are misunderstood
یک خانه مجازی برای ما شود
به درستی درک نشدهایم.
their countries of origin
اتصال کشور مبدا خود به
you might know are Enodi.
که میشناسید، انودی هستند.
و ادریس البا انودی هستند.
States, Barack Obama,
or Caribbean immigrants.
یا کارائیبی هستند.
of first-generation folks.
in North America and Europe,
آمریکای شمالی و اروپا
how critical we are
ما چقدر وابسته و دلواپس
از فرهنگ را حمل میکنیم،
smells new or different to you --
بوی غریبی حس کردید --
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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