Eldra Jackson: How I unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity
الدرا جکسون: چگونه من درسهای خطرناک مردانگی را فراموش نمیکنم
Eldra Jackson III works daily to connect to his most authentic self -- and his calling is to support others in doing the same. Full bio
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something to cry about.
بدهم گریه کردن را تمام کن.
to a disease in our society,
to be known as "toxic masculinity."
"مردانگی سمی " شناخته میشود .
of a life sentence in prison
and attempted murder.
محکوم به زندان شدم.
that there's a solution for this epidemic.
که راه حلی برای این بیماری فراگیرهست.
because I was a part of human trials.
چون من جزیی از آزمایشهای بشری بودم.
to look at your belief system
شروع میشود
negatively impact not just yourself,
نه فقط به خودتان ضربه میزند،
to be vulnerable with people
به وسیلهٔ افرادی است
but hold you accountable.
تو را پاسخگو میدانند.
به شما بگویم،
that in order to share this,
به اشتراک گذاری این،
of healing is on the horizon,
شفا یافتن به زودی اتفاق میافتد،
to share my story in full.
را کامل به اشتراک بگذارم.
I was born into the ideal family dynamic:
خانوادهٔ ایدهآل پرانرژی به دنیا آمدم:
who earned a Purple Heart
نشان نظامی جانبازی کسب کرده بود
marry, and begin his own brood.
و جوجه کشیاش را راه بیاندازد.
in the California prison system?
کالیفرنیا ختم شد؟
that big boys don't cry,
گریه نمیکنند،
confidently other than anger,
هرگونه احساسات غیر از خشم،
the performance on the field,
در زمین،
about the rules off it.
any one specific ingredient
آزرده کرد مشخص کنم.
in Sacramento, California in the 1980s,
کالیفرنیا در ده ۱۹۸۰، بزرگ میشد
I identified as having respect:
his mom's car for a joyride and wreck it.
را برای دوردور ببریم و خرابش کنیم.
the cost of a totaled vehicle,
قیمت کل ماشین شدیم،
of household chores and no sports.
مجبورشدم و بدون ورزش.
to transition from athlete to gangster
تبدیل شدن از ورزشکار به گانگستر بود
for me to be well-suited
مراحلی ساخت تا آب دیده شوم
as in a position of power.
در موضع قدرت بودن.
it did so in my mind.
خیلی اهمیت داشت.
on the fast track to prison life.
در زندان سوق داد.
I continued my history
به گذشته ام ادامه دادم
was the place that I would die.
جایی بود که میتوانستم بمیرم.
in solitary confinement
زخمی شدم
nearly 30 times.
حدود ۳۰ بار .
how I lived or if I died.
زنده بمانم یا حتی بمیرم.
that happened in my life to that point
زندگیام اتفاق افتاد تا به آن لحظه
to join a group called Inside Circle.
نامیده میشد دستیابی پیدا کردم.
referred to around the yard
در حیاط حلقه زده بودند اجتناب کردم
the vision of a man named Patrick Nolan,
پاتریک نولان بود،
of being sick and tired
این بیماری خسته شده بود
همدیگر خسته شده بود
or Southern California,
کالیفرنیا آمده باشی،
in the wrong direction on a windy day.
شاکی باشی.
walking down the street,
را در حال قدم زدن در خیابان ببینم،
I'll just go along with the crowd.
رد میشدم.
and we question these things.
این جور چیزها میپرسیدیم.
I'm not thinking,
فکر نمیکنم،
that my life took a turn.
چه کسی بودم،
who were seeking truth.
جویای حقیقت بودند.
I had manufactured to hide behind.
تا زیرش پنهان شم.
that the jig was up.
as I believed I was,
فکر میکنم تیز نیستم،
که جویای خدمت و حمایت بودند
who were seeking to serve and support
that I graduated to a place within
در مکانی
at the hands of a babysitter a secret.
و مثل یک راز پنهانش کرده بودم.
of my younger sister being harmed.
کوچکترم آسیب نرسد.
to keep her safe.
که از او محافظت کنم.
for a long career of hurting others,
در من کاشته شد،
where someone was going to get hurt,
کسی بخواهد آسیب ببیند،
that loving put me in harm's way.
سخت قرار میدهد.
about another person made me weak.
من را ضعیف میکند.
a shaky sense of self
احترام الکی است.
resembles sitting in a fire.
شباهت دارد.
were invited into the open
گشایش روی آوردند
is who I wanted to be in life.
میخواستم در زندگی شوم.
that not only festered
که نه تنها فاسد شده بودند
unsafe space for others.
را برای بقیهٔ قسمتها خلق کنند.
of old, diseased ways of thinking,
قدیمی بود،
to the fact of the power of the work.
حقیقی قدرت کار.
of former law-enforcement officials
متشکل از مقامات اجرای قانون
my current threat level to society.
اخیر من برای جامعه بود.
since I was 14 years old
از زمان ۱۴ سالگی
woman named Holly,
emotions in a safe way.
محیط امن شوم.
هوای من را داشته باشند.
not have all the answers.
شاهد من هستند.
که درک کنند
some machismo caricature,
کاریکاتور مردانه خشن نیست،
usually defined as weaknesses
ضعف تعریف میشود
not just on myself,
نه تنها برای خودم،
in my community.
در جامعه ام.
to victimize others as well as themselves.
دیگران بعلاوه خودشان ادامه دهند.
of how they want to show up in the world
در جهان حضور پیدا کنند را دگرگون کردند
to show up on their behalf.
برای حضور در نیمهٔ دیگر وجودشان.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eldra Jackson III - EducatorEldra Jackson III works daily to connect to his most authentic self -- and his calling is to support others in doing the same.
Why you should listen
Eldra Jackson III is a spiritual warrior who lives a passion of "saving lives one circle at a time." After living most of his life devoid of emotions and coming face-to-face with the reality of dying behind bars, he came to a point of self-inquiry, seeking answers as to how his life had spiraled into a mass of destruction set upon self and others. From this point, the space was made to save his life.
Today, Jackson works to bring his spiritual medicine into the world while simultaneously guiding others to tap into their own internal salve and help identify wounds. Through his intensive awareness work, he is on a mission to show the world what's possible as each person does their own internal examination to begin the path towards emotional and psychic health. Learn more about him in the documentary The Work.
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