Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants
マイケル・レイン: 移民の子供の気持ち
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."
とともに学校に送り出してくれました
made of cassava,
デンプンの白い玉で
which is a dark orange color,
薄味スープと一緒に食べます
もしくは両方が入っています
would keep me warm on a cold day.
と思ったのです
and I opened my thermos,
What's a fufu?" they asked.
と聞かれました
send me to school with fufu again.
と頼みました
or chicken noodle soup
that my friends were eating.
友達が食べるものを頼みました
between what was unique to my family
何がアフリカのもので
気付いた時でした
アメリカに来ました
came to the US almost 50 years ago.
北部地域のクマシと言う都市から
in a northern region of Ghana,
北部地域のクマシと言う都市から
his bachelor's degree in accounting
joined him years later.
数年後に彼の元へ渡米しました
in lower Manhattan,
貯金が貯まるまで
her own women's clothing store.
縫製工場で働きました
around the world
these different classifications.
or Korean-Americans or Nigerian-Brits.
またはナイジェリア系イギリス人かもません
and experiences different
in a country different than our parents,
生まれ育ったことから来ていて
to the largest number of immigrants
in a place like New York,
person to find their place.
簡単だと思うかもしれません
that formed my understanding
理解を決定づける瞬間が
a student asked me
that his parents told him
説明してくれました
who come to the US
死 餓死 病から逃れるために
and they laughed a bit,
すると少し笑われました
but because it was a generalization.
短絡思考だったからでした
enough to eat in Ghana
アメリカには
安心させてくれました
more complex as I got older.
もっと複雑になって行きました
of black American students,
一緒の学校に通いました
why I sounded differently than they did
なぜ私が彼らとは違う喋り方をするのか
different than theirs.
理解できませんでした
ある生徒が聞きました
and he shared his own confusion
自分も初めてアメリカに来た時
when he first came to the US.
話してくれました
when he was in Ghana, everyone was black,
そのことについて
「お前はアフリカ人だ
would only consider me to be
and complex cultural issues
そして複雑な文化問題は
in the United States,
tell me it's Latinos,
ラティーノと答えますが
immigrant demographic?
but it's actually African immigrants.
実はアフリカからの移民なのです
out of the eight countries
8カ国中3カ国が
Muslims only live in the Middle East,
中東にしか住んでいないと思いがちですが
banned people are Africans.
アフリカ人なのです
and policy and religion,
政策や宗教の問題に関する
about immigrants are incorrect.
間違っているのです
like workplace diversity and inclusion,
gender-ethnicity combination
to senior managerial positions,
と聞いたら
least likely to be promoted.
一番低いのです
is part of my work
for people to find these stories.
私の仕事の一部です
of portraits and firsthand accounts
オンラインギャラリーを
開始しました
first-generation immigrants just like me
私のような
for the countries we grew up in,
生まれた国との繋がり
for many of us who are misunderstood
様々な母国で誤解されている私たちの
作りました
their countries of origin
もしくはドイツにある
何百万人もいます
you might know are Enodi.
多くの人がエノディです
イドリス・エルバもエノディです
States, Barack Obama,
カリブ海移民の子供達です
or Caribbean immigrants.
私たちのことを知っているでしょう
of first-generation folks.
ではありません
in North America and Europe,
生活や文化に関わっています
how critical we are
歴史と未来に重要かに
smells new or different to you --
新しい または違う匂いがしても
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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