Stephen DeBerry: Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
Stephen DeBerry: Varför "fel sida av stan" oftast är den östra
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om grundläggande principer
that's oddly separated
som är konstigt delat
som går genom Silicon Valley.
that runs through Silicon Valley.
in Palo Alto are the "haves,"
i Palo Alto finns de som "har"
you can think of:
are the "have-nots."
finns de som "inte har".
inte känner till East Palo Alto,
of eastside disparity,
"den segregerade östsidan",
of the railroad tracks in East Pittsburgh
som avdelar East Pittsburgh
East Oakland, East Philly.
East Oakland, East Philadelphia.
economic and environmental margin
ekonomiska och miljömässiga marginalen
from the North Pole,
från Nordpolen
counterclockwise.
och det södra halvklotet
and the southern hemispheres
as the rotation of the Earth --
som jordens rotation:
sitter vid en lägereld.
you've got to keep everyone warm.
du måste hålla alla varma.
the smoky wind blowing in their face?
med den rökiga vinden i ansiktet?
is what's playing out in cities,
syns i städer
but all around the world:
utan över hela världen:
of Paris is this way;
av Paris är så här,
where we're sitting right now,
på den här gatan
är East Vancouver.
is East Vancouver.
som har märkt det här.
i det här, i åratal.
ekonomihistoriker i Storbritannien
of economic historians in the UK
smokestack dispersion.
under den industriella eran.
conclusion mathematically
samma slutsats matematiskt
marginalized communities to the east.
driver marginaliserade samhällen österut.
under den industriella eran
och de som inte har;
and that's become part of our culture.
what I'm talking about
precis vad jag pratar om
är från "fel sida av stan".
from the "wrong side of the tracks."
att vinden oftast blåste
that wind would blow dirty train smoke --
på östsidan är marginaliserat,
in the east is on the margin,
samhällen är på östsidan,
on the margin is in the east,
about disparity by design.
om segregation som vi har byggt in.
talking about any cardinal direction
om vilket väderstreck som helst,
an eastside community.
a natural phenomenon.
that we make to separate ourselves
som gör att vi delar upp oss
eastside community in the United States
of legal segregation.
då segregation var lagligt.
for the benefit of everyone,
designa till nytta för alla,
with issues like redlining.
medvetet fick sämre service.
literally created maps
var de inte skulle ge lån.
the red tends to be clustered
tenderar att vara koncentrerat
became a self-fulfilling prophecy:
blev en självuppfyllande profetia:
into low property tax base
för fastighetsskatten
and a less well-prepared workforce,
och sämre förberedd arbetskraft
can't qualify for a loan.
decisions on any number of issues,
designbeslut i en rad olika frågor,
grocery stores versus liquor stores,
att placera livsmedelsbutiker
we design and fund technology products.
och finansierar tekniska produkter.
primitive selves.
vi skulle vilja bli ihågkomna,
we'd want to be remembered,
vad vi har gjort
what we've been doing
for the last century.
under det senaste århundradet.
it doesn't have to be this way.
att det inte måste vara så här.
this eastside dilemma
östsidedilemmat
with good design.
med bra design.
of good design is actually really simple:
för bra design är väldigt enkel:
to design for the benefit of everyone.
att designa för allas bästa.
maybe we just sit in a horseshoe,
kanske vi sitter i en hästsko
till gentrifierarna,
to the gentrifiers,
of this image is not to say
är inte att säga
and just move people out of the way,
och flytta folk ur vägen,
of benefiting everyone,
om att skapa nytta för alla,
more obvious than you assume.
bli mer uppenbara än man tror.
som överbryggar klyftan mellan Palo Alto
to close this gap
in Silicon Valley?
of starting with EPA [East Palo Alto].
att börja med East Palo Alto.
the epicenter of innovation
epicentret för innovation
it ought to be here.
för East Palo Alto
to other eastside communities.
på andra östside-samhällen.
a massive investment opportunity
en enorm investeringsmöjlighet
policy change and philanthropy.
politisk förändring och filantropi.
fundamental design principle,
denna fundamentala designprincip,
to decide to take care of everyone.
för att ta hand om alla.
in the world in this building
entreprenörer i den här byggnaden
What are we designing for?
Vad designar vi för?
Mer segregation?
this is not the industrial era.
inte är den industriella eran.
of legal segregation.
då segregation var lagligt.
there is no wrong side of the tracks.
någon fel sida av stan.
and our communities with that in mind.
och våra samhällen med det i åtanke.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen DeBerry - Anthropologist, venture capitalistStephen DeBerry uses the economy and culture to build a more just and joyful society.
Why you should listen
Stephen DeBerry runs Bronze Investments, an investment firm built to benefit Eastside communities -- places on the social, economic and environmental margin by design. He is a 20+ year Silicon Valley veteran, having worked as an entrepreneur and investor for the founders of Microsoft, eBay and Lotus Software. He's on a mission to use tech and for-profit business for good.
DeBerry has also been active on boards such as The California Endowment, where he helped oversee its $4 billion endowment and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where he currently chairs the Investment Committee. He curates The Record House, an art project in East Palo Alto that connects the Silicon Valley community with visitors from across the country to connect while building one of the world’s most interesting record collections.
DeBerry earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology with highest honors from UCLA as well as Master's in social anthropology and MBA degrees from The University of Oxford. He is a Marshall Scholar and Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow who Ebony Magazine and The Root/Washington Post named one of the 100 most powerful African-Americans in the United States. DeBerry has been a national champion hurdler and adventure athlete who was a member of the first African-American mountaineering team to ascend Denali, the highest mountain in North America. The film An American Ascent documents that expedition. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.
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