ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yassmin Abdel-Magied - Mechanical engineer, social advocate
Yassmin Abdel-Magied wears many hats, including a hijab. She's a mechanical engineer, writer and activist who campaigns for tolerance and diversity.

Why you should listen

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is on a mission to promote diversity throughout society, however and wherever she can. Born in Sudan, she moved to Australia when she was two years old, and trained as a mechanical engineer. She now spends her time both working as an engineering specialist on oil and gas rigs -- and heading up Youth Without Borders, the organization she founded to enable young people to work for positive change in their communities.

Named the 2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year, Yassmin advocates for the empowerment of youth, women and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In 2007, she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year. She also really like motorsports.

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied: What does my headscarf mean to you?

雅思敏·阿布戴尔-马吉德: 我的头巾对你意味着什么?

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无意识偏见在现行文化中十分普遍,这使得我们根据自己的出身和影响力作出各类假设。这种隐秘的偏见几乎影响了所有事情,现在是时候我们应该变得更加考虑周全、更聪明、更优秀了。在这场有趣又真诚的演讲中,雅思敏使用了一种令人惊喜的方式,挑战着所有听众突破他们最初的想法。
- Mechanical engineer, social advocate
Yassmin Abdel-Magied wears many hats, including a hijab. She's a mechanical engineer, writer and activist who campaigns for tolerance and diversity. Full bio

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Someone有人 who looks容貌 like me
walks散步 past过去 you in the street.
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在街上如果有
看起来和我很像的人经过你身边
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Do you think they're a mother母亲,
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你会认为他们是母亲?
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a refugee难民
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难民?
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or a victim受害者 of oppression压迫?
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还是压迫下的受害者?
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Or do you think they're a cardiologist心脏病,
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或者你会认为他们是心脏病专家?
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a barrister律师
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法庭律师?
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or maybe your local本地 politician政治家?
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或者当地的政客?
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Do you look me up and down,
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你会上下打量我
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wondering想知道 how hot I must必须 get
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猜想我该觉得有多热
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or if my husband丈夫 has forced被迫 me
to wear穿 this outfit配备?
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或者我的丈夫是否强迫我穿成这样
00:38
What if I wore穿着 my scarf围巾 like this?
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如果我把围巾戴成这样呢
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I can walk步行 down the street
in the exact精确 same相同 outfit配备
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我可以装扮得完全一样
走过街道
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and what the world世界 expects预计 of me
and the way I'm treated治疗
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周围人对我的看法和态度
00:49
depends依靠 on the arrangement安排
of this piece of cloth.
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都取决于我怎么佩戴这块头巾
00:52
But this isn't going to be
another另一个 monologue独白 about the hijab盖头
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这并不是又一个关于伊斯兰妇女头巾的独白
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because Lord knows知道, Muslim穆斯林 women妇女
are so much more than the piece of cloth
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因为上帝知道
伊斯兰妇女远不是一条头巾就能代表的
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they choose选择, or not,
to wrap their head in.
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无论他们是否选择佩戴
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This is about looking beyond your bias偏压.
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这是一个关于
抛弃个人偏见的问题
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What if I walked past过去 you and later后来 on
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如果我走过你的身旁
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you'd found发现 out that actually其实
I was a race种族 car汽车 engineer工程师,
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之后你发现我实际上
是一名赛车工程师
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and that I designed设计 my own拥有 race种族 car汽车
and I ran my university's大学的 race种族 team球队,
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设计了自己的赛车
组织了自己的大学赛车队呢?
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because it's true真正.
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因为这是真的
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What if I told you that I was actually其实
trained熟练 as a boxer拳击手 for five years年份,
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如果我告诉你我其实
做了五年拳击手呢?
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because that's true真正, too.
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因为这也是事实
01:26
Would it surprise you?
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你会感到惊讶吗?
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Why?
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为什么?
01:31
Ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士, ultimately最终,
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先生们 女士们 总之
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that surprise and the behaviors行为
associated相关 with it
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你们感到的惊讶
和作出的行为
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are the product产品 of something
called unconscious无意识 bias偏压,
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是无意识里偏见的产物
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or implicit含蓄 prejudice偏见.
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或者说
隐形偏见的产物
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And that results结果 in the
ridiculously可笑 detrimental有害
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结果这导致了严重有害的后果
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lack缺乏 of diversity多样 in our workforce劳动力,
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那就是
劳动力中多样性的缺乏
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particularly尤其 in areas of influence影响.
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尤其是在具有较强影响力的领域
01:47
Hello你好, Australian澳大利亚 Federal联邦 Cabinet内阁.
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嗨 澳大利亚联邦内阁
01:50
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
01:52
Let me just set something out
from the outset开始:
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我想先讲讲这个
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Unconscious无意识 bias偏压 is not the same相同
as conscious意识 discrimination区别.
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无意识偏见不同于有意识的歧视
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I'm not saying that in all of you,
there's a secret秘密 sexist性别歧视 or racist种族主义者
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我并非指在座各位
都是秘密的性别歧视者或种族歧视者
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or ageist年龄歧视 lurking潜伏 within,
waiting等候 to get out.
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或年龄歧视者
你们等待着把歧视公之于众
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That's not what I'm saying.
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我并非这个意思
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We all have our biases偏见.
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我们都有自己的偏见
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They're the filters过滤器 through通过 which哪一个
we see the world世界 around us.
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偏见是我们观察这个世界的过滤器
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I'm not accusing指责 anyone任何人,
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我不是在指责任何人
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bias偏压 is not an accusation指控.
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偏见并非罪过
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Rather, it's something that
has to be identified确定,
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反而
我们需要意识到这些偏见
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acknowledged承认 and mitigated缓解 against反对.
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承认偏见 减轻偏见
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Bias偏压 can be about race种族,
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偏见可以是关于种族
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it can be about gender性别.
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可以是关于性别
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It can also be about class,
education教育, disability失能.
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也可以是关于阶级 教育程度 和残障
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The fact事实 is, we all have biases偏见
against反对 what's different不同,
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事实上
我们都对与众不同的事物抱有偏见
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what's different不同 to our social社会 norms规范.
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对那些和社会习俗不同的事物
抱有偏见
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The thing is, if we want
to live生活 in a world世界
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问题是 如果我们希望
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where the circumstances情况 of your birth分娩
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自己出身的环境
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do not dictate听写 your future未来
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不会决定我们的未来
02:41
and where equal等于 opportunity机会 is ubiquitous普及,
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到处都是平等的机会的话
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then each and every一切 one of us
has a role角色 to play
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那么我们每个人都要做出努力
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in making制造 sure unconscious无意识 bias偏压
does not determine确定 our lives生活.
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确保无意识偏见
无法决定我们的命运
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There's this really famous著名 experiment实验
in the space空间 of unconscious无意识 bias偏压
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曾有一个著名的
关于性别领域中无意识偏见的实验
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and that's in the space空间 of gender性别
in the 1970s and 1980s.
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那是在上世纪七八十年代
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So orchestras乐团, back in the day,
were made制作 up mostly大多 of dudes帅哥,
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当时的交响乐团大部分都由男性组成
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up to only five percent百分 were female.
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只有5%的女性成员
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And apparently显然地, that was because
men男人 played发挥 it differently不同,
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显然 这是因为
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presumably想必 better, presumably想必.
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人们假设男性成员演奏得更好
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But in 1952, The Boston波士顿 Symphony交响乐 Orchestra乐队
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但在1952年 波士顿交响乐团
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started开始 an experiment实验.
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开始了一项实验
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They started开始 blind auditions试镜.
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他们开始了“盲听”选拔
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So rather than face-to-face面对面 auditions试镜,
you would have to play behind背后 a screen屏幕.
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演奏者在幕布后面演奏
而不是进行面对面的试音
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Now funnily好笑 enough足够,
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非常有趣的是
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no immediate即时 change更改 was registered注册
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事情并没有立刻发生变化
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until直到 they asked the audition-ers试听-ERS
to take their shoes off
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直到演奏者被要求
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before they entered进入 the room房间.
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在进入试音房间前脱去鞋子
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because the clickity-clackclickity-瓣
of the heels脚跟
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因为光是鞋跟踩在硬木地板上的嗒嗒声
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against反对 the hardwood硬木 floors地板
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was enough足够 to give the ladies女士们 away.
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就足以出卖那些女性演奏者
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Now get this,
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于是
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there results结果 of the audition面试 showed显示
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试音的结果表示
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that there was a 50 percent百分
increased增加 chance机会
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女性演奏员通过试音前几关的机会
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a woman女人 would progress进展 past过去
the preliminary初步 stage阶段.
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提高了50%
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And it almost几乎 tripled三倍
their chances机会 of getting得到 in.
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她们最后通过的几率提高了3倍
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What does that tell us?
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这个故事告诉了我们什么呢
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Well, unfortunately不幸 for the guys,
men男人 actually其实 didn't play differently不同,
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不幸的是 我得告诉男士们
男性并没有演奏得更好
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but there was the perception知觉
that they did.
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只是大家这样以为罢了
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And it was that bias偏压 that was
determining决定 their outcome结果.
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正是这种偏见决定了他们的结果
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So what we're doing here
is identifying识别 and acknowledging承认
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所以我们现在要做的就是
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that a bias偏压 exists存在.
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认识到 并且承认
偏见是存在的
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And look, we all do it.
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我们都有
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Let me give you an example.
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让我来举个列子
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A son儿子 and his father父亲 are in
a horrible可怕 car汽车 accident事故.
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一个儿子和他的父亲
遭遇了一场可怕的车祸
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The father父亲 dies on impact碰撞
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父亲当场死亡
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and the son儿子, who's谁是 severely严重 injured受伤,
is rushed to hospital醫院.
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而身受重伤的儿子
被送去了医院
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The surgeon外科医生 looks容貌 at the son儿子
when they arrive到达 and is like,
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当他们到达后
外科医生看着儿子说
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"I can't operate操作."
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我不能进行手术
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Why?
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为什么呢?
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"The boy男孩 is my son儿子."
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这个男孩是我儿子
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How can that be?
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怎么会呢?
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Ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士,
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女士 先生们
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the surgeon外科医生 is his mother母亲.
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那名外科医生是他的母亲
04:36
Now hands up -- and it's okay --
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现在举手 没有关系
04:38
but hands up if you initially原来 assumed假定
the surgeon外科医生 was a guy?
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但如果你最假设那名医生是男性的观众请举手。
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There's evidence证据 that
that unconscious无意识 bias偏压 exists存在,
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有证据表明
无意识偏见是存在的
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but we all just have
to acknowledge确认 that it's there
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只是我们需要承认它的存在
04:48
and then look at ways方法
that we can move移动 past过去 it
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并寻求解决方法
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so that we can look at solutions解决方案.
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Now one of the interesting有趣 things
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在无意识偏见领域
有一个很有趣的话题
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around the space空间 of unconscious无意识 bias偏压
is the topic话题 of quotas配额.
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就是选拔问题
05:00
And this something
that's often经常 brought up.
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这是经常会被提到的问题
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And of of the criticisms批评
is this idea理念 of merit值得.
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被诟病最多的
就是有关优点这一概念
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Look, I don't want to be picked采摘的
because I'm a chick小鸡,
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听着 我不想因为我长得漂亮被挑选
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I want to be picked采摘的 because
I have merit值得,
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我想因为有能力而被挑选
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because I'm the best最好 person for the job工作.
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因为我是最适合这份工作的人
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It's a sentiment情绪 that's pretty漂亮 common共同
among其中 female engineers工程师
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这是很多女性工程师都有的想法
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that I work with and that I know.
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至少我共事过的 我认识的都是这样
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And yeah, I get it, I've been there.
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是啊 我理解 我也这样想过
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But, if the merit值得 idea理念 was true真正,
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但如果真是这样的话
05:22
why would identical相同 resumes简历,
in an experiment实验 doneDONE in 2012 by Yale耶鲁,
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为何在耶鲁大学2012年所做的一个实验中
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identical相同 resumes简历 sent发送 out
for a lab实验室 technician技术员,
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应聘实验室技术人员时
发出的两份完全相同的简历
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why would JennifersJennifers
be deemed认为 less competent胜任,
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会使得面试人认为
约翰比詹妮弗能力更高
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be less likely容易 to be offered提供 the job工作,
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更有可能得到工作
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and be paid支付 less than Johns约翰斯.
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得到更高的工资呢
05:42
The unconscious无意识 bias偏压 is there,
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无意识偏见的确存在
05:43
but we just have to look at
how we can move移动 past过去 it.
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只是我们需要想办法克服它
05:46
And, you know, it's interesting有趣,
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而且 有趣的是
05:47
there's some research研究 that talks会谈 about
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有过很多研究
05:49
why this is the case案件 and
it's called the merit值得 paradox悖论.
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都在讨论这类问题
这被称作优点悖论
05:52
And in organizations组织 --
and this is kind of ironic具有讽刺意味 --
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对很多机构来说
有点讽刺的是
05:54
in organizations组织 that talk about merit值得
being存在 their primary value-driver价值驱动
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那些声称雇佣人才时
05:58
in terms条款 of who they hire聘请,
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首先考虑应聘者自身价值的机构
06:00
they were more likely容易 to hire聘请 dudes帅哥
and more likely容易 to pay工资 the guys more
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都更倾向于雇佣男性
付给男性更高工资
06:03
because apparently显然地 merit值得
is a masculine男性 quality质量.
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因为优秀显然是男性的特质
06:07
But, hey.
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但是 嘿
06:08
So you guys think you've got
a good read on me,
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所以你们以为已经了解我了
06:10
you kinda有点儿 think you know what's up.
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你们以为你们知道是怎么回事
06:14
Can you imagine想像 me running赛跑 one of these?
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但你们能想象我来做这件事吗
06:17
Can you imagine想像 me walking步行 in
and being存在 like,
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你们能想象我走进屋子
然后说
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"Hey boys男孩, this is what's up.
This is how it's doneDONE."
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嘿各位 就得这样了 没办法
06:23
Well, I'm glad高兴 you can.
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那好吧 我很欣慰你们能想象出来
06:31
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
06:37
Because ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士,
that's my day job工作.
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因为 女士们 先生们
这就是我每天的工作
06:40
And the cool thing about it is
that it's pretty漂亮 entertaining娱乐.
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其中好的一点就是
这做起来挺愉快的
06:43
Actually其实, in places地方 like Malaysia马来西亚,
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其实 在马来西亚这类地方
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Muslim穆斯林 women妇女 on rigs钻机
isn't even comment-worthy评论值得.
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船上的穆斯林女人不足为奇
06:47
There are that many许多 of them.
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But, it is entertaining娱乐.
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06:49
I remember记得, I was telling告诉 one of the guys,
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我记得 我对一个男人说
06:52
"Hey, mate伴侣, look, I really want
to learn学习 how to surf冲浪."
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嘿 老兄 我真的很想学冲浪
06:54
And he's like, "YassminYassmin, I don't
know how you can surf冲浪
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然后他说
Yassmin 我真的不知道你该怎么冲浪
06:57
with all that gear齿轮 you've got on,
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因为你穿成那样
06:59
and I don't know any women-only女性专用 beaches海滩."
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而且我也不知道有
只允许女人去的海滩
07:02
And then, the guy came来了 up
with a brilliant辉煌 idea理念,
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紧接着
这个人想出了一个绝妙的点子
07:04
he was like, "I know, you run
that organization组织
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他说
我知道了 你不是在运营那个组织吗
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Youth青年 Without没有 Borders国界, right?
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叫 年轻无极限 对吧?
07:08
Why don't you start开始 a clothing服装 line线
for Muslim穆斯林 chicks小鸡 in beaches海滩.
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你可以在海滩上
组织一场穆斯林姑娘的时装秀嘛
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You can call it
Youth青年 Without没有 Boardshorts沙滩裤."
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你可以管它叫
年轻无泳裤
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
07:17
And I was like, "Thanks谢谢, guys."
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于是我说
谢了 兄弟
07:19
And I remember记得 another另一个 bloke小子
telling告诉 me that
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我还记得另一个家伙对我说
07:22
I should eat all the yogurt酸奶 I could
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我可以把能吃到的酸奶都吃了
07:24
because that was the only culture文化
I was going to get around there.
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因为我在那个地方
只能学到这一种文化
07:29
But, the problem问题 is, it's kind of true真正
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不过 问题是 他说的没什么大错
07:32
because there's an intense激烈
lack缺乏 of diversity多样 in our workforce劳动力,
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因为我们的劳动人员队伍
十分缺乏多样性
07:35
particularly尤其 in places地方 of influence影响.
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尤其是在有影响力的领域
07:37
Now, in 2010,
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The Australian澳大利亚 National国民 University大学
did an experiment实验
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澳大利亚国立大学进行了一项实验
07:41
where they sent发送 out
4,000 identical相同 applications应用
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他们发出了4000份完全相同的申请
07:45
to entry条目 level水平 jobs工作, essentially实质上.
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主要是申请一些差不多的工作
结果表明
07:48
To get the same相同 number of interviews面试
as someone有人 with an Anglo-Saxon盎格鲁 - 撒克逊 name名称,
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如果想得到和有欧美人名字的申请者
一样多的面试机会
07:53
if you were Chinese中文, you had
to send发送 out 68 percent百分 more applications应用.
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如果你是中国人
你需要多申请68次
07:57
If you were Middle中间 Eastern --
Abdel-Magied阿卜杜勒 - Magied --
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如果你是中东人
08:00
you had to send发送 out 64 percent百分,
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你需要多申请64次
08:02
and if you're Italian意大利,
you're pretty漂亮 lucky幸运,
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如果你是意大利人
还是挺幸运的
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you only have to send发送 out 12 percent百分 more.
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你只需要多申请12次
08:07
In places地方 like Silicon Valley,
it's not that much better.
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在硅谷之类的地方
情况也不太乐观
08:10
In Google谷歌, they put out
some diversity多样 results结果
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在谷歌 人员构成大概为
08:12
and 61 percent百分 white白色, 30 percent百分 Asian亚洲
and nine, a bunch of blacks黑人, Hispanics西班牙人,
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61%白人 30%亚裔人
9%黑人和西班牙裔人
08:19
all that kind of thing.
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到处都是一样
08:20
And the rest休息 of the tech高科技 world世界
is not that much better
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整个科技行业都差不多
08:23
and they've他们已经 acknowledged承认 it,
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他们已经承认了事实
08:24
but I'm not really sure
what they're doing about it.
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但我并不知道
他们打算做点什么
08:27
The thing is, it doesn't trickle up.
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情况并没有好转
08:29
In a study研究 doneDONE by Green绿色 Park公园,
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Green Park公司是英国一家
高级酒店连锁集团
08:31
who are a British英国的 senior前辈 execEXEC supplier供应商,
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它作出的一项研究显示
08:35
they said that over half
of the FTSEFTSE 100 companies公司
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富时100指数中超过半数的公司
08:39
don't have a nonwhite非白人 leader领导
at their board level水平,
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其董事层都是完全由白人组成的
08:42
executive行政人员 or non-executive非执行.
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无论他们有没有执行权
08:43
And two out of every一切 three
don't have an executive行政人员
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并且在三分之二的公司中
有执行权的董事
08:47
who's谁是 from a minority少数民族.
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都不是来自少数种族
08:49
And most of the minorities少数民族
that are at that sort分类 of level水平
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董事级别的少数族人
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are non-executive非执行 board directors董事.
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大多是非执行董事
08:54
So their influence影响 isn't that great.
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所以他们的权力不大
08:57
I've told you a bunch of terrible可怕 things.
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我已经给你们讲了很多坏事了
08:59
You're like, "Oh my god, how bad is that?
What can I do about it?"
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你们一定觉得
天呐 这么惨 我能做点什么
09:03
Well, fortunately幸好,
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嗯 好事就是
09:05
we've我们已经 identified确定 that there's a problem问题.
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你们已经认识到问题的存在了
09:07
There's a lack缺乏 of opportunity机会,
and that's due应有 to unconscious无意识 bias偏压.
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由于潜意识偏见
很多人失去了机会
09:13
But you might威力 be sitting坐在
there thinking思维,
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但你们可能正在想
09:15
"I ain't brown棕色. What's that got
to do with me?"
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反正我是白人
和我有什么关系呢
09:20
Let me offer提供 you a solution.
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我来告诉你吧
09:22
And as I've said before,
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正如我刚才讲的
09:23
we live生活 in a world世界 where
we're looking for an ideal理想.
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我们活在世上
都在追求理想的世界
09:27
And if we want to create创建 a world世界
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如果我们希望
09:29
where the circumstances情况
of your birth分娩 don't matter,
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自己出身的环境
不再那么重要
09:31
we all have to be part部分 of the solution.
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我们都得参与进来 一起解决
09:33
And interestingly有趣, the author作者
of the lab实验室 resume恢复 experiment实验
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有趣的是
那个实验室简历实验的作者
09:36
offered提供 some sort分类 of a solution.
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提出了一些解决方案
09:38
She said the one thing that brought
the successful成功 women妇女 together一起,
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她说
使成功女性聚在一起的一件事
09:42
the one thing that they had in common共同,
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成功女性共有的一个特点
09:44
was the fact事实 that they had good mentors导师.
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就是她们都得到了很好的教导
09:46
So mentoring师徒, we've我们已经 all kind of
heard听说 that before,
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教导
我们差不多都听说过一些
09:49
it's in the vernacular白话.
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这是方言里的说法
09:52
Here's这里的 another另一个 challenge挑战 for you.
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现在我又要给你们提出一个挑战
09:54
I challenge挑战 each and every一切 one of you
to mentor导师 someone有人 different不同.
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我希望你们每人
都来教导一个人
09:59
Think about it.
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想想吧
10:00
Everyone大家 wants to mentor导师 someone有人
who kind of is familiar,
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每个人都想要教导一个熟悉的
10:04
who looks容貌 like us,
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和我们相似的
10:04
we have shared共享 experiences经验.
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有共同经历的人
10:06
If I see a Muslim穆斯林 chick小鸡
who's谁是 got a bit of attitude态度,
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如果我看见一个穆斯林姑娘
态度还不错
10:09
I'm like, "What's up? We can hang out."
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我可能就会说
怎么样 我们可以一起出去玩
10:10
You walk步行 into a room房间 and there's someone有人
who went to the same相同 school学校,
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你走进一间屋子
看见屋里有你的校友
10:14
you play the same相同 sports体育,
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或者你们玩同一种运动
10:15
there's a high chance机会 that you're
going to want to help that person out.
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很可能你就会帮助那个人
10:19
But for the person in the room房间
who has no shared共享 experiences经验 with you
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但对于屋子里
和你没有共同经历的人来说
10:22
it becomes extremely非常 difficult
to find that connection连接.
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想要找到那种联系
是极其困难的
10:25
The idea理念 of finding发现 someone有人
different不同 to mentor导师,
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找一个与你不同的陌生人来教导他
10:27
someone有人 who doesn't come
from the same相同 background背景 as you,
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找一个和你背景不同的人
10:30
whatever随你 that background背景 is,
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无论是什么背景
10:31
is about opening开盘 doors
for people who couldn't不能 even get
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这件事意味着对他人敞开大门
10:35
to the damn该死的 hallway门厅.
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虽然他可能离门还有很远
10:38
Because ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士,
the world世界 is not just.
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因为女士们 先生们
这个世界是不公平的
10:41
People are not born天生
with equal等于 opportunity机会.
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人们生来机会便不均等
10:43
I was born天生 in one of the poorest最穷
cities城市 in the world世界, Khartoum喀土穆.
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我生在世界上最穷的城市之一
喀土穆
10:46
I was born天生 brown棕色, I was born天生 female,
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我是棕色人种
我是女人
10:49
and I was born天生 Muslim穆斯林 in a world世界
that is pretty漂亮 suspicious可疑 of us
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我还是穆斯林
这世界对穆斯林有太多偏见
10:52
for reasons原因 I can't control控制.
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我控制不了
10:56
However然而, I also acknowledge确认 the fact事实
that I was born天生 with privilege特权.
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但是 我也同时承认
我生来带有优势
11:00
I was born天生 with amazing惊人 parents父母,
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我的父母开明
11:01
I was given特定 an education教育
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我受到良好教育
11:03
and had the blessing祝福
of migrating迁移 to Australia澳大利亚.
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还有幸移民到澳大利亚
11:06
But also, I've been blessed幸福
with amazing惊人 mentors导师
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但与此同时
我还很幸运的遇见了好的指路人
11:08
who've谁一直 opened打开 doors for me
that I didn't even know were there.
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他们甚至还不了解我
就为我打开了门
11:11
A mentor导师 who said to me,
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一位导师曾对我说
11:13
"Hey, your story's故事的 interesting有趣.
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嘿 你的故事很有趣
11:14
Let's write something about it
so that I can share分享 it with people."
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我们写点什么吧
这样我就能和人们分享了
11:17
A mentor导师 who said,
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另一位导师说
11:18
"I know you're all those things that don't
belong属于 on an Australian澳大利亚 rig操纵,
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我知道你看起来不像澳大利亚的人
11:22
but come on anyway无论如何."
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但还是来吧
11:23
And here I am, talking to you.
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所以我现在才能在这里
和你们说话
11:25
And I'm not the only one.
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我不是唯一一个
11:26
There's all sorts排序 of people
in my communities社区
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在我所处的社会中
有各类人们
11:28
that I see have been
helped帮助 out by mentors导师.
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他们都被良师拯救了
我亲眼所见
11:31
A young年轻 Muslim穆斯林 man in Sydney悉尼
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悉尼的一个年轻穆斯林
11:32
who ended结束 up using运用 his mentor's导师的 help
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最后靠着导师的帮助
11:35
to start开始 up a poetry诗歌 slam猛撞 in Bankstown班克斯
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在班克斯镇创立了一个诗歌会
11:39
and now it's a huge巨大 thing.
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现在已经做得很大
11:41
And he's able能够 to change更改 the lives生活
of so many许多 other young年轻 people.
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他能够改变许多年轻人的生活
11:44
Or a lady淑女 here in Brisbane布里斯班,
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还有一位布里斯班的女士
11:45
an Afghan阿富汗 lady淑女 who's谁是 a refugee难民,
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是一位阿富汗难民
11:47
who could barely仅仅 speak说话 English英语
when she came来了 to Australia澳大利亚,
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刚来澳大利亚时还不怎么会说英语
11:50
her mentors导师 helped帮助 her become成为 a doctor医生
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她的导师帮助她成为了一名医生
11:52
and she took our Young年轻 Queenslander昆士兰
of the Year Award in 2008.
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她还获得了2008年的
年轻昆士兰之星奖
11:55
She's an inspiration灵感.
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她的经历十分鼓舞人
12:02
This is so not smooth光滑.
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虽然她经历了很多困难
12:06
This is me.
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这个人就是我
12:08
But I'm also the woman女人 in the rig操纵 clothes衣服,
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但我也是一个穆斯林女人
12:11
and I'm also the woman女人 who was
in the abaya阿巴亚 at the beginning开始.
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起初穿着长袍
12:15
Would you have chosen选择 to mentor导师 me
if you had seen看到 me
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如果你那时看见那样的我
12:18
in one of those other versions版本
of who I am?
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你会选择成为我的导师吗
12:20
Because I'm that same相同 person.
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因为现在的我和那时的我是同一个人
12:24
We have to look past过去 our unconscious无意识 bias偏压,
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我们需要超越自己意识不到的偏见
12:27
find someone有人 to mentor导师 who's谁是 at
the opposite对面 end结束 of your spectrum光谱
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选择一个最不可能的人来教导
12:30
because structural结构 change更改 takes time,
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因为社会普遍的改变是需要时间的
12:32
and I don't have that level水平 of patience忍耐.
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我没有那么多的耐心
12:36
So if we're going to create创建 a change更改,
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所以如果我们想带来改变
12:38
if we're going to create创建 a world世界
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让生活在这个世界中的人们
12:40
where we all have
those kinds of opportunities机会,
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都能享有各种各样的机会
12:42
then choose选择 to open打开 doors for people.
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那么就请向他人敞开大门吧
12:44
Because you might威力 think that
diversity多样 has nothing to do with you,
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因为你或许认为
多样性和你无关
12:48
but we are all part部分 of this system系统
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但我们都是多样性系统中的一部分
12:50
and we can all be part部分 of that solution.
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我们也可以一同解决现存的问题
12:52
And if you don't know
where to find someone有人 different不同,
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并且 如果你不知道
该去哪找不一样的人
12:54
go to the places地方 you wouldn't不会 usually平时 go.
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就去你不常去的地方
12:56
If you enroll注册 in
private私人的 high school学校 tutoring家教,
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如果你在私立高中上学
12:58
go to your local本地 state school学校
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就去当地公立学校
13:00
or maybe just drop下降 into your
local本地 refugee难民 tutoring家教 center中央.
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或者去当地难民教育中心看看
13:03
Or perhaps也许 you work at an office办公室.
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如果你在办公室工作
13:05
Take out that new grad毕业 who looks容貌
totally完全 out of place地点 --
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就教教那个看起来格格不入的
新毕业生
13:08
'cause原因 that was me --
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因为那就像我
13:09
and open打开 doors for them,
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并且为他们敞开大门
13:11
not in a tokenistic象征性 way,
because we're not victims受害者,
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不只是做做样子而已
因为这对我们没有害处
13:13
but show显示 them the opportunities机会
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向他们展示机会
13:15
because opening开盘 up your world世界
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因为当你打开你的世界
13:18
will make you realize实现 that
you have access访问 to doors
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你会意识到
你所拥有的机会
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that they didn't even know existed存在
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是他们根本想象不到的
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and you didn't even know
they didn't have.
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而你从前并不知道
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Ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士,
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女士们 先生们
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there is a problem问题 in our community社区
with lack缺乏 of opportunity机会,
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我们的社会存在着缺乏机会的问题
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especially特别 due应有 to unconscious无意识 bias偏压.
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这尤其是无意识偏见造成的
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But each and every一切 one one of you
has the potential潜在 to change更改 that.
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但你们每个人
都有能力改变它
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I know you've been given特定 a lot
of challenges挑战 today今天,
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我知道你们今天已经接受很多挑战了
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but if you can take this one piece
and think about it a little differently不同,
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但希望你能想想这件事
以一种不同的方式思考
13:44
because diversity多样 is magic魔法.
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因为多样性是奇妙的
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And I encourage鼓励 you to look past过去
your initial初始 perceptions看法
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此外 我鼓励你们回顾自己
最初的想法
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because I bet赌注 you,
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因为我打赌
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they're probably大概 wrong错误.
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那些想法可能是错的
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by HONGYU SONG
Reviewed by Elsa Hu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yassmin Abdel-Magied - Mechanical engineer, social advocate
Yassmin Abdel-Magied wears many hats, including a hijab. She's a mechanical engineer, writer and activist who campaigns for tolerance and diversity.

Why you should listen

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is on a mission to promote diversity throughout society, however and wherever she can. Born in Sudan, she moved to Australia when she was two years old, and trained as a mechanical engineer. She now spends her time both working as an engineering specialist on oil and gas rigs -- and heading up Youth Without Borders, the organization she founded to enable young people to work for positive change in their communities.

Named the 2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year, Yassmin advocates for the empowerment of youth, women and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In 2007, she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year. She also really like motorsports.

More profile about the speaker
Yassmin Abdel-Magied | Speaker | TED.com