Stephen DeBerry: Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
史帝芬狄貝瑞: 為什麼城市的東邊通常是「軌道劣勢的那一邊」
Stephen DeBerry uses the economy and culture to build a more just and joyful society. Full bio
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that's oddly separated
that runs through Silicon Valley.
方式分割開來。
in Palo Alto are the "haves,"
是「擁有」的一邊,
you can think of:
are the "have-nots."
of eastside disparity,
of the railroad tracks in East Pittsburgh
East Oakland, East Philly.
東奧克蘭、東費城。
economic and environmental margin
及環境邊緣的社區,
from the North Pole,
counterclockwise.
and the southern hemispheres
as the rotation of the Earth --
you've got to keep everyone warm.
且要讓每個人都能溫暖。
the smoky wind blowing in their face?
被煙吹得滿臉?
is what's playing out in cities,
這種營火動態關係,
but all around the world:
of Paris is this way;
where we're sitting right now,
所在地的這條街,
is East Vancouver.
投入研究這現象。
of economic historians in the UK
有一個經濟歷史學家團體
smokestack dispersion.
煙囪散佈建立了模型。
conclusion mathematically
marginalized communities to the east.
被邊緣化的社區向東移。
and that's become part of our culture.
且那已經變成我們文化的一部分。
what I'm talking about
來自「軌道劣勢的那一邊」,
from the "wrong side of the tracks."
that wind would blow dirty train smoke --
骯髒黑煙被風吹動的方向——
in the east is on the margin,
東邊的社區都是邊緣社區,
on the margin is in the east,
about disparity by design.
talking about any cardinal direction
你在談論一條公路、
an eastside community.
a natural phenomenon.
that we make to separate ourselves
eastside community in the United States
of legal segregation.
種族隔離的時代建造的。
for the benefit of everyone,
不會考量每個人的利益,
with issues like redlining.
拒絕貸款標準這類的議題。
literally created maps
the red tends to be clustered
became a self-fulfilling prophecy:
成了自我實現的預言:
into low property tax base
and a less well-prepared workforce,
和準備不足的勞動力,
can't qualify for a loan.
decisions on any number of issues,
也做出了類似的惡意決策,
grocery stores versus liquor stores,
雜貨店或酒精飲料店,
we design and fund technology products.
及如何設計和投資科技產品。
primitive selves.
we'd want to be remembered,
對我們的印象就是這樣,
what we've been doing
for the last century.
it doesn't have to be this way.
this eastside dilemma
而讓我們自己陷入
with good design.
of good design is actually really simple:
第一條原則其實很簡單:
to design for the benefit of everyone.
真正為每個人的利益著想。
maybe we just sit in a horseshoe,
也許我們坐成馬蹄形就好,
會被煙吹到的地方了。
to the gentrifiers,
of this image is not to say
把擋路的人們趕走,
and just move people out of the way,
of benefiting everyone,
讓每個人受益,
more obvious than you assume.
你想像的還要更明顯。
to close this gap
in Silicon Valley?
與東帕羅奧圖之間的差距?
of starting with EPA [East Palo Alto].
開始會比較有機會。
the epicenter of innovation
it ought to be here.
這個問題,這裡最有可能。
to other eastside communities.
用在其他的東邊社區上。
a massive investment opportunity
很巨大的投資機會,
policy change and philanthropy.
fundamental design principle,
這條基礎的計畫原則,
to decide to take care of everyone.
每個人的這個選擇。
in the world in this building
What are we designing for?
我們要計畫什麼?
更多的差距?
this is not the industrial era.
of legal segregation.
依法進行種族隔離的時代。
there is no wrong side of the tracks.
軌道沒有劣勢的一邊。
and our communities with that in mind.
都不能忘記這一點。
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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