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Reniqua Allen: The story we tell about millennials -- and who we leave out
若妮姱 · 阿倫: 我們所說的和漏說的千禧世代故事
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作家若妮姱 · 阿倫說，當前的千禧世代是美國最大、最多樣化的成人族群，卻通常被套上老舊的刻板印象：懶惰、有特權和喜歡酪梨吐司的人。在這場透露真相的演說中，她分享被忽略的故事，千禧世代有色人種的故事，提供了更寬廣、更細微的觀點，來看這個世代。她說：「千禧世代不是不願意改變，也不關心個體的巨型權力整體」。
Reniqua Allen - Writer, producer, journalist
Reniqua Allen is a journalist who produces and writes for various outlets on issues of race, opportunity, politics and popular culture. Full bio
Reniqua Allen is a journalist who produces and writes for various outlets on issues of race, opportunity, politics and popular culture. Full bio
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So on the surface,
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在表面上，
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Troy is the kind of millennial
that think pieces are made of.
that think pieces are made of.
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特洛依是事實文章中
所記載的千禧世代。
所記載的千禧世代。
00:18
He's arrogant, self-centered
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他很自大、自我中心，
00:20
and convinced that he is smarter
than people give him credit for.
than people give him credit for.
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堅信自己比人們認為的還要聰明。
00:23
His favorite topics of conversation
are girls, sneakers and cars --
are girls, sneakers and cars --
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他談話時最喜歡講的主題包括
女孩、運動鞋，和車子——
女孩、運動鞋，和車子——
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not a surprise for someone
who was a teenager just a few years ago.
who was a teenager just a few years ago.
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他幾年前才脫離青少年，
所以這不讓人意外。
所以這不讓人意外。
00:32
But Troy's mannerisms --
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但特洛依的特徵
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they reveal the patterns
of someone who is scared,
of someone who is scared,
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顯示出的模式
說明他很害怕、煩惱，
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troubled and unsure of the future.
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對未來充滿不確定。
00:40
Now Troy also embodies
the many positive qualities
the many positive qualities
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特洛依也具體呈現出
他這個世代為人所知的
許多正面特質：
許多正面特質：
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his generation is known for.
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00:46
An entrepreneurial spirit,
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企業家精神、
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an independent streak
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獨立的傾向，
00:50
and a dedication to his parents.
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以及對父母的奉獻。
00:52
He believes in hard work
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他相信努力工作，
00:53
and has tried gigs in both the licit
and underground economies,
and underground economies,
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嘗試過合法和地下經濟的工作，
00:58
but he hasn't had any luck
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但他的運氣一直不好，
00:59
and is just trying to find his way
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還在尋找自己的路，
01:01
and still dances between both worlds.
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仍然在兩個世界之間搖擺不定。
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When I met Troy a few years ago,
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幾年前，我見到特洛依時，
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he had been employed as a golf caddy
at a local country club,
at a local country club,
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他的工作是在當地的
鄉間俱樂部當高爾夫球僮，
鄉間俱樂部當高爾夫球僮，
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carrying bags for rich men and women
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為有錢人拿袋子，
01:11
who often never even
acknowledged his existence.
acknowledged his existence.
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這些人甚至不會注意到他的存在。
01:14
Before that, he sold sneakers on Facebook.
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在那之前，他在臉書上賣運動鞋。
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He even tried selling candy bars
and water bottles,
and water bottles,
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他甚至試過銷售糖果和水瓶，
01:21
but he wasn't making enough money
to help his parents out
to help his parents out
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但賺的錢不夠減輕父母的負擔
01:24
or save up for a car any time soon.
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或是存夠錢在近期買車。
01:27
So Troy saw how hard his immigrant
mother from Jamaica worked
mother from Jamaica worked
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特洛依看到他的牙買加
移民母親多麼努力工作
移民母親多麼努力工作
01:31
and how little she got back in return,
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卻只換回一點點的報酬，
01:33
and he vowed --
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所以特洛依發誓要走不同的路。
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Troy vowed to take a different path.
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01:37
So he ended up selling drugs.
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所以他最後去販毒。
01:38
And then he got caught,
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接著他被逮了，
01:39
and right now, he's trying
to figure out his next steps.
to figure out his next steps.
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現在，他還在想下一步要做什麼。
01:43
In a country where money equals power,
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在這個錢就是權力的國家，
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quick money, at least for a while,
gives young men and women like him
gives young men and women like him
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快速撈到的錢能讓
像他這樣的年輕人暫時性地
像他這樣的年輕人暫時性地
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a sense of control over their lives,
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有掌控自己人生的感受。
01:53
though he said he mainly did it
because he wanted stability.
because he wanted stability.
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不過，他說他這麼做的
主要原因是想要求穩定。
主要原因是想要求穩定。
01:57
"I wanted a good life," he told me.
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他告訴我：「我想要過好日子。」
01:59
"I got greedy and I got caught."
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「我起了貪念，然後被逮了。」
02:01
Yet the amazing thing about Troy
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但，特洛依很不可思議的地方是，
02:04
is that he still believes
in the American dream.
in the American dream.
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他仍然相信美國夢。
02:06
He still believes that with hard work,
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他仍然相信只要努力，
02:08
despite being arrested,
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儘管被逮捕，
02:10
that he can move on up.
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他還是可以向上爬。
02:13
Now, I don't know
if Troy's dreams came true.
if Troy's dreams came true.
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我不知道特洛依的夢想有沒有實現。
02:16
He disappeared from the program
for troubled youth that he was involved in
for troubled youth that he was involved in
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他離開了本來參與的迷途青年方案，
02:20
and slipped through the cracks,
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被遺忘了。
02:22
but on that day that we spoke,
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但在我們交談的那天，
02:24
I could tell that more than anything,
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我看得出來，最讓特洛依高興的是
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Troy was happy that someone
listened to his dreams
listened to his dreams
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有人傾聽他的夢想，
02:30
and asked him about his future.
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並問他關於未來的事。
02:32
So I think about Troy and his optimism
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我會想到特洛依和他的樂觀，
02:35
when I think of the reality
that so many young, black millennials face
that so many young, black millennials face
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特別是在當我想到
好多千禧世代黑人青年
好多千禧世代黑人青年
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when it comes to realizing their dreams.
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在實現夢想時要面對的現實。
02:41
I think about all the challenges
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我會想到這麼多的千禧世代黑人
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that so many black
millennials have to endure
millennials have to endure
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要忍受各種質疑，
02:46
in a world that tells them
they can anything they want to be
they can anything they want to be
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而他們所處的世界告訴他們，
只要努力，他們什麼都能辦得到，
02:49
if they work hard,
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02:51
but actually doesn't sit down
to listen to their dreams
to listen to their dreams
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但這個世界卻不願
坐下來傾聽他們的夢想，
坐下來傾聽他們的夢想，
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or hear stories about their struggle.
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或聆聽他們掙扎的故事。
02:56
And we really need to listen
to this generation
to this generation
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我們真的需要傾聽這個世代，
02:59
if we hope to have a healthy
and civil society going forward,
and civil society going forward,
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這樣我們才有可能
有個健康、文明、向前行的社會，
有個健康、文明、向前行的社會，
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because millienials of color,
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因為千禧世代的有色人種
03:05
they make up a fair chunk
of the US and the world population.
of the US and the world population.
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佔美國和世界人口很高的比例。
03:11
Now when we talk about millennials,
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當我們談到千禧世代時，
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a group that is often labeled
as entitled, lazy, overeducated,
as entitled, lazy, overeducated,
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這個族群常被貼上這些標籤：
有特權、懶惰、過度教育、
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noncommittal and narcissistic,
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不承擔義務、自戀，
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the conversations often swirl
around avocado toast,
around avocado toast,
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我們談的話題通常
脫離不了酪梨吐司、
脫離不了酪梨吐司、
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overpriced lattes and fancy jobs abroad --
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價格過高的拿鐵，
和很炫的國外工作——
和很炫的國外工作——
03:24
you probably have heard
all these things before.
all these things before.
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你可能以前都聽過這些。
03:26
But millennials are not a monolith.
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但千禧世代並不是
一群完全一樣的人。
一群完全一樣的人。
03:28
Actress Lena Dunham
may be the media's representation
may be the media's representation
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女演員莉娜丹恩可能是
這個世代的媒體代表，
03:33
of this generation,
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03:34
but Troy and other voices like his
are also part of the story.
are also part of the story.
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但特洛依和其他像他這樣的聲音，
也是故事的一部分。
也是故事的一部分。
03:38
In fact, millennials are the largest
and most diverse adult population
and most diverse adult population
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事實上，美國成年人口中
比例最高且最多樣化的
就是千禧世代。
就是千禧世代。
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in this country.
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44 percent of all American
millennials are nonwhite,
millennials are nonwhite,
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所有美國千禧世代中，
有 44% 非白人，
有 44% 非白人，
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but often, you wouldn't
even know it at all.
even know it at all.
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但通常，你根本不會知道。
03:51
Now sure, there are similarities
within this population
within this population
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當然，千禧世代的人
是有相似性沒錯，
是有相似性沒錯，
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born between 1981 and 1996.
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在 1981 年到 1996 年間出生。
03:57
Perhaps many of us do love
avocado toast and lattes --
avocado toast and lattes --
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也許我們許多人的確熱愛
酪梨吐司和拿鐵——
酪梨吐司和拿鐵——
04:00
I know I do, right?
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我就是如此。
04:02
But there are also extreme differences,
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但也有極端的差異，
04:05
often between millennials of color
and white millennials.
and white millennials.
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通常是有色人種千禧世代
和白種千禧世代之間的差異。
和白種千禧世代之間的差異。
04:09
In fact, all too often,
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事實上，大部分的時候，
04:10
it seems as though we're virtually
living in different worlds.
living in different worlds.
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就好像我們真的生活在
不同的世界一樣。
不同的世界一樣。
04:14
Now black millennials,
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千禧世代中的黑人，
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a group that I have researched
for a book I recently wrote,
for a book I recently wrote,
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我為了我近期所寫的一本書
而研究了這個族群，
而研究了這個族群，
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are the perfect example
of the blind spot that we have
of the blind spot that we have
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他們是個完美的例子，
說明我們對於這個族群的盲點。
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when it comes to this group.
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For example,
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比如，
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we have lower rates of homeownership,
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我們擁有房子的比例較低，
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we have higher student debt,
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學費債務比較高，
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we get ID'd more
at voter registration booths,
at voter registration booths,
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在投票註冊站，
我們較常被查驗身分，
我們較常被查驗身分，
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we are incarcerated at higher rates ...
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我們被監禁的比例也較高……
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we make less money,
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我們賺的錢比較少，
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we have higher numbers of unemployment --
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我們的失業率比較高——
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even when we do
go to college, I should say --
go to college, I should say --
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即使我們能進入大學
就讀也一樣——
就讀也一樣——
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and we get married at lower rates.
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且我們結婚的比例較低。
04:49
And honestly, that's really
just the beginning.
just the beginning.
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老實說，還有很多其他的呢。
04:52
Now, none of these struggles
are particularly new, right?
are particularly new, right?
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上述這些困難，
都不怎麼新奇，對吧？
都不怎麼新奇，對吧？
04:55
Young black people in America
have been fighting,
have been fighting,
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在美國，數世紀以來，
年輕黑人一直在奮鬥，
年輕黑人一直在奮鬥，
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really fighting hard to get
their stories told for centuries.
their stories told for centuries.
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真的很努力奮鬥，
要讓他們的故事被說出來。
要讓他們的故事被說出來。
05:01
After the Civil War in the 1800s,
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在 1800 年代的內戰之後，
05:04
Reconstruction failed
to deliver the equality
to deliver the equality
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奴隸制度終止所預示的平等，
在重建時期並沒有實現，
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that the end of slavery
should have heralded,
should have heralded,
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05:09
so young people moved
to the North and the West
to the North and the West
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所以年輕人搬到北邊和西邊，
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to escape discriminatory
Jim Crow policies.
Jim Crow policies.
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逃離歧視的吉姆克勞法政策。
05:14
Then, as segregation raged
in much of the country,
in much of the country,
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接著，種族隔離在全國
大部分地方猖獗起來，
大部分地方猖獗起來，
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young black people helped
spearhead civil rights campaigns
spearhead civil rights campaigns
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五○和六○年代，年輕黑人
協助領導公民權運動。
05:20
in the 1950s and 1960s.
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05:23
After that, some people embraced
black power and then became Black Panthers
black power and then became Black Panthers
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在那之後，有些人擁抱了
黑人權力，接著變成了黑豹黨，
黑人權力，接著變成了黑豹黨，
05:27
and then the next generation,
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接著，下一個世代，
05:29
they turned to hip-hop to make sure
their voices were heard.
their voices were heard.
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他們轉向嘻哈，以確保
他們的聲音能被聽見。
他們的聲音能被聽見。
接著歐巴馬總統也希望能帶來改變。
05:32
And then Barack Obama,
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hopeful that he, too,
may bring about change.
may bring about change.
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05:35
And when that failed,
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當這也失敗時，
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when we realized we were still
brutalized and battered,
brutalized and battered,
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當我們發現我們仍然
被殘暴對待、被打擊，
被殘暴對待、被打擊，
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we had to let the world know
that our lives still mattered.
that our lives still mattered.
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我們得要讓世界知道，
我們的性命也很重要。
我們的性命也很重要。
05:43
Now, when technology allows
more video of our pain and struggle
more video of our pain and struggle
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現在，
科技讓更多關於
我們的痛苦與掙扎的影片
我們的痛苦與掙扎的影片
05:49
to be broadcast to the world,
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可以被播到全世界，
05:51
we wonder, like, what is next?
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我們開始納悶，接下來是什麼？
05:54
Our country feels
more polarized than ever,
more polarized than ever,
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現在，我們國家的
兩極化狀況是前所未有，
兩極化狀況是前所未有，
05:57
yet we are still being told
to pull up our pants,
to pull up our pants,
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但我們還是被要求要表現得像個大人，
06:00
be respectable, be less angry,
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保持尊敬，少生氣，
06:03
smile more and work harder.
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多微笑，努力工作。
06:05
Even the attitudes of millennials
themselves are overdue for an update.
themselves are overdue for an update.
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就連千禧世代的態度本身
都過時了，需要更新。
都過時了，需要更新。
06:10
Research done by the Washington Post
in 2015 about this supposedly "woke" group
in 2015 about this supposedly "woke" group
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《華盛頓郵報》在 2015 年對這個
應該「醒來」的組織進行了研究，
06:16
found that 31 percent of white millennials
think that blacks are lazier than whites,
think that blacks are lazier than whites,
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發現 31% 的白種千禧世代
認為黑人比白人懶惰，
認為黑人比白人懶惰，
06:22
and 23 percent say
they're not as intelligent.
they're not as intelligent.
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23% 說黑人不聰明。
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These are, like, surprising
things to me, and shocking.
things to me, and shocking.
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這些結果讓我很驚訝、很震驚。
06:29
And these responses
are not that much different
are not that much different
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而這些回應和過去的世代
並沒有太大的不同，
並沒有太大的不同，
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than generations in the past,
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不幸的是，它顯示出
06:32
and it shows that unfortunately,
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this generation is repeating
the same old stereotypes
the same old stereotypes
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這個世代還在重覆
同樣的老式刻板印象
同樣的老式刻板印象
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and tropes of the past.
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以及過去的比喻用詞。
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Now, a study conducted by David Binder
Research and MTV in 2014 --
Research and MTV in 2014 --
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2014 年，大衛賓德研究
和 MTV 進行了一項研究——
和 MTV 進行了一項研究——
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it found that 84 percent of young
millennials were taught by their families
millennials were taught by their families
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發現 84% 的年輕
千禧世代被家人教導
千禧世代被家人教導
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that everyone should be equal.
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人人都應該平等。
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This is a really great thing,
a really positive step.
a really positive step.
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這是很棒的事，很正面的一步。
06:53
But only 37 percent in that group
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但那群人中只有 37%
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actually talked about race
with their families.
with their families.
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真正會和他們的家人談論種族。
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So I could understand
why things may be confusing to some.
why things may be confusing to some.
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我可以了解為什麼
有些人會覺得很困惑。
有些人會覺得很困惑。
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There are definitely black millennials
who are succeeding.
who are succeeding.
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肯定有一些千禧世代的
黑人是成功的。
黑人是成功的。
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Marvel's "Black Panther,"
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漫威的《黑豹》，
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directed by black millennial Ryan Coogler
and showcasing many others,
and showcasing many others,
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導演瑞安庫格勒是千禧世代黑人，
還展示了許多其他千禧世代黑人，
還展示了許多其他千禧世代黑人，
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broke all sorts of records.
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打破了各種記錄。
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There's a crop of television shows
by creatives like Donald Glover,
by creatives like Donald Glover,
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還有許多電視節目的
創意人才，如唐納葛洛佛、
創意人才，如唐納葛洛佛、
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Lena Waithe and Issa Rae.
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麗娜維特，和伊莎蕾。
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Beyoncé is, like, the queen, right?
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碧昂絲就像是皇后，對吧？
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She is, like, everything.
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她就像是，最重要的。
07:22
Young black authors are winning awards,
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年輕黑人作家贏得大獎，
07:24
Serena Williams is still
dominating on the tennis court
dominating on the tennis court
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小威廉絲還在主宰網球場，
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despite all her haters,
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儘管有那些討厭她的人，
07:29
and there's a crop of new politicians
and activists running for office.
and activists running for office.
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還有許多新的政治家
和活動家參選。
和活動家參選。
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So I don't want to, like,
kill these moments of black joy
kill these moments of black joy
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我並不想要扼殺
這些黑人喜悅的時刻，
這些黑人喜悅的時刻，
07:36
that I too revel in,
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我也陶醉在其中，
07:38
but I want to make it clear
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但我想要說清楚，
07:39
that these wins are too few
and far between
and far between
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對於在這裡已經有超過
四百年歷史的族群來說，
四百年歷史的族群來說，
這些勝仗還太稀少。
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for a people that's been here
for over 400 years.
for over 400 years.
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07:45
Like, that's insane, right?
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這很瘋狂，對吧？
07:47
And most people still don't
really understand the full picture, right?
really understand the full picture, right?
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大部分的人都還不了解
全面的狀況，對吧？
全面的狀況，對吧？
07:51
Our stories are still misunderstood,
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我們的故事仍然被誤解，
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our bodies are still taken advantage of,
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我們的身體仍然被佔利用，
而我們的聲音呢？
而我們的聲音呢？
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and our voices?
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在這個仍然不太關心
我們日常掙扎的世界中，
我們日常掙扎的世界中，
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Our voices are silenced
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in a world that still shows little concern
for our everyday struggles.
for our everyday struggles.
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我們的聲音被消滅了。
08:02
So our stories need to be told
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所以，要訴說我們的故事，
08:04
in a multitude of ways
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就要用許多方式，
08:06
by a range of voices
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用多種聲音，
08:07
talking about diverse and nuanced topics,
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談論多樣性、有細微差別的主題，
08:10
and they really need to be listened to.
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且這些故事真的需要被傾聽。
08:12
And it is not just here in America, right?
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不只是在美國這裡，對吧？
08:14
It's all around the world.
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世界各地都一樣。
08:16
Millennials make up 27 percent
of the world's population.
of the world's population.
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全世界的人口中
有 27% 是千禧世代。
有 27% 是千禧世代。
08:19
That's around two billion people.
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那等同大約二十億人。
08:22
And with countries like India,
China, Indonesia and Brazil,
China, Indonesia and Brazil,
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像印度、中國、印尼、
巴西這些國家，
巴西這些國家，
08:26
along with the United States,
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再加上美國，
08:28
accounting for 50 percent
of the world's millennials,
of the world's millennials,
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就佔了全世界千禧世代的 50%，
08:30
it's clear that the white, often male,
heterosexual narrative of the millennial
heterosexual narrative of the millennial
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很顯然，千禧世代中
白人、男性、異性戀者的故事
白人、男性、異性戀者的故事
08:36
is only telling half the story.
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僅佔半數而已。
08:38
Now, there's many people
trying to broaden the palette.
trying to broaden the palette.
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有很多人嘗試在故事上增添色彩，
08:41
They're fighting to get their stories told
and bust the millennial stereotype.
and bust the millennial stereotype.
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奮鬥著想要讓他們的故事被說出來，
打破千禧世代刻板印象。
打破千禧世代刻板印象。
不論是
08:44
Whether it's students in South Africa
protesting statues of Cecil Rhodes,
protesting statues of Cecil Rhodes,
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抗議塞西爾羅德斯雕像的南非學生，
08:49
Michaela Coel making us laugh from the UK,
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來自英國逗我們笑的麥可娜柯爾，
08:52
or Uche Eze, who's framing views
about Nigerian life, online.
about Nigerian life, online.
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和在網路上塑造
奈及利亞生活觀點的烏切埃茲。
奈及利亞生活觀點的烏切埃茲。
08:56
But I want to make it clear --
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但我想要說清楚，
08:57
I want to make it really clear to everyone
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想要讓大家清楚知道，
09:00
that just because things look
more equal than they did
more equal than they did
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儘管一切看起來
比在二十世紀時更平等，
比在二十世紀時更平等，
09:02
in the 20th century,
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doesn't mean that things
are equitable at all.
are equitable at all.
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不表示完全的平等，
09:07
It doesn't mean
our experiences are equitable,
our experiences are equitable,
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並不表示我們的經歷是公平的，
09:09
and it certainly doesn't mean
that a post-racial society,
that a post-racial society,
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肯定也不表示社會沒有種族偏見，
09:12
that thing that we talked about so much,
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並不表示我們談這麼多的平等社會
09:14
ever became close to being a reality.
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已經快要成為現實。
09:17
I think of Joelle,
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我會想到喬維兒，
二十多歲的中產階級，
二十多歲的中產階級，
09:19
a middle-class 20-something
who did everything the "right way,"
who did everything the "right way,"
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她用「對的方法」做所有的事，
09:22
but she couldn't go to her dream school,
because it was simply too expensive.
because it was simply too expensive.
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但她進不了她夢想的學校，
只因為學費太貴了。
只因為學費太貴了。
09:26
Or Jalessa,
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或是裘麗莎，
09:28
who knows she can't be mediocre at her job
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她的白人同儕可以
在工作上表現平凡，
在工作上表現平凡，
09:30
the same way that her white peers can.
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但她卻不能依樣畫葫蘆。
09:34
Or Trina, who knows that people judge
her unconventional family choices
her unconventional family choices
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或選擇非傳統的家庭的崔娜，
她知道若她是白種女性，
她知道若她是白種女性，
09:38
in a different way
than if she were a white woman.
than if she were a white woman.
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大家評斷她的方式
一定會有所不同。
一定會有所不同。
09:41
Or actor AB,
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或演員 AB，
09:42
who knows that the roles he takes
and gets in Hollywood are different
and gets in Hollywood are different
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他知道他在好萊塢能得到的角色
因為他的膚色而有所不同。
09:46
because of his skin color.
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09:49
And then there's Simon.
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還有賽蒙——
09:50
So Simon, by all means, would be
an example of someone who's made it.
an example of someone who's made it.
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賽蒙絕對是個成功人士的例子——
09:54
He's a CFO at a tech company
in San Francisco,
in San Francisco,
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他是舊金山一間
科技公司的財務長，
科技公司的財務長，
09:58
he has a degree from MIT
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他有麻省理工學院的學位，
10:00
and he's worked at some of the hottest
tech companies in the world.
tech companies in the world.
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他曾經在數個世界上
最熱門的科技公司工作過。
最熱門的科技公司工作過。
10:04
But when I asked Simon
if he had achieved the American dream,
if he had achieved the American dream,
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但當我問賽蒙
他是否實現了美國夢，
10:10
it took him a while to respond.
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他花了一點時間才回應。
10:14
While acknowledging
that he had a really comfortable life,
that he had a really comfortable life,
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雖然他知道他過著很舒適的生活，
10:17
he admitted that under
different circumstances,
different circumstances,
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他承認，在不同的情況下，
10:20
he might have chosen a different path.
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他可能會選擇不同的路。
10:23
Simon really loves photography,
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賽蒙非常愛攝影，
10:25
but that was never a real option for him.
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但對他來說，這從來
都不是一個選項。
都不是一個選項。
10:29
"My parents weren't able to subsidize me
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賽蒙說：「我父母沒辦法
10:31
through that sort of thing," Simon said.
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資助我完成那種事。」
10:33
"Maybe that's something
my children could do."
my children could do."
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「也許我的孩子可以做得到。」
10:36
So it's these kinds of stories --
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所以，是這類故事——
10:38
the quieter, more subtle ones --
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比較安靜、比較
不為人知的故事——
不為人知的故事——
10:40
that reveal the often unique
and untold stories of black millennials
and untold stories of black millennials
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才能揭示出千禧世代黑人
沒有說出的獨特故事，
沒有說出的獨特故事，
10:44
that show how even dreaming
may differ between communities.
may differ between communities.
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呈現出在千禧世代之中，
每個人做的夢也不同。
每個人做的夢也不同。
10:48
So we really need to listen
and hear the stories of this generation,
and hear the stories of this generation,
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我們真的需要傾聽、
聆聽這個世代的故事，
聆聽這個世代的故事，
10:52
now more than ever,
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現在比以前更需要，
10:54
as the baby boomers age
and millennials come to prominence.
and millennials come to prominence.
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因為嬰兒潮世代和千禧世代
都變得越來越顯要了。
都變得越來越顯要了。
10:57
We can talk all we want to
about pickling businesses in Brooklyn
about pickling businesses in Brooklyn
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我們可以暢所欲言談論
布魯克林的醃酸黃瓜生意，
11:03
or avocado toast,
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或是酪梨吐司，
11:05
but leaving out the stories
and the voices of black millennials,
and the voices of black millennials,
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但卻遺漏掉千禧世代
黑人的故事和聲音，
黑人的故事和聲音，
11:08
large swaths of the population --
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他們佔了大部分的人口——
11:10
it will only increase divisions.
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這麼做只會增加分裂。
11:12
So stories of black millennials,
brown millennials
brown millennials
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所以，千禧世代黑人、
褐色人種、所有有色人種的故事，
褐色人種、所有有色人種的故事，
11:14
and all millennials of color
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11:15
really need to be told,
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都需要被說出來，也需要被傾聽。
11:17
and they also need to be listened to.
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11:18
We'd be a far better-off
country and world.
country and world.
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我們才會成為更好的
國家、更好的世界。
國家、更好的世界。
11:22
Thank you.
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謝謝。
11:23
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Reniqua Allen - Writer, producer, journalistReniqua Allen is a journalist who produces and writes for various outlets on issues of race, opportunity, politics and popular culture.
Why you should listen
Reniqua Allen's first book, It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America, about black millennials and upward mobility was released in 2019. The Washington Post called the work a "a vital book" and "a necessary reminder that this post-racial generation is anything but."
Allen has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, BuzzFeed, Quartz, The New Republic, Teen Vogue, Glamour and more, and she has produced a range of films, vide, and radio for PBS, MSNBC, WYNC, the American Museum of Natural History and HBO. She has also appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the CBC and C-SPAN.
In the fall of 2019, Allen will be a Visiting Scholar at the City University of New York while she completes a Ph.D in American Studies from Rutgers University. Her dissertation looks at how black culture has and continues to engage with the idea of the American Dream. She lives in the South Bronx.
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