Name: 【TED】布萊恩·史蒂文森: 我們需要談談不正義 (We need to talk about an injustice | Bryan Stevenson)
Uploaded: 2013-04-19T06:34:28.000Z
Duration: 23 min 42 s

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Well this is a really extraordinary honor for me.

看守所、監獄，或者死囚牢房中

I spend most of my time in very low-income communities

我也花很多時間參與低收入戶社區的計畫

in the projects and places where there's a great deal of hopelessness.

或者到一些充滿絕望的地方工作

And one of the things that's emerged in my short time here

在我短暫到訪的時間內，我意識到

And I mention that because I think identity is really important.

提到這個，是因為我認為自我定位是非常重要的

And we've had some fantastic presentations.

我們已經聽過一些十分美妙的演講

is that, if you're a teacher your words can be meaningful,

如果你是老師，你說的話會變得有影響力

但如果你是一個富有同情心的老師

If you're a doctor you can do some good things,

如果你是醫生，你可以做些好事

but if you're a caring doctor you can do some other things.

但如果你是有愛心的醫生，你可以做的更多

And so I want to talk about the power of identity.

所以我要談關於自我定位的力量

practicing law and doing the work that I do.

I actually learned about this from my grandmother.

實際上，我是從我外婆身上學到的

that was the traditional African American home

She was the end of every argument in our family.

家中所有紛爭都由她收尾，做最終定奪

She was the beginning of a lot of arguments in our family.

同樣的，家中很多的爭吵也是她起的頭

She was the daughter of people who were actually enslaved.

Her parents were born in slavery in Virginia in the 1840's.

她的父母在1840年代出生於維吉尼亞洲，生下來就是奴隸

very much shaped the way she saw the world.

And my grandmother was tough, but she was also loving.

我外婆雖然強悍，但她也很慈愛

she'd come up to me and she'd give me these hugs.

她見到我時，總是走來給我擁抱

And she'd squeeze me so tight I could barely breathe

她緊緊得抱住我，幾乎到了無法呼吸的地步

she'd come over to me and she'd say, "Bryan, do you still feel me hugging you?"

會問我：「Bryan，你仍然感受的到我的擁抱嗎？」

And if I said, "No," she'd assault me again,

如果我回答，「沒有。」她會再次攻擊我

and if I said, "Yes," she'd leave me alone.

如果我說，「有。」她就不再打擾我

And the only challenge was that she had 10 children.

And sometimes when I would go and spend time with her,

it would be difficult to get her time and attention.

My cousins would be running around everywhere.

我的表兄弟姊妹們總是在圍繞在四周

And I remember, when I was about eight or nine years old,

我記得，當我大概八或九歲的時候

waking up one morning, going into the living room,

and all of my cousins were running around.

And my grandmother was sitting across the room

And at first I thought we were playing a game.

And after about 15 or 20 minutes of this,

and she said, "Come on, Bryan. You and I are going to have a talk."

她說：「來吧，Bryan。我們需要談一下。」

And I remember this just like it happened yesterday.

She took me out back and she said, "Bryan, I'm going to tell you something,

她帶我到外面，跟我說：「Bryan，我要跟你說一些事，

but you don't tell anybody what I tell you."

She said, "Now you make sure you don't do that." I said, "Sure."

她說：「你保證你不跟別人說。」我說：「當然。」

Then she sat me down and she looked at me

She said, "I think you can do anything you want to do."

「我認為你可以做到任何你想要做的事。」

And then she said, "I just need you to promise me three things, Bryan."

接著她說：「我要你答應我三件事情，Bryan。」

She said, "The first thing I want you to promise me

and you have to promise me now you'll always take care of her."

你要答應我，你會永遠照顧她。」

Well I adored my mom, so I said, "Yes, Mama. I'll do that."

我非常愛我媽媽，於是我說：「好的，嬤嬤。」

Then she said, "The second thing I want you to promise me

接著她說：「第二，我要你答應我

even when the right thing is the hard thing."

即使有時候，正確的事是相對困難的事。」

And I thought about it and I said, "Yes, Mama. I'll do that."

我想了一下，回答：「好的，嬤嬤。我會照做。」

Then finally she said, "The third thing I want you to promise me

最後她說：「第三件事，我要你保證

Well I was nine years old, so I said, "Yes, Mama. I'll do that."

我當時才九歲，所以我說：「好的，嬤嬤。我答應妳。」

I grew up in the country in the rural South,

and I have a brother a year older than me and a sister a year younger.

我有一個大一歲的哥哥和一個小一歲的妹妹

one day my brother came home and he had this six-pack of beer --

有一天我哥哥帶了半打啤酒回家

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