Name: 【TED】珍妮特 · 史多佛: 如何認真看待工作場所的多樣性和包容性 (How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace | Janet Stovall)
Uploaded: 2018-09-13T18:08:29.000Z
Duration: 11 min 5 s

每個人都有一位這樣的朋友 ——

the one who, no matter what the question is,

always finds a way to make the answer whatever it is she's single-minded about.

都有辦法把答案和他 念念不忘的那件事拉上關係。

And the thing that I'm single-minded about

If someone were to ask me, "So, Janet, got any plans for the 4th of July?"

I'm subject to answer, "Yeah, I'm going to binge-watch 'Roots.'"

如果有人問我：「那麽，珍妮特， 你七月四日有什麼計畫嗎？」

我會回：「我要刷劇，狂看 《尋根》（關於黑奴的影集）。」

Or if they said, "Janet, I've got a joke for you:

或者，如果有人說： 「珍妮特，我跟你說個笑話：

可能是因為仕紳化（貧窮地區因 富人遷來居住，環境得以改善）。」

But for me, single-mindedness is not just caring about something.

但對我來說，專注在一件事上 並不僅僅只是去關心它，

It's caring about something enough to do something about it.

而是為這份心意做出實際行動。

不止是「想」，還要去「做」。

It's not just praying, it is moving your feet.

不止是禱告，還要行動起來。 （「祈禱時也做出行動」非洲諺語。）

And the reason I'm single-minded about racism is because I know

我之所以對於種族主義 如此專注，是因為我知道：

我是在許多年前學到這一點的。

Back in 1984, I was a junior at Davidson College

1984 年，我在 戴維森學院讀三年級，

它位於北卡羅萊納州的戴維森鎮。

南方的小鎮，以火車鐵軌為界限，

with white Davidson on one side, black Davidson on the other side,

一邊是白人區，另一邊是黑人區。

and, as black students lived on the white side of the tracks,

作為居住在白人區的黑人學生，

we got used to being stopped in downtown and asked for ID,

在市區被攔下並被要求 出示身分證件，是司空見慣的事，

直到警方記住我們的面孔， 才不再這麼做。

But fortunately, that didn't take too long,

但幸運的是， 這花不了多少時間，

because out of 1,200 students, only 52 of us were black.

因為，在 1200 名學生中， 只有 52 名黑人。

在校園裡，狀況也沒有好多少。

Project '87 was really just a challenge to Davidson:

「87 專案」其實只是個 給戴維森學院的挑戰：

It didn't seem particularly revolutionary,

這似乎並不是什麽 革命性的專案，

we also challenged Davidson to say that if you don't do this,

我們也挑戰校方， 我們說，如果你們不這麼做，

we will question your commitment to diversity.

我們將會質疑你們 對於群體多樣性的承諾。

and that president was single-minded about racism, too.

那位新校長也同樣 專注於種族主義。

所以，他成立了一個專案小組，

That report was the foundation for all the change that came after it.

該報告是後續所有變革的基礎。

You are looking at the three happiest people on the planet that day,

你們現在看到的，是那一天 地球上最快樂的三個人，

現今，學校有 185 名黑人學生，

there are 16 black or multiracial professors,

and there's an entire degree-granting Africana Studies Department.

還有一整個能夠授予 學位的非洲文化研究系。

「87 專案」改變了戴維森學院。

But it also changed me, because what it taught me

但它也改變了我， 因為它教會我一件事，

was there's a lot of power in single-mindedness.

那就是：專注投入一件事 會有很強大的力量。

Well, today, I'm an executive speechwriter

如今我擔任高階主管講稿撰寫人，

for one of the biggest companies in the world.

隸屬於世界上最大的公司之一。

It's a profession that is 92 percent white and predominantly male,

從事這職業的 92% 是白人， 絕大部分是男性。

which makes me a little bit of a unicorn.

讓我顯得有點像是 珍稀的獨角獸。

So the thing about speech writing is, it's very personal.

撰寫演講稿有一個特點， 它很個人化，因人而異。

So I spend a lot of time in deep conversation

and a lot of times those conversations turn to diversity and inclusion,

大部分的時候，那些對談的主題 都會轉向群體多樣性及包容性，

which, of course, I'm always happy to talk about.

But after quite a few of these conversations,

I believe that business is in a position to do something

我相信：企業，是特殊的 存在，它能夠做到一些

其他社會實體都無法做到的事。

There aren't but 5,000 of them in the United States

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matter

cultivate

applause

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