Troy is the kind of millennial that think pieces are made of.

在表面上，

He's arrogant, self-centered

特洛依是事實文章中 所記載的千禧世代。

and convinced that he is smarter than people give him credit for.

他很自大、自我中心，

His favorite topics of conversation are girls, sneakers and cars --

堅信自己比人們認為的還要聰明。

not a surprise for someone who was a teenager just a few years ago.

他談話時最喜歡講的主題包括 女孩、運動鞋，和車子——

But Troy's mannerisms --

他幾年前才脫離青少年， 所以這不讓人意外。

they reveal the patterns of someone who is scared,

但特洛依的特徵

troubled and unsure of the future.

顯示出的模式

Now Troy also embodies the many positive qualities

說明他很害怕、煩惱，

his generation is known for.

對未來充滿不確定。

An entrepreneurial spirit,

特洛依也具體呈現出

an independent streak

他這個世代為人所知的 許多正面特質：

and a dedication to his parents.

企業家精神、

He believes in hard work

獨立的傾向，

and has tried gigs in both the licit and underground economies,

以及對父母的奉獻。

but he hasn't had any luck

他相信努力工作，

and is just trying to find his way

嘗試過合法和地下經濟的工作，

and still dances between both worlds.

但他的運氣一直不好，

When I met Troy a few years ago,

還在尋找自己的路，

he had been employed as a golf caddy at a local country club,

仍然在兩個世界之間搖擺不定。

carrying bags for rich men and women

幾年前，我見到特洛依時，

who often never even acknowledged his existence.

他的工作是在當地的 鄉間俱樂部當高爾夫球僮，

Before that, he sold sneakers on Facebook.

為有錢人拿袋子，

He even tried selling candy bars and water bottles,

這些人甚至不會注意到他的存在。

but he wasn't making enough money to help his parents out

在那之前，他在臉書上賣運動鞋。

or save up for a car any time soon.

他甚至試過銷售糖果和水瓶，

So Troy saw how hard his immigrant mother from Jamaica worked

但賺的錢不夠減輕父母的負擔

and how little she got back in return,

或是存夠錢在近期買車。

and he vowed --

特洛依看到他的牙買加 移民母親多麼努力工作

Troy vowed to take a different path.

卻只換回一點點的報酬，

So he ended up selling drugs.

所以特洛依發誓要走不同的路。

And then he got caught,

所以他最後去販毒。

and right now, he's trying to figure out his next steps.

接著他被逮了，

In a country where money equals power,

現在，他還在想下一步要做什麼。

quick money, at least for a while, gives young men and women like him

在這個錢就是權力的國家，

a sense of control over their lives,

快速撈到的錢能讓 像他這樣的年輕人暫時性地

though he said he mainly did it because he wanted stability.

有掌控自己人生的感受。

"I wanted a good life," he told me.

不過，他說他這麼做的 主要原因是想要求穩定。

"I got greedy and I got caught."

他告訴我：「我想要過好日子。」

Yet the amazing thing about Troy

「我起了貪念，然後被逮了。」

is that he still believes in the American dream.

但，特洛依很不可思議的地方是，

He still believes that with hard work,

他仍然相信美國夢。

despite being arrested,

他仍然相信只要努力，

that he can move on up.

儘管被逮捕，

Now, I don't know if Troy's dreams came true.

他還是可以向上爬。

He disappeared from the program for troubled youth that he was involved in

我不知道特洛依的夢想有沒有實現。

and slipped through the cracks,

他離開了本來參與的迷途青年方案，

but on that day that we spoke,

被遺忘了。

I could tell that more than anything,

但在我們交談的那天，

Troy was happy that someone listened to his dreams

我看得出來，最讓特洛依高興的是

and asked him about his future.

有人傾聽他的夢想，

So I think about Troy and his optimism

並問他關於未來的事。

when I think of the reality that so many young, black millennials face

我會想到特洛依和他的樂觀，

when it comes to realizing their dreams.

特別是在當我想到 好多千禧世代黑人青年

I think about all the challenges

在實現夢想時要面對的現實。

that so many black millennials have to endure

我會想到這麼多的千禧世代黑人

in a world that tells them they can anything they want to be

要忍受各種質疑，

if they work hard,

而他們所處的世界告訴他們，

but actually doesn't sit down to listen to their dreams

只要努力，他們什麼都能辦得到，

or hear stories about their struggle.

但這個世界卻不願 坐下來傾聽他們的夢想，

And we really need to listen to this generation

或聆聽他們掙扎的故事。

if we hope to have a healthy and civil society going forward,

我們真的需要傾聽這個世代，

because millienials of color,

這樣我們才有可能 有個健康、文明、向前行的社會，

they make up a fair chunk of the US and the world population.

因為千禧世代的有色人種

Now when we talk about millennials,

佔美國和世界人口很高的比例。

a group that is often labeled as entitled, lazy, overeducated,

當我們談到千禧世代時，

noncommittal and narcissistic,

這個族群常被貼上這些標籤：

the conversations often swirl around avocado toast,

有特權、懶惰、過度教育、

overpriced lattes and fancy jobs abroad --

不承擔義務、自戀，

you probably have heard all these things before.

我們談的話題通常 脫離不了酪梨吐司、

But millennials are not a monolith.

價格過高的拿鐵， 和很炫的國外工作——

Actress Lena Dunham may be the media's representation

你可能以前都聽過這些。

of this generation,

但千禧世代並不是 一群完全一樣的人。

but Troy and other voices like his are also part of the story.

女演員莉娜丹恩可能是

In fact, millennials are the largest and most diverse adult population

這個世代的媒體代表，

in this country.

但特洛依和其他像他這樣的聲音， 也是故事的一部分。

44 percent of all American millennials are nonwhite,

事實上，美國成年人口中

but often, you wouldn't even know it at all.

比例最高且最多樣化的 就是千禧世代。

Now sure, there are similarities within this population

所有美國千禧世代中， 有 44% 非白人，

born between 1981 and 1996.

但通常，你根本不會知道。

Perhaps many of us do love avocado toast and lattes --

當然，千禧世代的人 是有相似性沒錯，

I know I do, right?

在 1981 年到 1996 年間出生。

But there are also extreme differences,

也許我們許多人的確熱愛 酪梨吐司和拿鐵——

often between millennials of color and white millennials.

我就是如此。

In fact, all too often,

但也有極端的差異，

it seems as though we're virtually living in different worlds.

通常是有色人種千禧世代 和白種千禧世代之間的差異。

Now black millennials,

事實上，大部分的時候，

a group that I have researched for a book I recently wrote,

就好像我們真的生活在 不同的世界一樣。

are the perfect example of the blind spot that we have

千禧世代中的黑人，

when it comes to this group.

我為了我近期所寫的一本書 而研究了這個族群，

For example,

他們是個完美的例子，

we have lower rates of homeownership,

說明我們對於這個族群的盲點。

we have higher student debt,

比如，

we get ID'd more at voter registration booths,

我們擁有房子的比例較低，

we are incarcerated at higher rates ...

學費債務比較高，

we make less money,

在投票註冊站， 我們較常被查驗身分，

we have higher numbers of unemployment --

我們被監禁的比例也較高……

even when we do go to college, I should say --

我們賺的錢比較少，

and we get married at lower rates.

我們的失業率比較高——

And honestly, that's really just the beginning.

即使我們能進入大學 就讀也一樣——

Now, none of these struggles are particularly new, right?

且我們結婚的比例較低。

Young black people in America have been fighting,

老實說，還有很多其他的呢。

really fighting hard to get their stories told for centuries.

上述這些困難， 都不怎麼新奇，對吧？

After the Civil War in the 1800s,

在美國，數世紀以來， 年輕黑人一直在奮鬥，

Reconstruction failed to deliver the equality

真的很努力奮鬥， 要讓他們的故事被說出來。

that the end of slavery should have heralded,

在 1800 年代的內戰之後，

so young people moved to the North and the West

奴隸制度終止所預示的平等，

to escape discriminatory Jim Crow policies.

在重建時期並沒有實現，

Then, as segregation raged in much of the country,

所以年輕人搬到北邊和西邊，

young black people helped spearhead civil rights campaigns

逃離歧視的吉姆克勞法政策。

in the 1950s and 1960s.

接著，種族隔離在全國 大部分地方猖獗起來，

After that, some people embraced black power and then became Black Panthers

五○和六○年代，年輕黑人

and then the next generation,

協助領導公民權運動。

they turned to hip-hop to make sure their voices were heard.

在那之後，有些人擁抱了 黑人權力，接著變成了黑豹黨，

And then Barack Obama,

接著，下一個世代，

hopeful that he, too, may bring about change.

他們轉向嘻哈，以確保 他們的聲音能被聽見。

And when that failed,

接著歐巴馬總統也希望能帶來改變。

when we realized we were still brutalized and battered,

當這也失敗時，

we had to let the world know that our lives still mattered.

當我們發現我們仍然 被殘暴對待、被打擊，

Now, when technology allows more video of our pain and struggle

我們得要讓世界知道， 我們的性命也很重要。

to be broadcast to the world,

現在，

we wonder, like, what is next?

科技讓更多關於 我們的痛苦與掙扎的影片

Our country feels more polarized than ever,

可以被播到全世界，

yet we are still being told to pull up our pants,

我們開始納悶，接下來是什麼？

be respectable, be less angry,

現在，我們國家的 兩極化狀況是前所未有，

smile more and work harder.

但我們還是被要求要表現得像個大人，

Even the attitudes of millennials themselves are overdue for an update.

保持尊敬，少生氣，

Research done by the Washington Post in 2015 about this supposedly "woke" group

多微笑，努力工作。

found that 31 percent of white millennials think that blacks are lazier than whites,

就連千禧世代的態度本身 都過時了，需要更新。

and 23 percent say they're not as intelligent.

《華盛頓郵報》在 2015 年對這個

These are, like, surprising things to me, and shocking.

應該「醒來」的組織進行了研究，

And these responses are not that much different

發現 31% 的白種千禧世代 認為黑人比白人懶惰，

than generations in the past,

23% 說黑人不聰明。

and it shows that unfortunately,

這些結果讓我很驚訝、很震驚。

this generation is repeating the same old stereotypes

而這些回應和過去的世代 並沒有太大的不同，

and tropes of the past.

不幸的是，它顯示出

Now, a study conducted by David Binder Research and MTV in 2014 --

這個世代還在重覆 同樣的老式刻板印象

it found that 84 percent of young millennials were taught by their families

以及過去的比喻用詞。

that everyone should be equal.

2014 年，大衛賓德研究 和 MTV 進行了一項研究——

This is a really great thing, a really positive step.

發現 84% 的年輕 千禧世代被家人教導

But only 37 percent in that group

人人都應該平等。

actually talked about race with their families.

這是很棒的事，很正面的一步。

So I could understand why things may be confusing to some.

但那群人中只有 37%

There are definitely black millennials who are succeeding.

真正會和他們的家人談論種族。

Marvel's "Black Panther,"

我可以了解為什麼 有些人會覺得很困惑。

directed by black millennial Ryan Coogler and showcasing many others,

肯定有一些千禧世代的 黑人是成功的。

broke all sorts of records.

漫威的《黑豹》，

There's a crop of television shows by creatives like Donald Glover,

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，

Lena Waithe and Issa Rae.

打破了各種記錄。

Beyoncé is, like, the queen, right?

還有許多電視節目的 創意人才，如唐納葛洛佛、

She is, like, everything.

麗娜維特，和伊莎蕾。

Young black authors are winning awards,

碧昂絲就像是皇后，對吧？

Serena Williams is still dominating on the tennis court

她就像是，最重要的。

despite all her haters,

年輕黑人作家贏得大獎，

and there's a crop of new politicians and activists running for office.

小威廉絲還在主宰網球場，

So I don't want to, like, kill these moments of black joy

儘管有那些討厭她的人，

that I too revel in,

還有許多新的政治家 和活動家參選。

but I want to make it clear

我並不想要扼殺 這些黑人喜悅的時刻，

that these wins are too few and far between

我也陶醉在其中，

for a people that's been here for over 400 years.

但我想要說清楚，

Like, that's insane, right?

對於在這裡已經有超過 四百年歷史的族群來說，

And most people still don't really understand the full picture, right?

這些勝仗還太稀少。

Our stories are still misunderstood,

這很瘋狂，對吧？

our bodies are still taken advantage of,

大部分的人都還不了解 全面的狀況，對吧？

and our voices?

我們的故事仍然被誤解，

Our voices are silenced

我們的身體仍然被佔利用， 而我們的聲音呢？

in a world that still shows little concern for our everyday struggles.

在這個仍然不太關心 我們日常掙扎的世界中，

So our stories need to be told

我們的聲音被消滅了。

in a multitude of ways

所以，要訴說我們的故事，

by a range of voices

就要用許多方式，

talking about diverse and nuanced topics,

用多種聲音，

and they really need to be listened to.

談論多樣性、有細微差別的主題，

And it is not just here in America, right?

且這些故事真的需要被傾聽。

It's all around the world.

不只是在美國這裡，對吧？

Millennials make up 27 percent of the world's population.

世界各地都一樣。

That's around two billion people.

全世界的人口中 有 27% 是千禧世代。

And with countries like India, China, Indonesia and Brazil,

那等同大約二十億人。

along with the United States,

像印度、中國、印尼、 巴西這些國家，

accounting for 50 percent of the world's millennials,

再加上美國，

it's clear that the white, often male, heterosexual narrative of the millennial

就佔了全世界千禧世代的 50%，

is only telling half the story.

很顯然，千禧世代中 白人、男性、異性戀者的故事

Now, there's many people trying to broaden the palette.

僅佔半數而已。

They're fighting to get their stories told and bust the millennial stereotype.

有很多人嘗試在故事上增添色彩，

Whether it's students in South Africa protesting statues of Cecil Rhodes,

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。

Michaela Coel making us laugh from the UK,

不論是

or Uche Eze, who's framing views about Nigerian life, online.

抗議塞西爾羅德斯雕像的南非學生，

But I want to make it clear --

來自英國逗我們笑的麥可娜柯爾，

I want to make it really clear to everyone

和在網路上塑造 奈及利亞生活觀點的烏切埃茲。

that just because things look more equal than they did

但我想要說清楚，

in the 20th century,

想要讓大家清楚知道，

doesn't mean that things are equitable at all.

儘管一切看起來 比在二十世紀時更平等，

It doesn't mean our experiences are equitable,

不表示完全的平等，

and it certainly doesn't mean that a post-racial society,

並不表示我們的經歷是公平的，

that thing that we talked about so much,

肯定也不表示社會沒有種族偏見，

ever became close to being a reality.

並不表示我們談這麼多的平等社會

I think of Joelle,

已經快要成為現實。

a middle-class 20-something who did everything the "right way,"

我會想到喬維兒， 二十多歲的中產階級，

but she couldn't go to her dream school, because it was simply too expensive.

她用「對的方法」做所有的事，

Or Jalessa,

但她進不了她夢想的學校， 只因為學費太貴了。

who knows she can't be mediocre at her job

或是裘麗莎，

the same way that her white peers can.

她的白人同儕可以 在工作上表現平凡，

Or Trina, who knows that people judge her unconventional family choices

但她卻不能依樣畫葫蘆。

in a different way than if she were a white woman.

或選擇非傳統的家庭的崔娜， 她知道若她是白種女性，

Or actor AB,

大家評斷她的方式 一定會有所不同。

who knows that the roles he takes and gets in Hollywood are different

或演員 AB，

because of his skin color.

他知道他在好萊塢能得到的角色

And then there's Simon.

因為他的膚色而有所不同。

So Simon, by all means, would be an example of someone who's made it.

還有賽蒙——

He's a CFO at a tech company in San Francisco,

賽蒙絕對是個成功人士的例子——

he has a degree from MIT

他是舊金山一間 科技公司的財務長，

and he's worked at some of the hottest tech companies in the world.

他有麻省理工學院的學位，

But when I asked Simon if he had achieved the American dream,

他曾經在數個世界上 最熱門的科技公司工作過。

it took him a while to respond.

但當我問賽蒙

While acknowledging that he had a really comfortable life,

他是否實現了美國夢，

he admitted that under different circumstances,

他花了一點時間才回應。

he might have chosen a different path.

雖然他知道他過著很舒適的生活，

Simon really loves photography,

他承認，在不同的情況下，

but that was never a real option for him.

他可能會選擇不同的路。

"My parents weren't able to subsidize me

賽蒙非常愛攝影，

through that sort of thing," Simon said.

但對他來說，這從來 都不是一個選項。

"Maybe that's something my children could do."

賽蒙說：「我父母沒辦法

So it's these kinds of stories --

資助我完成那種事。」

the quieter, more subtle ones --

「也許我的孩子可以做得到。」

that reveal the often unique and untold stories of black millennials

所以，是這類故事——

that show how even dreaming may differ between communities.

比較安靜、比較 不為人知的故事——

So we really need to listen and hear the stories of this generation,

才能揭示出千禧世代黑人 沒有說出的獨特故事，

now more than ever,

呈現出在千禧世代之中， 每個人做的夢也不同。

as the baby boomers age and millennials come to prominence.

我們真的需要傾聽、 聆聽這個世代的故事，

We can talk all we want to about pickling businesses in Brooklyn

現在比以前更需要，

or avocado toast,

因為嬰兒潮世代和千禧世代 都變得越來越顯要了。

but leaving out the stories and the voices of black millennials,

我們可以暢所欲言談論

large swaths of the population --

布魯克林的醃酸黃瓜生意，

it will only increase divisions.

或是酪梨吐司，

So stories of black millennials, brown millennials

但卻遺漏掉千禧世代 黑人的故事和聲音，

and all millennials of color

他們佔了大部分的人口——

really need to be told,

這麼做只會增加分裂。

and they also need to be listened to.

所以，千禧世代黑人、 褐色人種、所有有色人種的故事，

We'd be a far better-off country and world.

都需要被說出來，也需要被傾聽。

Thank you.

我們才會成為更好的 國家、更好的世界。

(Applause)

謝謝。