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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.31,0:00:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi. My name is Cameron Russell,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.95,0:00:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the last little while,\NI've been a model.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, for 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.99,0:00:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.17,0:00:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's an uncomfortable tension\Nin the room right now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.99,0:00:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I should not have worn this dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.04,0:00:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.82,0:00:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So luckily, I brought an outfit change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.32,0:00:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first outfit change\Non the TED stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.97,0:00:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you guys are pretty lucky\Nto witness it, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If some of the women were\Nreally horrified when I came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.96,0:00:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to tell me now,\Nbut I'll find out later on Twitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.12,0:00:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.32,0:00:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd also note that I'm quite privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.20,0:00:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to transform\Nwhat you think of me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.28,0:00:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very brief 10 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.94,0:00:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everybody gets to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.40,0:00:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These heels are very uncomfortable,\Nso good thing I wasn't going to wear them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.24,0:01:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst part is putting\Nthis sweater over my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.78,0:01:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's when\Nyou'll all laugh at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.86,0:01:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so don't do anything\Nwhile it's over my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.74,0:01:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.98,0:01:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why did I do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.71,0:01:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.94,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.90,0:01:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.42,0:01:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully not as awkward as that picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.31,0:01:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Image is powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.09,0:01:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, image is superficial.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just totally transformed\Nwhat you thought of me, in six seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.48,0:01:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.32,0:01:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had actually never had\Na boyfriend in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.64,0:01:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was totally uncomfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.46,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the photographer\Nwas telling me to arch my back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.96,0:01:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put my hand in that guy's hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.01,0:01:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, barring surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.01,0:01:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the fake tan that I got\Ntwo days ago for work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.45,0:02:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's very little that we can do\Nto transform how we look,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.22,0:02:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we look, though it is\Nsuperficial and immutable,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.67,0:02:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a huge impact on our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.03,0:02:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today, for me, being\Nfearless means being honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.66,0:02:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am on this stage\Nbecause I am a model.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.55,0:02:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am on this stage because\NI am a pretty, white woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.27,0:02:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in my industry,\Nwe call that a sexy girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.04,0:02:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to answer the questions\Nthat people always ask me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.91,0:02:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with an honest twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.23,0:02:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first question is,\Nhow do you become a model?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.13,0:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.17,0:02:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that means nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.35,0:02:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real way that I became a model
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.45,0:02:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I won a genetic lottery,\Nand I am the recipient of a legacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.94,0:02:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe you're wondering\Nwhat is a legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.06,0:02:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, for the past few centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.81,0:02:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have defined beauty\Nnot just as health and youth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.32,0:02:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and symmetry that we're biologically\Nprogrammed to admire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.11,0:02:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also as tall, slender figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.65,0:02:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and femininity and white skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.89,0:03:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a legacy\Nthat was built for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.97,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a legacy\Nthat I've been cashing out on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.44,0:03:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there are\Npeople in the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.49,0:03:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are skeptical at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.21,0:03:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe there are\Nsome fashionistas who are like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.71,0:03:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.25,0:03:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And first, I commend you on your model\Nknowledge. Very impressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.42,0:03:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.08,0:03:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unfortunately,\NI have to inform you that in 2007,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.63,0:03:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.14,0:03:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,counted all the models on the runway,\Nevery single one that was hired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.77,0:03:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the 677 models that were hired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.89,0:03:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only 27, or less than four percent,\Nwere non-white.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.64,0:03:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next question people always ask is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.59,0:03:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can I be a model when I grow up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.24,0:03:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first answer is, "I don't know,\Nthey don't put me in charge of that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.90,0:03:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the second answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.32,0:03:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I really want to say\Nto these little girls is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.10,0:03:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why? You know? You can be anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.11,0:03:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could be the President\Nof the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.38,0:03:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the inventor of the next Internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.18,0:03:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a ninja cardiothoracic surgeon poet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.16,0:03:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be awesome,\Nbecause you'd be the first one."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.85,0:04:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.04,0:04:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, after this amazing list,\Nthey still are like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.40,0:04:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.33,0:04:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, then I say, "Be my boss."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not in charge of anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.86,0:04:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could be the editor in chief\Nof American Vogue
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the CEO of H&M,\Nor the next Steven Meisel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.03,0:04:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying that you want to be\Na model when you grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.44,0:04:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is akin to saying that you want to win\Nthe Powerball when you grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.79,0:04:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's out of your control,\Nand it's awesome,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.24,0:04:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not a career path.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.32,0:04:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will demonstrate for you now\N10 years of accumulated model knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.31,0:04:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because unlike cardiothoracic surgeons,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.24,0:04:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can just be distilled right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if the photographer is right there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.05,0:04:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the light is right there, like a nice HMI,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.13,0:04:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the client says,\N"We want a walking shot,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.30,0:04:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this leg goes first, nice and long,\Nthis arm goes back, this arm goes forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.01,0:04:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the head is at three quarters,\Nand you just go back and forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.95,0:04:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just do that, and then you look back\Nat your imaginary friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.97,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,300, 400, 500 times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.72,0:04:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.42,0:04:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will look something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.23,0:04:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.44,0:05:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully less awkward\Nthan that one in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.39,0:05:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was... I don't know\Nwhat happened there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.97,0:05:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately,\Nafter you've gone to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.10,0:05:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a résumé\Nand you've done a few jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.45,0:05:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't say anything anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.97,0:05:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you say you want to be\Nthe President of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.04,0:05:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but your résumé reads,\N"Underwear Model: 10 years,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.47,0:05:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people give you a funny look.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next question is,\N"Do they retouch all the photos?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.51,0:05:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, they pretty much\Nretouch all the photos,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.92,0:05:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is only a small component\Nof what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.01,0:05:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture is the very first\Npicture that I ever took,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.75,0:05:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's also the very first time\Nthat I had worn a bikini,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.58,0:05:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't even have my period yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.38,0:05:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we're getting personal,\Nbut I was a young girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.54,0:05:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I looked like with my grandma\Njust a few months earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.02,0:05:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me on the same day as this shoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.22,0:05:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend got to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.58,0:05:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me at a slumber party\Na few days before I shot French Vogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.68,0:05:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me on the soccer team\Nand in V Magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.79,0:05:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's me today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.25,0:05:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope what you're seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:05:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that these pictures\Nare not pictures of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.50,0:05:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are constructions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.94,0:06:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are constructions\Nby a group of professionals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.87,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hairstylists and makeup artists\Nand photographers and stylists
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.99,0:06:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of their assistants\Nand pre-production and post-production,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.21,0:06:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they build this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.24,0:06:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.33,0:06:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the next question\Npeople always ask me is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.75,0:06:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you get free stuff?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.10,0:06:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.17,0:06:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do have too many 8-inch heels\Nwhich I never get to wear,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.44,0:06:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.06,0:06:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the free stuff that I get\Nis the free stuff that I get in real life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.55,0:06:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we don't like\Nto talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.80,0:06:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Cambridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.09,0:06:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one time I went into a store\Nand I forgot my money
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.69,0:06:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they gave me the dress for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.82,0:06:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a teenager,\NI was driving with my friend
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.34,0:06:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was an awful driver\Nand she ran a red and of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.03,0:06:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got pulled over,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.25,0:06:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all it took was a "Sorry, officer,"\Nand we were on our way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.36,0:06:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got these free things\Nbecause of how I look,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.57,0:06:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not who I am, and there are\Npeople paying a cost
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.39,0:06:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for how they look and not who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.63,0:06:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in New York, and last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.27,0:06:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 140,000 teenagers\Nthat were stopped and frisked,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.08,0:07:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,86% of them were black and Latino,\Nand most of them were young men.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.12,0:07:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are only 177,000\Nyoung black and Latino men in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.60,0:07:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for them, it's not a question\Nof, "Will I get stopped?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.34,0:07:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but "How many times will I get stopped?\NWhen will I get stopped?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.42,0:07:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was researching this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.02,0:07:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found out that of the 13-year-old girls\Nin the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.20,0:07:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,53% don't like their bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.88,0:07:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that number goes to 78%\Nby the time that they're 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.98,0:07:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the last question people ask me is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.90,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is it like to be a model?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.53,0:07:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the answer\Nthat they're looking for is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.93,0:07:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you are a little bit skinnier\Nand you have shinier hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.88,0:07:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be so happy and fabulous."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.68,0:07:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're backstage,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.23,0:07:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we give an answer\Nthat maybe makes it seem like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.78,0:07:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say, "It's really amazing to travel,\Nand it's amazing to get to work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.28,0:07:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with creative, inspired,\Npassionate people."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.91,0:07:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those things are true,\Nbut they're only one half of the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.08,0:07:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the thing\Nthat we never say on camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.68,0:07:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have never said on camera, is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.77,0:07:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am insecure."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.16,0:07:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm insecure because I have to think\Nabout what I look like every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.60,0:08:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ever are wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.60,0:08:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I have thinner thighs\Nand shinier hair, will I be happier?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.55,0:08:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just need to meet a group of models,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.48,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have the thinnest thighs,\Nthe shiniest hair and the coolest clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.43,0:08:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're the most physically\Ninsecure women probably on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.90,0:08:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was writing this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.30,0:08:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found it very difficult\Nto strike an honest balance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.30,0:08:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because on the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.75,0:08:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt very uncomfortable\Nto come out here and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.19,0:08:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look I've received all these benefits\Nfrom a deck stacked in my favor,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.81,0:08:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also felt really uncomfortable\Nto follow that up with,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.02,0:08:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and it doesn't always make me happy."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.41,0:08:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But mostly it was difficult to unpack\Na legacy of gender and racial oppression
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.31,0:08:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I am one\Nof the biggest beneficiaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.82,0:08:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also happy\Nand honored to be up here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.30,0:08:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that it's great\Nthat I got to come
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed\Nand I'd had more agency in my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.24,0:08:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because maybe then I wouldn't tell\Nthe story of how I got my first job,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.73,0:08:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe I wouldn't tell the story\Nof how I paid for college,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.63,0:09:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seems so important right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.07,0:09:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's a takeaway to this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.100,0:09:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope it's that we all feel\Nmore comfortable acknowledging
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.62,0:09:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of image\Nin our perceived successes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.59,0:09:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our perceived failures.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.49,0:09:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.87,0:09:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)