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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.71,0:00:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents gave me an extraordinary name:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.46,0:00:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baratunde Rafiq Thurston.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.25,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Baratunde is based\Non a Yoruba name from Nigeria,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.42,0:00:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're not Nigerian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.04,0:00:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just how black my mama was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.04,0:00:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.08,0:00:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get this boy the blackest name possible.\NWhat does the book say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.25,0:00:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.83,0:00:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rafiq is an Arabic name,\Nbut we are not Arabs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.58,0:00:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom just wanted me to have difficulty\Nboarding planes in the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.04,0:00:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She foresaw America's turn\Ntoward nativism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.83,0:00:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a black futurist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.62,0:00:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.33,0:00:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thurston is a British name,\Nbut we are not British.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.12,0:00:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shoutout to the multigenerational,\Ndehumanizing economic institution
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.67,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of American chattel slavery, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.25,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, Thurston makes\Nfor a great Starbucks name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.71,0:00:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really expedites the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.46,0:00:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.42,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was a renaissance woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.71,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arnita Lorraine Thurston
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.29,0:01:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a computer programmer,\Nformer domestic worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.08,0:01:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survivor of sexual assault,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.29,0:01:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an artist and an activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She prepared me for this world\Nwith lessons in black history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in martial arts, in urban farming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.83,0:01:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she sent me in the seventh grade\Nto the private Sidwell Friends School,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.75,0:01:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where US presidents send their daughters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.25,0:01:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where she sent me looking like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.83,0:01:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.17,0:01:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had two key tasks going to that school:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.25,0:01:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't lose your blackness\Nand don't lose your glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.83,0:01:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This accomplished both.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.83,0:01:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.67,0:01:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sidwell was a great place\Nto learn the arts and the sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.92,0:01:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the art of living\Namongst whiteness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.12,0:01:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would prepare me\Nfor life later at Harvard,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.08,0:01:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or doing corporate consulting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.58,0:01:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for my jobs at "The Daily Show"\Nand "The Onion."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would write down many of these lessons\Nin my memoir, "How to Be Black,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.54,0:02:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which if you haven't read yet,\Nmakes you a racist, because --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.83,0:02:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.08,0:02:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've had plenty of time\Nto read the book.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.21,0:02:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But America insists on reminding me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.29,0:02:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teaching me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.75,0:02:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it means to be black in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's December 2018,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.92,0:02:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm with my fiancé\Nin the suburbs of Wisconsin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.67,0:02:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are visiting her parents,\Nboth of whom are white,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.79,0:02:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes her white.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.08,0:02:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it works.\NI don't make the rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.21,0:02:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.38,0:02:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's had some drinks,\Nso I drive us in her parents' car,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.67,0:02:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get pulled over by the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.88,0:02:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.33,0:02:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turn on the flashing lights\Nto indicate compliance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.83,0:02:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pull over slowly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.25,0:02:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the brightest streetlight I can find
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.92,0:02:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in case I need witnesses\Nor dashcam footage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.42,0:02:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get out my identification,\Nthe car registration,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.50,0:02:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lay it out in the open,\Nroll down the windows,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.71,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hands are placed on the steering wheel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.04,0:03:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all before the officer exits the vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.29,0:03:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how to stay alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.04,0:03:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we wait, I think\Nabout these headlines --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.29,0:03:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Police shoot another\Nunarmed black person" --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't want to join them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.21,0:03:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is,\Nour officer was friendly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told us our tags were expired.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.12,0:03:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to all the white parents out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.04,0:03:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your child is involved with a person
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.50,0:03:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose skin tone is rated\NDwayne "The Rock" Johnson or darker --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.88,0:03:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.42,0:03:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to get that car inspected,\Nupdate the paperwork every time we visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.08,0:03:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just common courtesy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.50,0:03:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.79,0:03:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.42,0:03:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.46,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a law enforcement professional.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I survived something\Nthat should not require survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.38,0:03:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think about\Nthis series of stories --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.38,0:04:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Police shoot another\Nunarmed black person" --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that season when those stories\Npopped up everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.42,0:04:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would scroll through my feed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.54,0:04:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would see a baby announcement photo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.21,0:04:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd see an ad for a product
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.12,0:04:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just whispered\Nto a friend about yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.54,0:04:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would see a video of a police officer\Ngunning down someone
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.75,0:04:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who looked just like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.71,0:04:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd see a think piece
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how millennials\Nhave replaced sex with avocado toast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.17,0:04:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.79,0:04:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a confusing time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.54,0:04:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those stories kept popping up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.67,0:04:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in 2018, those stories got changed out\Nfor a different type of story,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.54,0:04:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories like, "White Woman Calls Cops\NOn Black Woman Waiting For An Uber."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.00,0:04:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was Brooklyn Becky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.58,0:04:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there was, "White Woman Calls Police
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.58,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Eight-Year-Old Black Girl\NSelling Water."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.71,0:04:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was Permit Patty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.17,0:04:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there was, "Woman Calls Police
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.92,0:04:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Black Family BBQing\NAt Lake In Oakland."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.46,0:04:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was now infamous BBQ Becky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.17,0:05:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I contend that these stories\Nof living while black
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.38,0:05:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.17,0:05:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to find out\Nafter the extrajudicial police killings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.17,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we're getting video\Nof people calling 911.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're moving upstream,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.92,0:05:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,closer to the problem\Nand closer to the solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.92,0:05:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started a collection
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.54,0:05:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of as many of these stories\Nas I could find.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.04,0:05:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I built an evolving,\Nstill-growing database
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.79,0:05:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at baratunde.com/livingwhileblack.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.67,0:05:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeking understanding,\NI realized the process
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.71,0:05:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really diagramming sentences\Nto understand these headlines.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.62,0:05:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to thank\Nmy Sidwell English teacher Erica Berry
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.96,0:05:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all English teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.42,0:05:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have given us tools\Nto fight for our own freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.58,0:05:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I found was a process\Nto break down the headline
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.58,0:05:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand the consistent layers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.33,0:05:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in each one:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.71,0:05:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a subject takes an action against a target\Nengaged in some activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.50,0:05:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that "White Woman Calls Police\NOn Eight-Year-Old Black Girl"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.62,0:06:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same as "White Man Calls Police\NOn Black Woman Using Neighborhood Pool"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.17,0:06:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same as "Woman Calls Cops\NOn Black Oregon Lawmaker
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.62,0:06:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Campaigning In Her District."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.83,0:06:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diagramming the sentences\Nallowed me to diagram the white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.21,0:06:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allowed such sentences to be true,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.17,0:06:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will pause to define my terms.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.08,0:06:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say "white supremacy,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.58,0:06:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just talking about Nazis
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.12,0:06:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or white power activists,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.04,0:06:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm definitely not saying\Nthat all white people are racist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.67,0:06:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm referring to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.17,0:06:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a system of structural advantage\Nthat favors white people over others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.54,0:06:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in social, economic and political arenas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.25,0:06:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what Bryan Stevenson\Nat the Equal Justice Initiative
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.54,0:06:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calls the narrative of racial difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.38,0:06:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story we told ourselves\Nto justify slavery and Jim Crow
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mass incarceration and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.67,0:06:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I saw this pattern repeating,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.92,0:07:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got angry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.75,0:07:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also got inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.33,0:07:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a game,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.25,0:07:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a game of words that would allow me\Nto transform this traumatic exposure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.62,0:07:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into more of a healing experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.58,0:07:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to talk you through the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.71,0:07:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first level is a training level,\Nand I need your participation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.46,0:07:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our objective: to determine\Nif this is real or fake.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.00,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did this happen or not?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.62,0:07:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the example:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Catholic University Law Librarian\NCalls Police On Student
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.08,0:07:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 'Being Argumentative.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.38,0:07:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clap your hands if you think this is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.62,0:07:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.96,0:07:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clap your hands if you think this is fake.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.29,0:07:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.54,0:07:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reals have it, unfortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.33,0:07:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a point of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.54,0:07:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being argumentative in a law library
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.96,0:07:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the exact right place to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.08,0:07:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.21,0:07:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This student should be\Npromoted to professor.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.17,0:08:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Training level complete,\Nso we move on to the real levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Level one, our objective is simple:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.17,0:08:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reverse the roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.17,0:08:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means "Woman Calls Cops\NOn Black Oregon Lawmaker"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.29,0:08:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes "Black Oregon Lawmaker\NCalls Cops On Woman."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.21,0:08:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means "White Man\NCalls Police On Black Woman
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.88,0:08:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using Neighborhood Pool"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.50,0:08:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes "Black Woman Calls Police\NOn White Man Using Neighborhood Pool."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.17,0:08:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you like\Nthem reverse racist apples?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.62,0:08:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it, level one complete,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.12,0:08:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we level up to level two,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.92,0:08:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our objective is to increase\Nthe believability of the reversal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.38,0:08:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's face it, a black woman\Ncalling police on a white man using a pool
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.73,0:08:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't absurd enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.67,0:08:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what if that white man was trying\Nto touch her hair without asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.92,0:08:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe he was making oat milk\Nwhile riding a unicycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.42,0:08:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe he's just talking\Nover everyone in a meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.33,0:08:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.54,0:08:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all been there, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.58,0:08:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seriously, we've all been there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.92,0:09:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's it, level two complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.92,0:09:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it comes with a warning:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply reversing the flow\Nof injustice is not justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.83,0:09:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is vengeance,\Nthat is not our mission,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.00,0:09:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a different game\Nso we level up to level three,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.42,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the objective\Nis to change the action,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.50,0:09:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as "calling the police\Nis not your only option
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.04,0:09:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OMG, what is wrong with you people!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.79,0:09:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.25,0:09:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I need to pause the game\Nto remind us of the structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.54,0:09:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A subject takes an action\Nagainst a target engaged in some activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.42,0:09:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"White Woman Calls Police\NOn Black Real Estate Investor
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.33,0:09:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspecting His Own Property."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.46,0:09:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"California Safeway\NCalls Cops On Black Woman
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.29,0:09:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donating Food To The Homeless."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.88,0:09:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gold Club Twice Calls Cops\NOn Black Women For Playing Too Slow."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.67,0:09:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all these cases,\Nthe subject is usually white,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.21,0:09:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the target is usually black,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.21,0:09:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the activities are anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.92,0:10:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from sitting in a Starbucks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.58,0:10:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to using the wrong type of barbecue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.04,0:10:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to napping
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.42,0:10:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walking "agitated" on the way to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.67,0:10:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I just call "walking to work."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.04,0:10:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.62,0:10:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, my personal favorite,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.71,0:10:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not stopping his dog from humping her dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.71,0:10:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is clearly a case for dog police,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.33,0:10:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not people police.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.62,0:10:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these activities add up to living.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.29,0:10:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our existence is being\Ninterpreted as crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.12,0:10:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is the obligatory moment\Nin the presentation where I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.96,0:10:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not everything is about race.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.25,0:10:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crime is a thing, should be reported,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.83,0:10:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ask yourself, do we need armed men\Nto show up and resolve this situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.83,0:10:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when they show up for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.38,0:10:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's different.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.42,0:10:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that police officers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.92,0:11:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use force more with black people\Nthan with white people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.38,0:11:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are learning\Nthe role of 911 calls in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.04,0:11:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to preliminary research\Nfrom the Center for Policing Equity,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.67,0:11:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're learning that in some cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.42,0:11:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the interactions\Nbetween cops and citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.04,0:11:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is due to 911 calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.88,0:11:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not officer-initiated stops,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.96,0:11:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of the violence,\Nthe use of force by police on citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.88,0:11:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in response to those calls.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.08,0:11:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further, when those officers\Nresponding to calls use force,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.25,0:11:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that increases in areas
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.62,0:11:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the percentage\Nof the white population
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.75,0:11:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has also increased,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.08,0:11:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aka gentrification,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.17,0:11:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aka unicycles and oat milk,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.08,0:11:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aka when BBQ Becky feels threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.00,0:11:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she becomes a threat to me\Nin my own neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.33,0:11:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which forces me and people like me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.67,0:11:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to police ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.71,0:11:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We quiet ourselves, we walk on eggshells,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.75,0:11:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we maybe pull over to the side of the road
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.46,0:11:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the brightest light we can find
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.46,0:11:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that our murder
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.33,0:12:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be caught cleanly on camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.25,0:12:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do this because we live in a system
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.25,0:12:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which white people\Ncan too easily call on deadly force
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.29,0:12:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure their comfort.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.54,0:12:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.04,0:12:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The California Safeway
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.38,0:12:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't just call cops\Non black woman donating food to homeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.21,0:12:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ordered armed,\Nunaccountable men upon her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.62,0:12:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They essentially called in a drone strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.12,0:12:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is weaponized discomfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.58,0:12:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is not new.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.96,0:12:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From 1877 to 1950,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.33,0:12:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were at least 4,400 documented\Nracial terror lynchings of black people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.88,0:12:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.79,0:12:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had headlines as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.04,0:12:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rev. T.A. Allen was lynched\Nin Hernando, Mississippi
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.46,0:12:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for organizing local sharecroppers."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.67,0:12:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oliver Moore was lynched\Nin Edgecomb County, North Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.54,0:12:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for frightening a white girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.00,0:13:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nathan Bird was lynched\Nnear Luling, Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.08,0:13:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for refusing to turn his son\Nover to a mob."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.42,0:13:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change the action,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.79,0:13:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that action is "lynches"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.67,0:13:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "calls police."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.75,0:13:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now that I have shortened\Nthe distance between those two,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.29,0:13:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's get back to our game,\Nto our mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.00,0:13:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our objective in level three\Nis to change the action.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.04,0:13:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if, instead of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.88,0:13:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Calls Cops On Black Woman\NDonating Food To Homeless,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.83,0:13:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that California Safeway simply thanks her.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.50,0:13:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanking is far cheaper than bringing\Nlaw enforcement to the scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.75,0:13:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.04,0:13:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.46,0:13:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could give the food\Nthey would have wasted to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.08,0:13:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upped their civic cred.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.71,0:13:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, the white woman who called the police\Non the eight-year-old black girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.29,0:13:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she could have bought all the inventory\Nfrom that little black girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.71,0:13:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support a small business.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.92,0:13:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the white woman who called the police\Non the black real estate investor,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.54,0:13:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would all be better off,\Nthe cops agree,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.62,0:14:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she had simply ignored him\Nand minded her own damn business.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.62,0:14:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.21,0:14:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minding one's own damn business\Nis an excellent choice, excellent choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.67,0:14:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choose it more often.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.50,0:14:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Level three is complete,\Nbut there is a final bonus level,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.12,0:14:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the objective is inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.92,0:14:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have also seen headlines like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.42,0:14:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Powerful Man Masturbates\NIn Front Of Young Women
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.42,0:14:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visiting His Office."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.54,0:14:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What an odd choice\Nfor powerful man to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.33,0:14:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many other actions available to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.25,0:14:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.29,0:14:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, such as, "listens to,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.96,0:14:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"mentors,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.25,0:14:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"inspired by, starts joint venture,\Neverybody rich now."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.54,0:14:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.83,0:14:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to live in that world\Nof everybody rich now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.29,0:14:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of his poor choice,\Nwe are all in a poorer world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.12,0:14:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't have to be this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.08,0:14:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This word game reminded me that\Nthere is a structure to white supremacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.67,0:14:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as there is to misogyny,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.29,0:15:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as there is to all\Nsystemic abuses of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.67,0:15:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Structure is what makes them systemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.08,0:15:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking people here
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.04,0:15:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.12,0:15:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the power is in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.54,0:15:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even more importantly\Nto see the humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.92,0:15:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those of us made targets\Nby this structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.04,0:15:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am here because I was loved\Nand invested in and protected and lucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.21,0:15:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I went to the right schools,\NI'm semifamous, mostly happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.38,0:15:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meditate twice a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.17,0:15:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.00,0:15:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk around in fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.42,0:15:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know that someone\Nseeing me as a threat
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.88,0:15:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can become a threat to my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.38,0:15:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.00,0:15:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am tired of carrying
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.46,0:15:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this invisible burden\Nof other people's fears,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.33,0:15:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of us are,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.42,0:15:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we shouldn't have to,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.62,0:15:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we can change this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.54,0:16:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we can change the action,\Nwhich changes the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.08,0:16:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which changes the system
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.29,0:16:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows those stories to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.17,0:16:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Systems are just collective\Nstories we all buy into.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.08,0:16:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we change them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.25,0:16:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we write a better reality\Nfor us all to be a part of.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.79,0:16:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am asking us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.92,0:16:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use our power to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.42,0:16:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am asking us to level up.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.96,0:16:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.25,0:16:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Baratunde Rafiq Thurston.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.71,0:16:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)