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Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know of any children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.82,0:00:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can speak English\Nand another language fluently?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.38,0:00:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These children may have moved\Nwith their families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.57,0:00:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from or to another country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.69,0:00:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or their parents\Nmay be an international couple.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.50,0:00:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These children grow up with exposure\Nto multiple languages and cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.24,0:00:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.78,0:00:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while this kind of childhood\Nis getting very common,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.55,0:00:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you actually ask one of these children,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.63,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, are you enjoying the experience?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.73,0:00:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he or she might tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.18,0:01:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, it's actually very tough,\Nand I'm struggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.51,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my parents are struggling with me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.07,0:01:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty years ago,\NI was one of these children,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.56,0:01:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I was being back and forth\Nbetween the United States and Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.15,0:01:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to tell you\Nthat, back then, I hated my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.09,0:01:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each move was traumatizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.21,0:01:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fell way, way behind academically.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.08,0:01:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, now that I'm an adult,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.86,0:01:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same experiences have become\Na gift that helps me in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.76,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is it that makes\Nan international childhood so hard?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.89,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family gave me their full support\Nthroughout the journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.97,0:01:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was very lucky to have them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.17,0:01:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now that I reflect on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.35,0:01:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kind of think that it was way too hard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.83,0:01:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.46,0:01:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as soon as I got\Nto Harvard Business School
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.65,0:02:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Fulbright scholar,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started working on an idea\Nthat later became my startup.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.35,0:02:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an educational service\Nthat supports international children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.05,0:02:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their unique challenges,\Nboth academic and psychological.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.06,0:02:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is it that makes\Nan international childhood so hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.01,0:02:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but later, rewarding?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.37,0:02:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing is language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.88,0:02:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know how they say that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.55,0:02:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, young children,\Nthey can pick up a language so quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.03,0:02:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He or she will be speaking in no time."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.63,0:02:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've heard that before?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.22,0:02:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, so that's true if the question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.40,0:02:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can they communicate in that language?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.85,0:02:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if the question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.08,0:02:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can they think and learn\Nin that language?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.10,0:02:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the answer is that it actually\Ntakes a lot longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.48,0:02:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research tells us that it can take\Nfive to seven years for a person
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.93,0:02:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reach this level of proficiency.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.22,0:03:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.49,0:03:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's been in an English\Nenvironment for six years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His English is so fluent,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.03,0:03:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't believe\Nthis is not his native tongue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.39,0:03:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has straight A's\Nin all of his English subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.11,0:03:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it comes to math and physics,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.84,0:03:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he still prefers\Nthat we teach him in Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.20,0:03:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to him,\N"Oh, it's just faster that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's easier to learn\Nthese, like, hard conceptual ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.85,0:03:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're easier to manipulate in my head
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.29,0:03:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are in Japanese."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.71,0:03:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in short, it's easier to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.27,0:03:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you are a child\Nlearning in a language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.36,0:03:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are not completely\Ncomfortable with yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.10,0:03:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can limit your cognition,\Nyour ability to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.45,0:03:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for any multilingual\Nstudent growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.79,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's essential that they catch up\Nwith the school language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as fast as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.10,0:04:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can learn\Nwhat they should be learning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.25,0:04:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that grade level.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.80,0:04:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meantime, they also need to maintain\Ntheir native tongue at the grade level,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.74,0:04:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.57,0:04:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not something\Nthat just happens on its own either.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.73,0:04:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It requires commitment\Nand planning and investment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.93,0:04:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just from the child,\Nbut also from the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.69,0:04:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A child going through this stage\Nneeds help, deserves help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.08,0:04:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's either the family provides it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or professionals can help them provide it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.08,0:04:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.08,0:04:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that going through the stage,\Nit was very confusing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.27,0:04:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It almost felt as if\Nthat it was a personal problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.48,0:04:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "Maybe I'm not smart enough
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.58,0:04:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm spending so much time working,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.98,0:04:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not good enough in either."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.53,0:04:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language barriers can also be very hard
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.60,0:04:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a child's social life\Nat school as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.49,0:05:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever feel like\Nthere are aspects of your personality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.70,0:05:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't really fully express\Nin your second language?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.12,0:05:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, maybe you can't be as funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.12,0:05:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or seem as intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or be as interesting as you really are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.87,0:05:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because language limits you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.53,0:05:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, imagine you are a teenager,\Nand you need to do that five days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.41,0:05:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yikes!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.64,0:05:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, learning a language\Nis a long and hard journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.66,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gift, of course, is access.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.97,0:05:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you've mastered two languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.50,0:05:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go to school or work\Nin two different countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.23,0:05:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can access information\Nand knowledge created in two languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.46,0:05:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can build relationships\Nwith two very different groups of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.30,0:05:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much richness\Nin the bilingual world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.02,0:05:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like you're living\Ntwo lives at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.12,0:05:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second challenge is culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.13,0:06:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day, a little girl in Michigan\Nwalks into her classroom in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.05,0:06:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her teacher welcomes her\Nwith a big warm hug,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.05,0:06:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like any other morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.08,0:06:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next week, she moves to Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.82,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where hugging is not really a thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.10,0:06:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we express affection\Nthrough different means.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.94,0:06:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After one big, awkward social attempt,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.08,0:06:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she notices that you can't really\Nhug people in Japan
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.16,0:06:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without making them feel\Ncompletely uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.07,0:06:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also winning the title\Nof "complete social weirdo."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.50,0:06:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.50,0:06:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she stops hugging people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.20,0:06:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but knowing isn't feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.76,0:06:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She still wants to hug people,\Nand she misses it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.94,0:06:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she knows that she needs\Nto follow the cultural norm
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.65,0:06:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be accepted\Nas a decent member of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.63,0:06:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and failure to do so would mean\Nthat she would be the outcast
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.07,0:06:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can't follow the rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.33,0:07:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because culture is not\Njust about the foods we eat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.78,0:07:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the holidays we celebrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.57,0:07:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's this all-encompassing\Nthought process
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.28,0:07:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that highlights different\Naspects of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.23,0:07:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attributes different meaning\Nto these aspects
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.02,0:07:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence creates completely\Ndifferent experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.78,0:07:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the same world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.32,0:07:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of difference can exist\Nin anything and everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.32,0:07:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from, let's say,\Nhow to be popular at school
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.92,0:07:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how to sound credible\Nat a job interview,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.03,0:07:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way up to how to tell\Nsomebody that you like them
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.44,0:07:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how you determine the relationship\Nafter a couple of dates with your crush.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.89,0:07:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because there is no convenient\Ntextbook for all these cultural norms,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.07,0:07:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you basically need to learn\Nthrough trying and making
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.33,0:07:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots and lots of embarrassing mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.83,0:07:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pain is worsened
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.55,0:07:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you start to take it personally.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.13,0:07:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start to think, at one point,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.73,0:08:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, oh, I need to watch out\Nfor my behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.49,0:08:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to constantly check\Nif I'm not being weird,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.96,0:08:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to be accepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.22,0:08:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gift in being brought up\Nin two cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.79,0:08:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this revelation that cultural norms
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.92,0:08:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a social construct.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.99,0:08:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, people can believe\Nin wildly different things
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.06,0:08:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on where they were born\Nor how they were brought up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.80,0:08:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what seems to be common sense\Nor even the truth in one culture
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.27,0:08:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may not be that way somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.60,0:08:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although each culture\Nis this complete, beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.11,0:08:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and functional and different\Napproach to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.74,0:08:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of them is universal truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.42,0:08:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing this can give you two freedoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.25,0:08:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first freedom is to choose\Nwhich rules you want to follow
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.84,0:08:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at important junctions of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.53,0:08:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My choice to go to Harvard Business School
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.95,0:08:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become a female entrepreneur
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.09,0:09:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not necessarily fit\Nthe typical female gender role in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.69,0:09:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can choose\Nto feel feminine if I want to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.83,0:09:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know that femininity\Ncan mean different things
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.74,0:09:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different places.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.98,0:09:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second freedom is awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.21,0:09:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tricky thing about culture\Nis that when you are part of a culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.64,0:09:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very hard to be aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.04,0:09:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, they say
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.12,0:09:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's the air we breathe\Nand the water we swim in,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.19,0:09:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once you are fully immersed\Nin two or more cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.44,0:09:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the contrast suddenly\Nmakes it easier for you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.66,0:09:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become aware\Nof how they are influencing you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.32,0:09:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are more aware
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.70,0:09:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the cultural biases\Nand the stereotypes we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.20,0:09:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes you so much better
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.50,0:09:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at connecting with somebody\Nfrom a different culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.24,0:09:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, in today's world\Nof divide and borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.41,0:09:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need more people who are good at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.14,0:10:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final component is identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.06,0:10:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An American girl, who had been living\Nin Shanghai for eight years,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.06,0:10:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves back to DC.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.18,0:10:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her new friends there\Njokingly tell her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.100,0:10:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ah, go back to China\Nwhere you came from."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.93,0:10:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That day, later on, she told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.51,0:10:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I don't belong\Nthere either, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.60,0:10:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like I don't belong\Nanywhere now."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.31,0:10:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this sense of being uprooted\Nand rootless can really eat away at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.60,0:10:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit that, even to this day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.21,0:10:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sometimes struggle with the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.52,0:10:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait, who am I really,\Nand where do I belong?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.97,0:10:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I feel a deep\Nconnection with Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.49,0:10:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel a deep connection with the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.42,0:10:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't fully belong in either.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.87,0:10:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a mixture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.83,0:10:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And being that makes me\Na minority in Japan, where I am from.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.88,0:11:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can be very hard,\Nespecially for a child
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.89,0:11:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you want to be able\Nto clearly define who you are
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.36,0:11:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have this safe place in the world\Nwhere you can just be yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.21,0:11:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be accepted,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.63,0:11:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not have to try so hard all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.78,0:11:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gift in all this confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.60,0:11:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the confusion\Nis actually an open invitation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.65,0:11:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to find a time and place\Nwhere we can feel belonging.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.14,0:11:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To define what are\Nthe meaningful relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.52,0:11:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that help you belong in a space,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.95,0:11:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it that we can do
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.06,0:11:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give our rather complicated lives\Npurpose and meaning?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.60,0:11:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, all it takes for you\Nto feel like "Ah, I belong here"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.48,0:11:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a couple of really close friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.34,0:11:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friends that just get you,\Nyou know, both sides of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.30,0:12:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, it's a mission\Nor a vision you want to pursue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.85,0:12:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something that you want\Nto give back to that environment
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.73,0:12:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connects you to that place.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.81,0:12:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because concepts\Nlike identity and nationality
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.95,0:12:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually a lot not as concrete\Nand as definite as you would think,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.39,0:12:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is space for reinterpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.99,0:12:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is plasticity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.07,0:12:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to recreate a sense of belonging\Nthat you could have once lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.97,0:12:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the invitation in this identity crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.29,0:12:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an invitation to choose\Nwho you want to be
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.33,0:12:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you want\Nto make out of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.96,0:12:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there are any of these\Ninternational children around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.48,0:12:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you today, please be kind to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.53,0:12:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because they can't speak\Nintelligently yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.41,0:12:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't assume they're not intelligent.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.50,0:12:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please try not to judge them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.54,0:13:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see them through stereotypes,\Nto tokenize them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.38,0:13:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, please help me encourage them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.26,0:13:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell them to hang in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.62,0:13:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to aim higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.05,0:13:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And join me in embracing these children
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.14,0:13:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and celebrating the potential they have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.89,0:13:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bringing us so much closer together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.28,0:13:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are one of these children,\Ntoday, oh my God, I have to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.75,0:13:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are doing something\Nthat's extremely hard for anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.85,0:13:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.97,0:13:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You deserve help.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.50,0:13:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you want it,\Ndon't be shy to ask for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.34,0:13:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is counting on you\Nto make it through.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.58,0:13:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.87,0:13:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)