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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on an airplane with my son\Nwho was just five years old at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son was so excited\Nabout being on this airplane with mommy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking all around\Nand he's checking things out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's checking people out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sees this man, and he says, "Hey,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that guy looks like Daddy."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I look at the man,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he didn't look anything\Nat all like my husband,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so then I start\Nlooking around on the plane,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I notice this man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the only black guy on the plane.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have to have\Na little talk with my son
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how not all black people look alike.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son, he lifts his head up,\Nand he says to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hope he doesn't rob the plane."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "What? What did you say?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, "Well, I hope that man\Ndoesn't rob the plane."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well, why would you say that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know Daddy wouldn't rob a plane."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, "Yeah, yeah,\Nyeah, well, I know."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well,\Nwhy would you say that?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he looked at me\Nwith this really sad face,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know why I said that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why I was thinking that."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are living with such severe\Nracial stratification
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even a five-year old
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can tell us what's supposed\Nto happen next,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with no evildoer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with no explicit hatred.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This association between\Nblackness and crime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made its way into the mind\Nof my five-year old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes its way into all of our children,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into all of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our minds are shaped\Nby the racial disparities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see out in the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the narratives that help us\Nto make sense of the disparities we see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people are criminals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people are violent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people are to be feared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my research team\Nbrought people into our lab
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exposed them to faces,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that exposure to black faces
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led them to see blurry images\Nof guns with greater clarity and speed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bias cannot only control what we see,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where we look.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We found that prompting people\Nto think of violent crime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can lead them to direct their eyes\Nonto a black face
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and away from a white face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prompting police officers\Nto think of capturing and shooting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arresting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leads their eyes to settle\Non black faces too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bias can infect every aspect\Nof our criminal justice system.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a large dataset\Nof death-eligible defendants,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that looking more black
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than doubled their chances\Nof receiving a death sentence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least when their victims were white.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This effect is significant\Neven though we controlled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the severity of the crime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the defendant's attractiveness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no matter what we controlled for,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that black people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were punished in proportion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the blackness\Nof their physical features:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more black,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more death-worthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bias can also influence\Nhow teachers discipline students.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My colleagues and I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have found that teachers express a desire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discipline a black\Nmiddle school student
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more harshly than a white student\Nfor the same repeated infractions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a recent study,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're finding that teachers\Ntreat black students as a group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but white students as individuals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, for example,\None black student misbehaves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then a different black student\Nmisbehaves a few days later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teacher responds\Nto that second black student
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if he had misbehaved twice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as though the sins of one child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get piled on to the other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We create categories\Nto make sense of the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assert some control and coherence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the stimuli that we're\Nconstantly being bombarded with.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Categorization and the bias that it seeds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow our brains to make judgments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more quickly and efficiently,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do this by instinctively\Nrelying on patterns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seem predictable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet just as the categories we create
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow us to make quick decisions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also reinforce bias.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the very things that help us\Nto see the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also can blind us to it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They render our choices effortless,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friction-free.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet the exact a heavy toll.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all vulnerable to bias,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't act on bias all the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are certain conditions\Nthat can bring bias alive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other conditions that can muffle it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people are familiar\Nwith the tech company Nextdoor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So their whole purpose is to create\Nstronger, healthier, safer neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they offer this online space
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where neighbors can gather\Nand share information.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet Nextdoor soon found\Nthat they had a problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with racial profiling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the typical case,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people would look outside their window
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see a black man\Nin their otherwise white neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make the snap judgment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was up to no good,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when there was no evidence\Nof criminal wrongdoing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many ways, how we behave online
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a reflection of how\Nwe behave in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we don't want to do\Nis create an easy-to-use system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can amplify bias
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deepen racial disparities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than dismantling them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the co-founder of Nextdoor\Nreached out to me and to others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to figure out what to do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they realized that\Nto curb racial profiling on the platform,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were going to have to add friction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, they were going\Nto have to slow people done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Nextdoor had a choice to make,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and against every impulse
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to add friction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they did this by adding\Na simple checklist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were three items on it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, they asked users to pause
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think, what was this person doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made him suspicious?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The category "black man"\Nis not ground for suspicion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, they asked users to describe\Nthe person's physical features,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not simply their race and gender.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third, they realized that a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't seem to know\Nwhat racial profiling was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor that they were engaging in it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Nextdoor provided them\Nwith a definition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told them that it\Nwas strictly prohibited.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you have seen\Nthose signs in airports
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Metro stations,\N"If you see something, say something."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nextdoor tried modifying this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you see something suspicious,\Nsay something specific."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using this strategy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by simply slowing people down,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nextdoor was able to curb\Nracial profiling by 75 percent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, people often will say to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't add friction\Nin every situation, in every context,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially for people who make\Nsplit second decisions all the time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it turns out we can add frictions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more situations than we think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working with the Oakland Police Department
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in California,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I and a number of my colleagues\Nwere able to help the Department
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reduce the number of stops they made
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people who were not\Ncommitting any serious crimes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we did this by pushing officers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask themselves a question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before each and every stop they made:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this stop intelligence-led,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes or no?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do I have prior information\Nto tie this particular person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a specific crime?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By adding that question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the form officer's\Ncomplete doing the stop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they slow down, they pause,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think, why am I considering\Npulling this person over?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2017, before we added that\Nintelligence-led question to the form,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officers made about 32,000 stops\Nacross the city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that next year,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the addition of this question,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fell to 19,000 stops.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American stops alone\Nfell by 43 percent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And stopping fewer black people\Ndid not make the city any more dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the crime rate continued to fall
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the city became safer for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one solution can come from reducing\Nthe number of unnecessary stops.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another can come from improving\Nthe quality of the stops
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officers do make.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And technology can help us here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know about George Floyd's death
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because those who tried to come to his aid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held cell phone cameras\Nto record that horrific, fatal encounter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the police.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have all sorts of technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're not putting to good use.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police departments across the country
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are now required to wear\Nbody-worn cameras,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we have recordings of not only\Nthe most extreme and horrific encounters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of everyday interactions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With an interdisciplinary\Nteam at Stanford,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've begun to use\Nmachine learning techniques
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to analyze large numbers of encounters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is to better understand what happens\Nin routine traffic stops.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we found was that\Neven when police officers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are behaving professionally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they speak to black drivers\Nless respectfully than white drivers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, from the words officers use alone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could predict whether they were talking\Nto a black driver or a white driver.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is that the vast majority\Nof the footage from these cameras
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not used by police departments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand what's\Ngoing on on the street
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to train officers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a shame.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does a routine stop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn into a deadly encounter?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did this happen\Nin George Floyd's case?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did it happen in others?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my eldest son was 16 years old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he discovered that\Nwhen white people look at him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feel fear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elevators are the worst, he said.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When those doors close,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are trapped in this tiny space
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with someone they have been taught
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to associate with danger.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son senses their discomfort,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he smiles to put them at ease,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to calm their fears.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he speaks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their bodies relax.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They breathe easier.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take pleasure in his cadence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his diction, his word choice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sounds like one of them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that my son\Nwas a natural extrovert like his father,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I realized at that moment\Nin that conversation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his smile was not a sign
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he wanted to connect\Nwith would-be strangers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a talisman he's used\Nto protect himself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a survival skill he had honed\Nover thousands of elevator rides.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was learning to accommodate the tension
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his skin color generated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that put his own life at risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the brain is wired for bias,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one way to interrupt that bias
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to pause and to reflect\Non the evidence of our assumptions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we need to ask ourselves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what assumptions do we bring
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we step onto an elevator?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or an airplane?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we make ourselves aware\Nof our own unconscious bias?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do those assumptions keep safe?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do they put at risk?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until we ask these questions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insist that our schools\Nand our courts and our police departments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every institution do the same,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will continue to allow bias
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to blind us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of us are truly safe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.