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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.81,0:00:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an African proverb that goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.83,0:00:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The lion's story will never be known
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.51,0:00:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as the hunter\Nis the one to tell it."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.32,0:00:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than a racial conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.08,0:00:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need a racial literacy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.58,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decode the racial politics\Nof racial threat in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.34,0:00:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Key to this literacy is a forgotten truth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.61,0:00:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the more that we understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our cultural differences\Nrepresent the power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.46,0:00:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to heal the centuries\Nof racial discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.92,0:00:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dehumanization and illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.53,0:00:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of my parents were African-American.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.85,0:00:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was born in Southern Delaware,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.94,0:00:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother, North Philadelphia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.43,0:00:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these two places are as different\Nfrom each other as east is from west,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.89,0:00:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as New York City is\Nfrom Montgomery, Alabama.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.33,0:00:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father's way of dealing\Nwith racial conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.71,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to have my brother Bryan,\Nmy sister Christy and I in church --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:00:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would seem like 24-hours a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.34,0:00:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.47,0:00:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.49,0:01:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anybody bothered us because\Nof the color of our skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.51,0:01:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he believed that you should pray for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.73,0:01:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that God\Nwould get them back in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.34,0:01:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could say that his racial\Ncoping approach was spiritual --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.72,0:01:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for later on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.73,0:01:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.72,0:01:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Martin Luther King.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.71,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's coping approach\Nwas a little different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.12,0:01:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.12,0:01:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could say, more relational --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.37,0:01:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now, like in your face --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.33,0:01:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.83,0:01:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More like Malcolm X.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.56,0:01:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was raised from neighborhoods\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.16,0:01:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which there was racial\Nviolence and segregation;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.57,0:01:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she was chased out of neighborhoods
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.55,0:01:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she exacted violence\Nto chase others out of hers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.38,0:01:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she came to Southern Delaware,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.31,0:01:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she thought she had come\Nto a foreign country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.02,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't understand anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.11,0:01:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particularly the few black and brown folks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were physically deferential
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.04,0:01:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and verbally deferential\Nin the presence of whites.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.25,0:01:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now my mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.25,0:01:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she wanted to go somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.79,0:01:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she walked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.79,0:01:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't care what you thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.78,0:02:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she pissed a lot of people off\Nwith her cultural style.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.66,0:02:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we get into the supermarket,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.64,0:02:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would give us "the talk."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.44,0:02:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't ask for nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.21,0:02:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't touch nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.27,0:02:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't care if all the other children\Nare climbing the walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.33,0:02:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.94,0:02:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you understand what I'm saying to you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.22,0:02:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In three-part harmony:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.78,0:02:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, Mom."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.78,0:02:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we'd get into the supermarket,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.09,0:02:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that talk was all we needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.78,0:02:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, how many of you ever got that talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.24,0:02:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you ever give that talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.73,0:02:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.91,0:02:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you ever give that talk today?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.02,0:02:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother didn't give us the talk\Nbecause she was worried about money
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.27,0:02:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.27,0:02:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or us misbehaving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.93,0:02:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never misbehaved.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.18,0:02:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were too scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.10,0:02:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in church 24-hours a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.76,0:02:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.76,0:02:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.68,0:02:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave us that talk to remind us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.78,0:03:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some people in the world\Nwould interpret us as misbehaving
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.97,0:03:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by being black.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.23,0:03:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not every parent has to worry\Nabout their children being misjudged
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.46,0:03:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the color of their skin --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.36,0:03:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.71,0:03:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we get into the supermarket,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.84,0:03:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people look at us --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.03,0:03:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stare at us as if we just stole something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.80,0:03:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every now and then,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.80,0:03:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a salesperson would do something\Nor say something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.28,0:03:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were pissed\Nwith our cultural style,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.77,0:03:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would usually happen\Nat the conveyor belt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.10,0:03:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the worst thing they could do\Nwas to throw our food into the bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.92,0:03:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.03,0:03:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.81,0:03:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother began\Nto tell them who they were,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.04,0:03:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who their family was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.60,0:03:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to go,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.07,0:03:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how fast to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.63,0:03:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.96,0:03:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you haven't been\Ncursed out by my mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.01,0:03:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.13,0:03:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.78,0:03:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person would be on the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:03:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writhing in utter decay and decomposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.59,0:03:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whimpering in a pool of racial shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.19,0:03:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.18,0:04:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, both my parents were Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference is my father prayed\Nbefore a racial conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.17,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mother prayed after.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.89,0:04:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a time --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.89,0:04:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you use both of their strategies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.99,0:04:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you use them in the right time\Nand the right way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.22,0:04:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's never a time, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.12,0:04:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a time for conciliation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.06,0:04:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a time for confrontation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.29,0:04:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's never a time to freeze up\Nlike a deer in the headlights,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.72,0:04:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's never a time to lash out\Nin heedless, thoughtless anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.21,0:04:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lesson in this is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.17,0:04:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when it comes to racial relations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.03,0:04:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes we've got to know\Nhow to pray, think through,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.75,0:04:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process, prepare,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.63,0:04:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other times\Nwe've got to know how to push,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.78,0:04:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.38,0:04:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm afraid that neither\Nof these two skills --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.69,0:04:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.60,0:04:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.82,0:04:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are prevalent in our society today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.05,0:04:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the neuroscience research
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.87,0:05:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which says that when\Nwe are racially threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.57,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brains go on lockdown
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.22,0:05:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we dehumanize\Nblack and brown people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.15,0:05:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brains imagine that children\Nand adults are older than they really are,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.42,0:05:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,larger than they really are,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.11,0:05:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and closer than they really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.93,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're at our worst,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we convince ourselves that they don't\Ndeserve affection or protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.84,0:05:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the Racial Empowerment Collaborative,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.76,0:05:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that some of the most\Nscariest moments are racial encounters.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.36,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the most scariest moments\Nthat people will ever face.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.27,0:05:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the police encounters\Nthat have led to some wrongful deaths
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.81,0:05:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mostly Native Americans\Nand African-Americans in this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.07,0:05:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've lasted about two minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.37,0:05:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within 60 seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.24,0:05:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brains go on lockdown.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.73,0:05:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're unprepared,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.27,0:05:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we overreact.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.68,0:05:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At best, we shut down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.84,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At worst, we shoot first
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.40,0:05:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask no questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.80,0:06:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we could reduce\Nthe intensity of threat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.26,0:06:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within those 60 seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.38,0:06:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep our brains\Nfrom going on lockdown.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.80,0:06:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine how many children\Nwould get to come home from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.13,0:06:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 7-Eleven,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.19,0:06:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without getting expelled or shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.31,0:06:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine how many mothers\Nand fathers wouldn't have to cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.43,0:06:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Racial socialization can help young people\Nnegotiate 60-second encounters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.30,0:06:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's going to take more than a chat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.51,0:06:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It requires a racial literacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.56,0:06:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how do parents\Nhave these conversations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.73,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is a racial literacy?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.72,0:06:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for asking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.07,0:06:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.32,0:06:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A racial literacy involves\Nthe ability to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.58,0:06:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recast
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.58,0:06:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resolve a racially\Nstressful encounter.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.35,0:06:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading involves recognizing\Nwhen a racial moment happens
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.93,0:06:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and noticing our stress reactions to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recasting involves taking mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.13,0:07:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reducing my tsunami\Ninterpretation of this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.99,0:07:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reducing it to\Na mountain-climbing experience --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.18,0:07:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that is from impossible situation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.41,0:07:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one that is much more`\Ndoable and challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.16,0:07:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resolving a racially stressful\Nencounter involves
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.45,0:07:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to make a healthy decision
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.47,0:07:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not an underreaction\Nwhere I pretend that didn't bother me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.56,0:07:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an overreaction\Nwhere I exaggerate the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.70,0:07:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we can teach parents and children\Nhow to read, recast and resolve
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.83,0:07:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using a mindfulness strategy\Nwe call, "calculate, locate, communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.83,0:07:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathe and exhale.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.11,0:07:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.81,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calculate asks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.27,0:07:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What feeling am I having right now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.03,0:07:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how intense is it\Non a scale of one to 10?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.39,0:07:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Locate asks, "Where\Nin my body do I feel it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.28,0:07:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And be specific,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.35,0:07:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Native American girl at a Chicago\Nfifth-grade school said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.43,0:08:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I feel angry at a nine\Nbecause I'm the only Native American.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.10,0:08:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can feel it in my stomach,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.88,0:08:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a bunch of butterflies\Nare fighting with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.73,0:08:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that they fly up\Ninto my throat and choke me."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.59,0:08:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more detailed you can be,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.17,0:08:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the easier it is to reduce that spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.81,0:08:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communicate asks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.93,0:08:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What self-talk and what images\Nare coming in my mind?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.08,0:08:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you really want help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.41,0:08:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try breathing in and exhaling slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.72,0:08:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, with the help of my many colleagues\Nat the Racial Empowerment Collaborative,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.53,0:08:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use in the moment stress-reduction\Nin several research and therapy projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.88,0:08:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One project is where we use basketball\Nto help youth manage their emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.73,0:08:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during 60-second eruptions on the court.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.06,0:08:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another project,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.21,0:08:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the help of my colleagues\NLoretta and John Jemmott,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.90,0:08:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we leverage the cultural style\Nof African-American barbershops,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.20,0:08:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we train black barbers\Nto be health educators in two areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.48,0:09:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, to safely reduce the sexual risk\Nin their partner relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.57,0:09:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.06,0:09:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop retaliation violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.66,0:09:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cool part is the barbers use\Ntheir cultural style
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.67,0:09:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deliver this health education\Nto 18-24-year-old men
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.44,0:09:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they're cutting their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.11,0:09:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another project is where\Nwe teach teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.10,0:09:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to read, recast and resolve\Nstressful moments in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.36,0:09:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a final project in which we teach\Nparents and their children separately
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.72,0:09:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand their racial traumas\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.18,0:09:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we bring them together
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.58,0:09:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to problem-solve daily microaggressions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.55,0:09:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, racially literate conversations\Nwith our children can be healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.17,0:09:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it takes practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.99,0:09:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know some of you\Nare saying, "Practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.30,0:09:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.38,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about practice?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.45,0:09:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we are talking about practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.13,0:09:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two sons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.82,0:09:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My oldest, Bryan, is 26,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.51,0:09:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my youngest, Julian, is 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.18,0:10:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do not have time\Nto talk about how that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.01,0:10:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.68,0:10:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.47,0:10:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I think of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.03,0:10:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are still babies to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.38,0:10:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I worry every day\Nthat the world will misjudge them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.97,0:10:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August of 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.97,0:10:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Julian, who was eight at the time,\Nand I were folding laundry,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.95,0:10:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in and of itself\Nis such a rare occurrence,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.25,0:10:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have known something\Nstrange was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.72,0:10:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the TV were Trayvon Martin's parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.94,0:10:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were crying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.07,0:10:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the acquittal\Nof George Zimmerman,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.48,0:10:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Julian was glued to the TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.28,0:10:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had a thousand questions\Nand I was not prepared.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.13,0:10:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted to know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.47,0:10:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why would a grown man\Nstalk and hunt down
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.94,0:10:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kill an unarmed 17-year-old boy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.61,0:10:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did not know what to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.08,0:10:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best thing that could\Ncome out of my mouth was,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.49,0:10:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Julian,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.65,0:10:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.85,0:10:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are people who look down\Non black and brown people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.99,0:10:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do not treat them --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.28,0:10:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and children, too --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.29,0:11:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not treat them as human."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.63,0:11:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He interpreted the whole situation as sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.81,0:11:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) Julian: It's sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.64,0:11:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We don't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.65,0:11:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not our kind."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.96,0:11:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.96,0:11:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: It's like, "we're, we're\Nwe're better than you ... "
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.48,0:11:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.48,0:11:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: And there's nothing\Nyou can do about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.96,0:11:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you scare me,\Nor something like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.46,0:11:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will shoot you\Nbecause I'm scared of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.09,0:11:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.78,0:11:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if somebody's stalking you --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.52,0:11:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: It's not the same for everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.59,0:11:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: It's not always the same, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.58,0:11:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gotta be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.60,0:11:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Yeah because people\Ncan disrespect you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.80,0:11:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.10,0:11:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: And think that you're,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.41,0:11:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eh,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.41,0:11:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You don't --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.41,0:11:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't look --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.41,0:11:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't look like you're --"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.74,0:11:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like they're saying\Nthat "You don't look right,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.39,0:11:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I guess I have the right\Nto disrespect you."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.85,0:11:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Yeah, and that's what we call,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.12,0:11:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we call that racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.67,0:11:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) And we call\Nthat racism, Julian,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.67,0:11:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, some people --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.78,0:12:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people can wear a hoodie\Nand nothing happens to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.62,0:12:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you and Trayvon might,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.92,0:12:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.89,0:12:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why Daddy wants you to be safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.25,0:12:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) And that's why --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.69,0:12:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: So you mean like --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.98,0:12:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you said "other people" --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.74,0:12:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you mean, like if Trayvon was a white,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.47,0:12:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,umm, that he wouldn't be\Ndisrespected like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.09,0:12:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) Yes, Julian,\NDaddy meant white people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.35,0:12:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I said, "other people," all right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.58,0:12:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a way in which\NI was so awkward in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.49,0:12:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once I started getting\Nmy rhythm and my groove,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.89,0:12:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started talking about stereotypes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.10,0:12:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and issues of discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.62,0:12:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just when I was getting my groove on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.04,0:12:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Julian interrupted me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.71,0:12:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) HS: ...dangerous\Nor that you're criminal
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.14,0:12:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're black,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.14,0:12:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're a child or a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.49,0:12:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.49,0:12:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter who does it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.95,0:12:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: And, Dad, I need to stop you there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.82,0:12:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: What?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.82,0:12:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Remember when ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.56,0:12:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) So he interrupts me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.99,0:12:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell me a story about\Nwhen he was racially threatened
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.61,0:12:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a swimming pool with a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.54,0:12:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by two grown white men,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.20,0:13:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which his mother confirmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.91,0:13:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I felt happy that he\Nwas able to talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.78,0:13:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like he was getting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.54,0:13:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We moved from the sadness\Nof Trayvon's parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.82,0:13:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started talking about\NGeorge Zimmerman's parents
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.59,0:13:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I read in a magazine,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.58,0:13:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condoned the stalking of Trayvon.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.93,0:13:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Julian's reaction to me was priceless.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.68,0:13:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made me feel like he was getting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.78,0:13:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) JS: What did\Nthey say about him?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.04,0:13:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Well, I think they basically\Nfelt that he was justified
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.51,0:13:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to follow and stalk --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.91,0:13:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: What the --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.28,0:13:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Yeah, I think that's wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.76,0:13:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: That's --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.76,0:13:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one minute --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.77,0:13:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're saying he has the right\Nto follow a black kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.64,0:13:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get in a fight with him and shoot him?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.79,0:13:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) As Julian was getting it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.54,0:13:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to lose it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.47,0:13:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in my mind's eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.70,0:13:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.70,0:13:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if my Julian or Bryan was Trayvon?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.51,0:13:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I calculated my anger at a 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.95,0:13:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.95,0:13:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,located my right leg --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.06,0:13:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was shaking uncontrollably\Nlike I was running.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.06,0:13:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in my mind's eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.20,0:14:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see somebody chasing Julian
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.16,0:14:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was chasing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.53,0:14:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only thing that could\Ncome out of my mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.93,0:14:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was if anybody tries\Nto bother my child ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.69,0:14:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Recording) If anybody tries\Nto bother my child ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.83,0:14:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mmm, mmm, mmm.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.02,0:14:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: What will happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.44,0:14:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Well, they better run.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.35,0:14:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Because what?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.35,0:14:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: I'm gonna get 'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.68,0:14:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: See?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.68,0:14:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: I'm gonna get 'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.86,0:14:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.86,0:14:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Oh, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.86,0:14:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Well, then they're gonna get you\Nbecause they might have weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.11,0:14:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Well you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.23,0:14:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna call police, too, like I should.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.25,0:14:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I feel like I wanna get 'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.86,0:14:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.86,0:14:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right, you can't\Njust go chasing people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.02,0:14:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: They can be armed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.08,0:14:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be armed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.94,0:14:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: Yeah, you right,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.94,0:14:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like I wanna chase --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.29,0:14:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Plus they could be\Nan army or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.34,0:14:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: I know --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.34,0:14:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like I wanna go get 'em,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.81,0:14:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,messing with my son.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.94,0:14:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.23,0:14:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JS: Ummm ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.23,0:14:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HS: But you right.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.44,0:14:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gotta be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.16,0:14:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And um, you gotta --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.44,0:14:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gotta be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.41,0:14:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You never know what some crazy people\Nwill think about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.47,0:15:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as long as you believe\Nyou're beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.02,0:15:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Daddy believes\Nyou're beautiful and handsome,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.88,0:15:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mommy believes you're beautiful\Nand handsome and smart ...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.25,0:15:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you deserve to be on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.25,0:15:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as happy and beautiful\Nand smart as you want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.36,0:15:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do anything you want, baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.09,0:15:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) Racial socialization is not\Njust what parents teach their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.64,0:15:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also how children respond\Nto what their parents teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.32,0:15:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my child prepared?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.10,0:15:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they recognize when\Na racial elephant shows up in a room?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.33,0:15:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they reduce their tsunami\Ninterpretation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.62,0:15:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down to a mountain-climbing adventure
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.81,0:15:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can engage and not run away?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.66,0:15:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they make a [healthy]\Nand just decision in 60 seconds?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.51,0:15:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.10,0:15:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.66,0:15:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.96,0:15:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can build healthier\Nrelationships around race
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.66,0:16:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we learn to calculate, locate\Ncommunicate, breathe and exhale
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.99,0:16:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of our most\Nthreatening moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.06,0:16:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we come face-to-face\Nwith our lesser selves.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.03,0:16:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take the centuries of racial rage
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.38,0:16:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that boils up in all of our bodies,\Nminds and souls --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.07,0:16:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything that affects our bodies,\Nminds and souls affects our health --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.78,0:16:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could probably use\Ngun control for our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.72,0:16:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want what all parents\Nwant for their children
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.78,0:16:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're not around:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.13,0:16:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affection and protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.24,0:16:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When police and teachers see my children,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.82,0:16:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want them to imagine their own
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.45,0:16:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I believe if you see\Nour children as your children,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.77,0:16:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't shoot them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.39,0:16:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With racial literacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.59,0:16:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.11,0:16:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can decode the racial trauma\Nfrom our stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.12,0:16:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our healing will come in the telling,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.72,0:16:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we must always --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.51,0:16:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must never forget
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.88,0:17:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our cultural differences\Nare full of affection and protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.11,0:17:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember always
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.35,0:17:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the lion's story will never be known
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.06,0:17:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as the hunter\Nis the one to tell it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.95,0:17:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.28,0:17:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)