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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.89,0:00:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk to you about my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.87,0:00:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know everyone thinks\Nthat their kid is the most fantastic --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.56,0:00:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most beautiful\Nkid that ever lived ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.66,0:00:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but mine really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.93,0:00:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.12,0:00:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have 696 kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.59,0:00:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are the most intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.77,0:00:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inventive,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.91,0:00:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovative,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.15,0:00:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brilliant and powerful kids\Nthat you'll ever meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.32,0:00:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any student I've had the honor\Nof teaching in my classroom is my kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.98,0:00:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, because their\N"real" parents aren't rich,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.74,0:00:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I argue because\Nthey are mostly of color,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.68,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will seldom get to see in themselves\Nthe awesomeness that I see in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what I see in them is myself --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what would have been myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.84,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the daughter of two hardworking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.25,0:00:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.44,0:00:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American parents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.83,0:00:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who chose careers as public servants.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.55,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:00:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a minister.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.60,0:01:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.60,0:01:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an educator.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.60,0:01:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wealth was never the primary\Nambition in our house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.16,0:01:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this lack of wealth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.98,0:01:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lived in a neighborhood\Nthat lacked wealth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.21,0:01:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and henceforth a school system\Nthat lacked wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.50,0:01:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, however
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we struck the educational jackpot
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.47,0:01:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a voluntary desegregation program
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.87,0:01:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that buses inner-city kids --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.10,0:01:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black and brown --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.17,0:01:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to suburban schools --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.97,0:01:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rich and white.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.58,0:01:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At five years old I had to take\Nan hour-long bus ride
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.24,0:01:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a far away place
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.41,0:01:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get a better education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.59,0:01:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At five years old I thought\Neveryone had a life just like mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.76,0:01:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought everyone went to school
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.95,0:01:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were the only ones\Nusing the brown crayons
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.29,0:01:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to color in their family portraits,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.98,0:01:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while everyone else was using\Nthe peach-colored ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.78,0:01:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At five years old I thought\Neveryone was just like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.98,0:01:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as I got older I started\Nnoticing things like:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.19,0:01:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how come my neighborhood friends
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.85,0:02:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have to wake up\Nat five o'clock in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.36,0:02:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go to a school that's an hour away?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.34,0:02:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How come I'm learning to play the violin
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.87,0:02:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while my neighborhood friends\Ndon't even have a music class?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.24,0:02:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why were my neighborhood friends\Nlearning and reading material
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.98,0:02:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had done two to three years prior?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.14,0:02:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, as I got older,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.06,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to have this unlawful\Nfeeling in my belly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.02,0:02:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I was doing something that I\Nwasn't supposed to be doing --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.95,0:02:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking something that wasn't mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receiving a gift
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.84,0:02:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with someone else's name on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.32,0:02:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these amazing things\Nthat I was being exposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.63,0:02:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experiencing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.35,0:02:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt I wasn't really supposed to have.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.39,0:02:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't supposed to have a library,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.59,0:02:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully equipped athletic facilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.48,0:02:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or safe fields to play in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.38,0:02:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't supposed to have\Ntheatre departments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.65,0:02:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with seasonal plays and concerts --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.03,0:02:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital, visual, performing arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.74,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't supposed to have fully\Nresourced biology or chemistry labs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school buses that brought me door-to-door,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.24,0:03:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freshly prepared school lunches
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.86,0:03:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ever air conditioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.33,0:03:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are things my kids don't get.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.88,0:03:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see as I got older,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.53,0:03:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was grateful for\Nthis amazing opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.67,0:03:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was being given,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.28,0:03:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was this ever-present pang of ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.54,0:03:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about everyone else?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.34,0:03:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are thousands\Nof other kids just like me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.68,0:03:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who deserve this, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.44,0:03:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why doesn't everyone get this?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.60,0:03:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is a high-quality education\Nonly exclusive to the rich?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.86,0:03:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like I had some\Nsort of survivor's remorse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.40,0:03:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my neighborhood friends were\Nexperiencing an educational trainwreck
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.01,0:03:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was saved from through a bus ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.29,0:03:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like an educational Moses screaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.81,0:03:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let my people go ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.52,0:03:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to high quality schools!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.96,0:04:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd seen firsthand how the other half\Nwas being treated and educated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.45,0:04:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd seen the educational promised land,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could not for the life of me\Njustify the disparity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.76,0:04:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now teach in the very same school\Nsystem from which I sought refuge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.11,0:04:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know firsthand the tools\Nthat were given to me as a student,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.65,0:04:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now as a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.17,0:04:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have access to those same tools
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.72,0:04:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give my students.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.78,0:04:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been countless\Nnights when I've cried in frustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.24,0:04:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.54,0:04:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.04,0:04:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I can't teach my kids\Nthe way that I was taught --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.83,0:04:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't have access\Nto the same resources or tools
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.92,0:04:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were used to teach me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.51,0:04:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My kids deserve so much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.48,0:04:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sit and we keep banging\Nour heads again this term:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.36,0:04:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Achievement gap,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.47,0:04:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achievement gap!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.70,0:04:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it really that hard to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.66,0:05:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why these kids perform well\Nand these kids don't?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.90,0:05:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.91,0:05:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we've got it all wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.12,0:05:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.29,0:05:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Gloria Ladson-Billings says,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.53,0:05:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should flip our paradigm and our language
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.46,0:05:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call it was it really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.52,0:05:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an achievement gap;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.13,0:05:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an education debt
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.57,0:05:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of the forgone schooling resources
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.13,0:05:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were never invested in the education\Nof the black and brown child over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.15,0:05:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little-known secret\Nin American history
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.04,0:05:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the only American institution\Ncreated specifically for people of color
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.90,0:05:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the American slave trade --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.99,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some would argue the prison system,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.84,0:05:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's another topic\Nfor another TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.00,0:05:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.94,0:05:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The public school system of this country\Nwas built, bought and paid for
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.09,0:05:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using commerce generated\Nfrom the slave trade and slave labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.85,0:05:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While African-Americans were enslaved
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.95,0:06:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prohibited from schooling,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.91,0:06:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their labor established\Nthe very institution
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.96,0:06:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from which they were excluded.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.09,0:06:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.60,0:06:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every court case,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.80,0:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educational policy --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.32,0:06:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reform --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.42,0:06:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been an attempt to retrofit the design
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.65,0:06:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than just stopping\Nand acknowledging:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.33,0:06:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've had it all wrong from the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.44,0:06:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An oversimplification of American\Neducational history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.58,0:06:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right just bear with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.90,0:06:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blacks were kept out --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.34,0:06:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the whole slavery thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.37,0:06:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the help of\Nphilanthropic white people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.51,0:06:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they built their own schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.08,0:06:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Separate but equal was okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.85,0:06:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while we all know\Nthings were indeed separate,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.71,0:06:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were in no ways equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.77,0:06:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter Brown v. Board of Education\Nof Topeka, Kansas in 1954;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.96,0:06:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legal separation of the races\Nis now illegal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.13,0:06:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But very few people pay attention
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.53,0:06:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of the court cases since then
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.37,0:07:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have undone the educational\Npromised land for every child
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.66,0:07:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Brown v. Board intended.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.65,0:07:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some argue that today our schools\Nare now more segregated
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.39,0:07:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they ever were before we tried\Nthe desegregate them in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.100,0:07:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teaching my kids about desegregation --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.60,0:07:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Little Rock Nine,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.68,0:07:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Civil Rights Movement --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.04,0:07:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a real awkward moment in my classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.37,0:07:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I have to hear\Nthe voice of a child ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.09,0:07:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If schools were desegregated in 1954,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.29,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how come there are no white kids here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.83,0:07:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.21,0:07:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These kids aren't dumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.46,0:07:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know exactly what's happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.77,0:07:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.68,0:07:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that when\Nit comes to schooling ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.92,0:07:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black lives don't matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.34,0:07:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they never have.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.65,0:07:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years I tried desperately
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.70,0:07:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate in my kids a love of reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.59,0:08:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd amassed a modest classroom library
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.48,0:08:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of books I'd accumulated\Nfrom secondhand shops,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.62,0:08:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thrift stores,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.63,0:08:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attics --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.63,0:08:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.58,0:08:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But whenever I said those dreadful words,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.78,0:08:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take out a book and read,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.09,0:08:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd think I'd just declared war.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.50,0:08:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was torture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.91,0:08:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.45,0:08:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I heard about this website\Ncalled [DonorsChoose],
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.52,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where classroom teachers create wish lists\Nof items they need for their classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.96,0:08:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anonymous donors fulfill them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.51,0:08:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured I'd go out on a limb,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.47,0:08:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just make a wish list\Nof the teenager's dream library.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.75,0:08:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 200 brand new books\Nwere sent to my room piece by piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.83,0:08:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day there were new deliveries
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.94,0:08:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my kids would exclaim with glee,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.52,0:08:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This feels like Christmas!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.50,0:08:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.51,0:08:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.51,0:08:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ms. Sumner, where'd\Nthese books come from?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.81,0:08:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'd reply,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.98,0:08:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Strangers from all over the country\Nwanted you to have these."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.43,0:08:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.76,0:09:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost suspiciously ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.72,0:09:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But they're brand new."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.47,0:09:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.50,0:09:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To which I'd reply,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.10,0:09:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You deserve brand-new books."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.38,0:09:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole experience hit home\Nfor me when one of my girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.77,0:09:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she peeled open a crisp paperback said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.77,0:09:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ms. Sumner --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.12,0:09:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.12,0:09:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured you bought these books
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.22,0:09:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause you teachers\Nare always buying us stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.45,0:09:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to know that a stranger,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.48,0:09:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone I don't even know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.43,0:09:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cares this much about me is pretty cool."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.09,0:09:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that strangers\Nwill take care of you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.68,0:09:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a privilege my kids aren't afforded.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.38,0:09:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since the donation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.85,0:09:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there has been a steady stream of kids\Nsigning out books to take home,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.93,0:09:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then returning them\Nwith the exclamation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.55,0:09:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This one was good!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.50,0:09:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.50,0:09:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when I say, "take out\Na book and read,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.60,0:09:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids rush to my library.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.06,0:09:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't that they didn't want to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.13,0:10:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead they'd gladly read\Nif the resources were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.66,0:10:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Institutionally speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.59,0:10:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our public school system has never\Ndone right by the black and brown child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.26,0:10:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We keep focusing on the end results,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.83,0:10:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or test results,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.31,0:10:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting frustrated.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.12,0:10:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get to catastrophe and we wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.28,0:10:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How did it get so bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.78,0:10:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did we get here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.96,0:10:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.76,0:10:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you neglect a child long enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.86,0:10:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you no longer have the right
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.73,0:10:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be surprised when\Nthings don't turn out well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.32,0:10:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop being perplexed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.30,0:10:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or confused,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.95,0:10:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or befuddled
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.100,0:10:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the achievement gap,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.95,0:10:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the income gap,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.19,0:10:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the incarceration rates,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.68,0:10:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever socioeconomic disparity\Nis the new "it" term for the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.50,0:10:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems we have as a country
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.94,0:10:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the problems we created as a country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.94,0:10:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quality of your education\Nis directly proportionate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.50,0:11:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your access to college,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.38,0:11:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your access to jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.13,0:11:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your access to the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.82,0:11:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until we live in a world where every kid\Ncan get a high-quality education
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.07,0:11:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter where they live,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.58,0:11:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the color of their skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.62,0:11:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are things we can do\Non a macro level.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.56,0:11:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School funding should not\Nbe decided by property taxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.14,0:11:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some funky economic equation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.50,0:11:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where rich kids continue\Nto benefit from state aid
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.40,0:11:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while poor kids are continuously
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.34,0:11:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having food and resources\Ntaken from their mouths.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.96,0:11:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Governors, senators, mayors,\Ncity council members --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.76,0:11:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're going to call public\Neducation public education,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.73,0:11:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it should be just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.80,0:11:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise we should\Ncall it what it really is:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.87,0:11:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poverty insurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.33,0:11:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Public education:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.91,0:11:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping poor kids poor since 1954."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.02,0:11:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.81,0:11:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we really,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.81,0:11:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a country,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.81,0:12:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe that education\Nis the "great equalizer,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.17,0:12:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it should be just that:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.87,0:12:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equal and equitable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.36,0:12:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until then there's no democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.82,0:12:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our democratic education.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.49,0:12:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a mezzo level:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.96,0:12:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.25,0:12:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the education of a black and brown child
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.18,0:12:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has always depended\Non the philanthropy of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.49,0:12:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately today it still does.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.98,0:12:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your son or daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.79,0:12:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or niece or nephew,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.02,0:12:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.53,0:12:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or little Timmy down the street
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.58,0:12:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes to an affluent school,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.83,0:12:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenge your school committee\Nto adopt an impoverished school,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.02,0:12:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an impoverished classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.08,0:12:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Close the divide by engaging\Nin communication
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.42,0:12:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and relationships that matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.14,0:12:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When resources are shared,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.22,0:12:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not divided;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.94,0:12:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're multiplied.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.06,0:12:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on a micro level,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.95,0:12:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a human being:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.26,0:12:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,donate ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.71,0:12:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time, money, resources, opportunities --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.76,0:13:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever is in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.12,0:13:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are websites like [DonorsChoose]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.27,0:13:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that recognize the disparity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.42,0:13:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually want\Nto do something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.96,0:13:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a carpenter with no tools?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.55,0:13:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is an actress with no stage?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.09,0:13:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a scientist with no laboratory?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.12,0:13:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a doctor with no equipment?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.49,0:13:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.14,0:13:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.41,0:13:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't they be your kids, too?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.04,0:13:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.39,0:13:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)