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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.67,0:00:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone who looks like me\Nwalks past you in the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.77,0:00:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think they're a mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.75,0:00:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a refugee
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.20,0:00:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a victim of oppression?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.25,0:00:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do you think they're a cardiologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.45,0:00:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a barrister
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.50,0:00:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe your local politician?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.32,0:00:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you look me up and down,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.28,0:00:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wondering how hot I must get
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.78,0:00:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if my husband has forced me\Nto wear this outfit?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.38,0:00:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I wore my scarf like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.53,0:00:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can walk down the street\Nin the exact same outfit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.76,0:00:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what the world expects of me\Nand the way I'm treated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.42,0:00:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depends on the arrangement\Nof this piece of cloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.77,0:00:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this isn't going to be\Nanother monologue about the hijab
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.88,0:00:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Lord knows, Muslim women\Nare so much more than the piece of cloth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.86,0:00:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they choose, or not,\Nto wrap their head in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.82,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about looking beyond your bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.20,0:00:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I walked past you and later on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.08,0:01:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd found out that actually\NI was a race car engineer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.68,0:01:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I designed my own race car\Nand I ran my university's race team,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.12,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.12,0:01:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you that I was actually\Ntrained as a boxer for five years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.13,0:01:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's true, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.22,0:01:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would it surprise you?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.49,0:01:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, ultimately,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.32,0:01:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surprise and the behaviors\Nassociated with it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.35,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the product of something \Ncalled unconscious bias,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or implicit prejudice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.37,0:01:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that results in the\Nridiculously detrimental
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.61,0:01:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack of diversity in our workforce,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.35,0:01:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in areas of influence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.71,0:01:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, Australian Federal Cabinet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.25,0:01:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.32,0:01:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just set something out\Nfrom the outset:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.33,0:01:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unconscious bias is not the same\Nas conscious discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.69,0:01:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying that in all of you, \Nthere's a secret sexist or racist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.20,0:01:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ageist lurking within, \Nwaiting to get out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.84,0:01:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what I'm saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.58,0:01:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have our biases.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.53,0:01:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the filters through which\Nwe see the world around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.87,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not accusing anyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bias is not an accusation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.34,0:02:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, it's something that \Nhas to be identified,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.88,0:02:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acknowledged and mitigated against.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.08,0:02:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bias can be about race,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.48,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be about gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.68,0:02:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also be about class,\Neducation, disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.38,0:02:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is, we all have biases\Nagainst what's different,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.41,0:02:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's different to our social norms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.34,0:02:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, if we want \Nto live in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.36,0:02:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the circumstances of your birth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not dictate your future
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.94,0:02:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where equal opportunity is ubiquitous,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.14,0:02:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then each and every one of us\Nhas a role to play
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.70,0:02:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in making sure unconscious bias\Ndoes not determine our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this really famous experiment\Nin the space of unconscious bias
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.91,0:02:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's in the space of gender\Nin the 1970s and 1980s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.64,0:02:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So orchestras, back in the day,\Nwere made up mostly of dudes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.67,0:02:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to only five percent were female.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.47,0:02:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And apparently, that was because\Nmen played it differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.74,0:03:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presumably better, presumably.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.56,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 1952, The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.52,0:03:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.28,0:03:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started blind auditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.12,0:03:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So rather than face-to-face auditions,\Nyou would have to play behind a screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.95,0:03:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now funnily enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.47,0:03:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no immediate change was registered
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.75,0:03:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they asked the audition-ers\Nto take their shoes off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.89,0:03:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they entered the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.58,0:03:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the clickity-clack \Nof the heels
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.62,0:03:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the hardwood floors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.56,0:03:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was enough to give the ladies away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.83,0:03:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.33,0:03:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there results of the audition showed\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.20,0:03:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a 50 percent\Nincreased chance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.20,0:03:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a woman would progress past\Nthe preliminary stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.13,0:03:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it almost tripled \Ntheir chances of getting in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.58,0:03:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that tell us?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.09,0:03:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, unfortunately for the guys,\Nmen actually didn't play differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.93,0:03:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was the perception\Nthat they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.83,0:03:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was that bias that was\Ndetermining their outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.15,0:03:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we're doing here \Nis identifying and acknowledging
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.24,0:03:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a bias exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.29,0:03:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, we all do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.91,0:03:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:04:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A son and his father are in \Na horrible car accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.48,0:04:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The father dies on impact
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.34,0:04:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the son, who's severely injured,\Nis rushed to hospital.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.100,0:04:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The surgeon looks at the son\Nwhen they arrive and is like,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.38,0:04:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't operate."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.79,0:04:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.69,0:04:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The boy is my son."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.90,0:04:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.25,0:04:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.47,0:04:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the surgeon is his mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.33,0:04:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now hands up -- and it's okay --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.08,0:04:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hands up if you initially assumed\Nthe surgeon was a guy?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.92,0:04:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's evidence that\Nthat unconscious bias exists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.84,0:04:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we all just have\Nto acknowledge that it's there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.87,0:04:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then look at ways \Nthat we can move past it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.55,0:04:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can look at solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.59,0:04:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now one of the interesting things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.08,0:04:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the space of unconscious bias\Nis the topic of quotas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.36,0:04:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this something \Nthat's often brought up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of of the criticisms \Nis this idea of merit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.99,0:04:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I don't want to be picked \Nbecause I'm a chick,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.16,0:04:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be picked because \NI have merit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.43,0:05:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm the best person for the job.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.61,0:05:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a sentiment that's pretty common\Namong female engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.51,0:05:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I work with and that I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.41,0:05:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, I get it, I've been there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.31,0:05:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, if the merit idea was true,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.65,0:05:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why would identical resumes, \Nin an experiment done in 2012 by Yale,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.42,0:05:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identical resumes sent out\Nfor a lab technician,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.01,0:05:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why would Jennifers\Nbe deemed less competent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.23,0:05:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be less likely to be offered the job,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.49,0:05:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be paid less than Johns.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.19,0:05:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unconscious bias is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.62,0:05:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we just have to look at\Nhow we can move past it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.06,0:05:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, it's interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.68,0:05:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's some research that talks about\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.49,0:05:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why this is the case and\Nit's called the merit paradox.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.35,0:05:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in organizations --\Nand this is kind of ironic --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.87,0:05:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in organizations that talk about merit\Nbeing their primary value-driver
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.69,0:05:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of who they hire,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.07,0:05:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were more likely to hire dudes\Nand more likely to pay the guys more
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.56,0:05:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because apparently merit \Nis a masculine quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.17,0:05:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, hey.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.43,0:05:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you guys think you've got \Na good read on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.74,0:06:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you kinda think you know what's up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.18,0:06:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine me running one of these?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.75,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine me walking in\Nand being like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey boys, this is what's up.\NThis is how it's done."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.14,0:06:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm glad you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.26,0:06:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.23,0:06:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ladies and gentlemen,\Nthat's my day job.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.31,0:06:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the cool thing about it is\Nthat it's pretty entertaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.25,0:06:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, in places like Malaysia,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.94,0:06:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslim women on rigs \Nisn't even comment-worthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.40,0:06:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are that many of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.76,0:06:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, it is entertaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.99,0:06:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember, I was telling one of the guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.05,0:06:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, mate, look, I really want \Nto learn how to surf."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.62,0:06:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's like, "Yassmin, I don't\Nknow how you can surf
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.18,0:06:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all that gear you've got on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.55,0:06:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know any women-only beaches."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.23,0:06:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, the guy came up \Nwith a brilliant idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.51,0:06:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was like, "I know, you run\Nthat organization
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.77,0:06:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Youth Without Borders, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.63,0:07:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't you start a clothing line\Nfor Muslim chicks in beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.28,0:07:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can call it \NYouth Without Boardshorts."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.92,0:07:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.44,0:07:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "Thanks, guys."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.25,0:07:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember another bloke \Ntelling me that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.36,0:07:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should eat all the yogurt I could
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.17,0:07:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that was the only culture \NI was going to get around there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.48,0:07:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the problem is, it's kind of true
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.37,0:07:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's an intense \Nlack of diversity in our workforce,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.70,0:07:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in places of influence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.99,0:07:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in 2010, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.35,0:07:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Australian National University\Ndid an experiment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.82,0:07:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they sent out\N4,000 identical applications
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.43,0:07:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to entry level jobs, essentially.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.96,0:07:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get the same number of interviews\Nas someone with an Anglo-Saxon name,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.18,0:07:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were Chinese, you had \Nto send out 68 percent more applications.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.67,0:07:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were Middle Eastern --\NAbdel-Magied --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.37,0:07:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to send out 64 percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.42,0:07:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're Italian, \Nyou're pretty lucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.58,0:07:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you only have to send out 12 percent more.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.14,0:07:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In places like Silicon Valley,\Nit's not that much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Google, they put out \Nsome diversity results
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.45,0:08:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 61 percent white, 30 percent Asian\Nand nine, a bunch of blacks, Hispanics,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.39,0:08:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.72,0:08:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the rest of the tech world\Nis not that much better
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.34,0:08:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've acknowledged it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.68,0:08:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not really sure\Nwhat they're doing about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.22,0:08:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, it doesn't trickle up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.44,0:08:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a study done by Green Park,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.20,0:08:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are a British senior exec supplier,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.28,0:08:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said that over half\Nof the FTSE 100 companies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.74,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have a nonwhite leader\Nat their board level,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.14,0:08:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,executive or non-executive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.59,0:08:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two out of every three\Ndon't have an executive
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.69,0:08:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's from a minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.96,0:08:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the minorities \Nthat are at that sort of level
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.78,0:08:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are non-executive board directors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.42,0:08:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So their influence isn't that great.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.09,0:08:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've told you a bunch of terrible things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.30,0:08:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like, "Oh my god, how bad is that?\NWhat can I do about it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.66,0:08:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, fortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.82,0:08:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've identified that there's a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.86,0:09:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lack of opportunity,\Nand that's due to unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.71,0:09:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you might be sitting \Nthere thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.67,0:09:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I ain't brown. What's that got\Nto do with me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.04,0:09:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me offer you a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.47,0:09:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I've said before,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.72,0:09:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live in a world where\Nwe're looking for an ideal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.57,0:09:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we want to create a world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.21,0:09:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the circumstances\Nof your birth don't matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.81,0:09:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all have to be part of the solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.84,0:09:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And interestingly, the author\Nof the lab resume experiment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.91,0:09:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offered some sort of a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.51,0:09:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said the one thing that brought\Nthe successful women together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.25,0:09:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one thing that they had in common,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.23,0:09:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the fact that they had good mentors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.69,0:09:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mentoring, we've all kind of\Nheard that before,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.14,0:09:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's in the vernacular.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.27,0:09:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another challenge for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.66,0:09:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I challenge each and every one of you\Nto mentor someone different.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.77,0:09:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.99,0:09:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone wants to mentor someone\Nwho kind of is familiar,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.03,0:09:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who looks like us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.89,0:09:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have shared experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.37,0:09:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I see a Muslim chick \Nwho's got a bit of attitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.03,0:09:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, "What's up? We can hang out."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.88,0:10:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk into a room and there's someone\Nwho went to the same school,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.12,0:10:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you play the same sports,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.43,0:10:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a high chance that you're\Ngoing to want to help that person out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.02,0:10:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the person in the room\Nwho has no shared experiences with you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.51,0:10:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes extremely difficult \Nto find that connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.42,0:10:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of finding someone \Ndifferent to mentor,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.83,0:10:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who doesn't come\Nfrom the same background as you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.50,0:10:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever that background is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.99,0:10:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about opening doors \Nfor people who couldn't even get
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.34,0:10:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the damn hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.08,0:10:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ladies and gentlemen,\Nthe world is not just.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.57,0:10:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are not born \Nwith equal opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.70,0:10:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in one of the poorest\Ncities in the world, Khartoum.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.99,0:10:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born brown, I was born female,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.11,0:10:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born Muslim in a world\Nthat is pretty suspicious of us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.94,0:10:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for reasons I can't control.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.19,0:10:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I also acknowledge the fact\Nthat I was born with privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.16,0:10:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with amazing parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.82,0:10:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given an education
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.43,0:10:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had the blessing\Nof migrating to Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.07,0:10:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, I've been blessed\Nwith amazing mentors
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.66,0:10:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've opened doors for me \Nthat I didn't even know were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.67,0:11:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mentor who said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.03,0:11:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, your story's interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.64,0:11:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's write something about it\Nso that I can share it with people."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.86,0:11:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mentor who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.87,0:11:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know you're all those things that don't\Nbelong on an Australian rig,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.22,0:11:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but come on anyway."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.55,0:11:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I am, talking to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.06,0:11:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not the only one.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.39,0:11:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's all sorts of people\Nin my communities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.86,0:11:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I see have been\Nhelped out by mentors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.03,0:11:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young Muslim man in Sydney
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.80,0:11:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who ended up using his mentor's help
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.97,0:11:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start up a poetry slam in Bankstown
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.48,0:11:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now it's a huge thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.10,0:11:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's able to change the lives\Nof so many other young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.22,0:11:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a lady here in Brisbane,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.54,0:11:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Afghan lady who's a refugee,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.40,0:11:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who could barely speak English\Nwhen she came to Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.15,0:11:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her mentors helped her become a doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.03,0:11:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she took our Young Queenslander \Nof the Year Award in 2008.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.25,0:11:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.37,0:11:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is so not smooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.38,0:11:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.94,0:11:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also the woman in the rig clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.81,0:12:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm also the woman who was\Nin the abaya at the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.61,0:12:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you have chosen to mentor me\Nif you had seen me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.71,0:12:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one of those other versions\Nof who I am?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.96,0:12:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm that same person.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.11,0:12:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look past our unconscious bias,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.01,0:12:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find someone to mentor who's at\Nthe opposite end of your spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.21,0:12:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because structural change takes time,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.59,0:12:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have that level of patience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.71,0:12:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we're going to create a change,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.47,0:12:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're going to create a world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.03,0:12:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we all have\Nthose kinds of opportunities,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.29,0:12:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then choose to open doors for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.66,0:12:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you might think that\Ndiversity has nothing to do with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.47,0:12:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are all part of this system
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.20,0:12:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can all be part of that solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.30,0:12:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't know\Nwhere to find someone different,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.86,0:12:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to the places you wouldn't usually go.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.83,0:12:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you enroll in\Nprivate high school tutoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.100,0:12:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to your local state school
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.46,0:12:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe just drop into your\Nlocal refugee tutoring center.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.89,0:12:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or perhaps you work at an office.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.62,0:12:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take out that new grad who looks\Ntotally out of place --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.61,0:12:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause that was me --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.94,0:12:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open doors for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.27,0:13:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in a tokenistic way,\Nbecause we're not victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.90,0:13:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but show them the opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.97,0:13:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because opening up your world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.07,0:13:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will make you realize that \Nyou have access to doors
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.74,0:13:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they didn't even know existed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.56,0:13:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you didn't even know\Nthey didn't have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.50,0:13:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.36,0:13:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a problem in our community\Nwith lack of opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.91,0:13:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially due to unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.75,0:13:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But each and every one one of you\Nhas the potential to change that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.78,0:13:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you've been given a lot\Nof challenges today,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.65,0:13:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you can take this one piece\Nand think about it a little differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.50,0:13:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because diversity is magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.74,0:13:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I encourage you to look past\Nyour initial perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.55,0:13:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I bet you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.38,0:13:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're probably wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.20,0:13:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.62,0:13:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)