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Well that orientation of the spirit is very much at the core of what I believe even TED communities have to be engaged in.
這個心靈的指向，就是我的核心信念，我們的TED社會也要參與進來。
There is no disconnect around technology and design that will allow us to be fully human
這里不應有任何東西把高新的科技和完美的設計和我們的人性間隔開來，
until we pay attention to suffering, to poverty, to exclusion, to unfairness, to injustice.
只要我們還能注意到痛苦，注意到貧窮、制約、不公和冤屈。
Now I will warn you that this kind of identity is a much more challenging identity than ones that don't pay attention to this. It will get to you.
我想提醒大家，比起那些漠不關心的定位來說，這樣的定位是很有挑戰性的。它會影響你。
I had the great privilege, when I was a young lawyer, of meeting Rosa Parks.
當我還是個年輕律師的時候，我有幸見到了帕克斯夫人。
And Ms. Parks used to come back to Montgomery every now and then,
帕克斯夫人曾時不時會到蒙哥馬利，
and she would get together with two of her dearest friends, these older women,
每次她都會和兩個好友會面，兩位上了年紀的女性，
Johnnie Carr who was the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott -- amazing African-American woman
姜妮·卡爾，她是蒙哥馬利公車抵制運動的組織者--非常出色的黑人女性，
and Virginia Durr, a white woman, whose husband, Clifford Durr, represented Dr. King.
還有弗吉尼亞·杜爾，一位白人女性，她丈夫克利福德·杜爾是馬丁·路德·金的律師。
And these women would get together and just talk.
這些女士們經常聚在一起討論問題。
And every now and then Ms. Carr would call me, and she'd say,
有時卡爾夫人會給我打電話，問我：
"Bryan, Ms. Parks is coming to town. We're going to get together and talk. Do you want to come over and listen?"
“布萊恩，帕克斯夫人回來了，我們要聚聚。你愿不愿意來聽我們談話？”
And I'd say, "Yes, Ma'am, I do." And she'd say, "Well what are you going to do when you get here?" I said, "I'm going to listen."
我會說：“當然，夫人，我愿意。”她會問：“你來這里具體干什么呀？”我會說：“我就想聽聽。”
And I'd go over there and I would, I would just listen. It would be so energizing and so empowering.
然后我會過去，只是傾聽。這些聚會總是非常激動和鼓舞人心的。
And one time I was over there listening to these women talk, and after a couple of hours Ms. Parks turned to me and she said,
有一次我在那里聽她們談話，幾小時后帕克斯夫人問我，她問：
"Now Bryan, tell me what the Equal Justice Initiative is. Tell me what you're trying to do."
“布萊恩，和我講講你的平等司法倡議。和我講講你打算做什么。”
And I began giving her my rap.
我就開始大講特講。
I said, "Well we're trying to challenge injustice.
我說：“我們想向不公正的待遇提出挑戰。
We're trying to help people who have been wrongly convicted.
我們想幫那些被誤判了刑的人。
We're trying to confront bias and discrimination in the administration of criminal justice.
我們想和在刑法制度里的偏見和歧視做對抗。
We're trying to end life without parole sentences for children.
給孩子被判終身無法假釋的制度給終結掉。
We're trying to do something about the death penalty.
我們想為死刑制度做些改變。
We're trying to reduce the prison population. We're trying to end mass incarceration."
我們想減少監獄人口。我們還想杜絕過度泛濫的監禁。”
