TED中英官方演讲稿-JessicaPryce_2018S要改变儿童福利，就不要再考虑种族问题.docx

I want you to imagine that you are a Child Protective Services worker. And you have to respond to a report of child abuse. You walk into a home, unannounced, unexpected, certainly uninvited. The first thing you see is a mattress in the middle of the room, on the floor. Three kids lying on it, asleep. Theres a small table nearby with a couple of ashtrays, empty beer cans. Large rat traps are set in the corner, not too far from where the kids lie asleep. So you make a note. A part of your job is walking through the entire home. So you start with the kitchen, where theres very little food. You notice another mattress in the bedroom, on the floor, that the mother shares with her infant child.?我想请各位把自己想象成 儿童保护协会的工作人员， 你现在要调查一起虐童案。 你走进一个家，事先未通知其家人， 让人毫无防备。 首先映入眼帘的是，房间正中央 的地板上，放着一张床褥， 上面躺着三个小孩，熟睡着。 附近是一张小桌子， 放着几个烟灰缸， 空啤酒罐， 角落还安置着几个巨大的捕鼠夹， 就在离孩子们睡觉不远处。 所以你记下了这一切。 你工作的一部分，是走遍整个房子。 你从厨房开始， 发现食物了了无几， 你还注意到卧室地板上的 另一张床褥， 是母亲和她的婴孩睡觉的地方。Now, generally, at this point, two things may happen. The children are deemed unsafe and removed from the home, and placed in state custody for a specified period of time. Or the children remain with their family and the child welfare system provides help and support.这时，一般会有两种情况发生。 孩子们的生存条件被视为受到威胁， 所以不得不送去寄养所， 在特定的一段时间内， 由州政府代为监护。 或孩子继续与家人待在一起， 但会收到儿童福利处的帮助和支持。When I was a Child Protective Services worker, I saw things like this all the time. Some far better, some far worse. I asked you to imagine yourself in that home, because I wonder what crossed your mind. What guides your decisions? Whats going to impact your opinion of that family? What race, ethnicity, did you think the family was?我还在儿童保护服务处工作的时候， 这类事件层出不穷。 情况有时候可能好得多， 有时候差得多。 我让各位想象自己身临其境， 是因为我想知道， 大家当时会想什么。 是什么引导大家做出决定？ 是什么影响大家对那个家庭的看法？ 各位觉得这家人属于什么种族， 民族?I want you to realize that if those children were white, it is more likely that their family stays together after that visit. Research done at the University of Pennsylvania found that white families, on average, have access to mor