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🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Over the last year, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, many companies have paid lip service to racial inclusion. But what does it actually take to change individuals — and the structures and cultures of organizations? In the first of two episodes on bias, psychologist John Amaechi shares powerful insights on inclusion — and several experts weigh in on the latest science of privilege, allyship, and opportunity at work. A key takeaway: your culture is defined by the worst behavior you tolerate. For the transcript for this episode, head to go.ted.com/WLTranscript44. WorkLife is made possible with the support of LinkedIn, Logitech, Morgan Stanley, SAP, and Verizon.
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0:00.0 | I'm very privileged I live in a penthouse in Covent Garden. |
0:06.0 | In the center of London I've done all right. |
0:09.3 | This is John Amici. |
0:10.9 | He is a very long list of accomplishments. |
0:13.3 | He's a New York Times bestselling author, the CEO of his own consulting advising and |
0:17.2 | training company, APS, and a recipient of an OBE, a prestigious honor awarded by members |
0:23.0 | of the British Royal family for extraordinary achievements and contributions to society. |
0:29.6 | I also get stopped in the search three times a year, like I'm a criminal. |
0:33.9 | I also walk to the gym in the morning at five o'clock and I don't put my hood up because |
0:38.3 | it's dark and I walk past a police checkpoint and I have to make sure they can see me smiling |
0:44.0 | with my eyes and with my face so that I don't get stopped as I walk past them. |
0:49.4 | John happens to be a six foot nine black man and that's the nature of it. |
0:54.3 | It doesn't take away from the fact that I don't worry about how much a pint of milk costs |
0:58.8 | but the privileges, they're not this thing where there's a kind of a zero sum game. |
1:03.8 | They create a landscape that describes my experience and that landscape is different |
1:08.6 | than for somebody else. |
1:10.4 | First of all, John, I'm sorry that you have to go through that. |
1:12.8 | One of the things that reminds me of that one kind of privilege doesn't always offset |
1:16.5 | another kind of disadvantage. |
1:18.8 | It's interesting to me also that you have the privilege of a British accent, which I |
1:23.6 | would estimate adds at least 20 IQ points, if not more. |
1:27.1 | Do you have completely different professional interactions with people when your camera |
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