12.08.2018

Tarana Burke : Me Too is a movement, not a moment


Tarana Burke at TEDWomen 2018  (transcript)
Me Too is a movement, not a moment
Summary
Our world has many problems. I understood this time that the problem that we don't know is not solved definitely.

The Me Too movement is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault. Many people and I thought that it started from October 2017 when a famous actress was frank sexual harassment on Tweeter and other actresses used "#MeToo".
People knew that in not only the American movie industry but also common industries, there was a lot of sexual harassment. Authority, power, privilege, and money could be building blocks of sexual violence and continue hiding it. it made victims numb for a long time. Finally, the problem could be known by people in the world as an important problem with helping SNS.

However, in fact, from over one decade, #MeToo was used by the speaker. It's been in 2006. The speaker is a black woman and in a black community where it occurred usually. No one thought it's the problem and people were numb.

All human rights are important more than authority, power, privilege, and money,  so those are an the problem that have to be dismantled.

Beginning, I didn't understand why the words numb and dismantle were used many times in the story, but now I understood.

Still, in Japan, people are numb. Authority, power, privilege, and money are strong. Although it's said that utilizing females workforce is important, it's thought that positions are important. This piled up situations must be dismantled, though, it's difficult. The hero who tries to break this, even who is a man will be hidden by authority, power, privilege, and money. It's out of date.

The speaker hopes that for future generations, the world has to be dismantled. The Me Too movement must not be stopped for a moment.

Words in this story
owe /verb/ have an obligation to pay or repay (something, especially money) in return for something received.
utilizing utilize  /verb/  make practical and effective use of

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