(单词翻译:单击)
I’ll share this estimation that I think really puts the matter in perspective.
我将分享一组估计的数据，我认为这真的是正确地看待了这个问题。
To erase the wealth gap between whites and Blacks, economists estimate that it would take between 10 and 14 trillion dollars.
经济学家估计，要消除白人和黑人之间的贫富差距，需要10到14万亿美元。
Yes, trill ion with a T. That’s a lot of money.
是的，万亿，那真的是很多钱。
And with regard to how this reality, tragic reality, impacts Black Americans’ attitudes about the financial system, I think we’re amazingly optimistic and dare I say, forgiving people.
至于这一悲惨的现实如何影响美国黑人对金融系统的态度，我认为我们非常乐观，而且我敢说，我们非常宽容。
In the same way that we believe in the promise of democracy, many of us believe in the promise of capitalism when it’s conducted properly, when markets are fair, and when the invisible hand is not the iniquitous hand and so on.
就像我们相信民主的承诺一样，我们中的许多人都相信资本主义的承诺，只要它进行得当，当市场公平，当看不见的手不是邪恶的手，等等。
That’s super helpful. And I think this is a nice way to sort of segue into some of the specifics in the case about the decisions that you were making, when you finished up at MIT.
太有帮助了。我认为这是一种很好的方式，可以描述一些你在麻省理工学院毕业时所做的决定的一些具体例子。
I want to pull the lens back a little bit on entrepreneurship and talk about what the landscape there looks like for minority-owned businesses.
我想把镜头拉回一点关于企业家精神，谈谈那里的少数族裔企业是什么样子的。
Jo, you mentioned a little bit just now in terms of some of the funding but is there funding available specific to Black-owned businesses?
乔，你刚才提到了一些资金，但有没有专门针对黑人拥有的企业的资金？
And what does that landscape look like?
情况是什么样子的呢？
And I’m going to actually start with Kevin on this one because you’re closer to this.
在这个问题上，我将从凯文开始，因为你更了解这个问题。
Overall I think the landscape is indeed improving. Funding is increasing.
总体而言，我认为情况确实在改善。资金正在增加。
The push to invest and fund Black businesses in general lately is translating to greater success.
最近，投资和资助黑人企业的努力总体上正在转化为更大的成功。
I’ve witnessed it close as KINETIC progresses but the success is incremental when it should be and needs to be monumental, catalyzed by those who historically benefited from misbegotten privilege, wealth, and power.
我亲眼目睹了它的动态进步，但成功是渐进式的，当它应该是，也需要是不朽的，由那些历史上从非法特权、财富和权力中受益的人推动。
American history suggests that the latest push to support Black-owned businesses will be short lived, perhaps distinguished by what I like to say, the political winds or the change or passing of time.
美国历史表明，支持黑人拥有的企业的最新努力将是短暂的，也许我想说的是，会受到政治风向或时间的变化或流逝的影响。
And in fact, my colleagues and I have already begun talking about that this abatement of energy, the zeitgeist is gone, so to speak.
事实上，我和我的同事们已经开始谈论这种能源的减少，可以说，时代精神已经消失了。
And ultimately, the demographics of our country are changing and Blacks along with other groups will become the new majority around 2040s.
最终，我们国家的人口结构正在发生变化，黑人和其他群体将在本世纪40年代左右成为新的多数群体。
But it’s coming and it only makes sense to invest in those who increasingly generate economic growth.
但它正在到来，只有投资于那些日益创造经济增长的人，才是有意义的。
You started this journey a long time ago when you founded your firm and I’m wondering what your experience was like as a young Black man starting out and trying to build this enterprise?
很久以前，当你创立你的公司时，你就开始了这段旅程，我想知道你作为一个年轻的黑人，开始并试图建立这个企业的经历是什么样子的？
What opportunities were there for you? What challenges did you face as an entrepreneur?
你有哪些机会？作为一名企业家，你面临着哪些挑战？
One of the reasons I’m so passionate about this issue is because when I started my company, I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
我对这个问题如此热衷的原因之一是，当我创办我的公司时，我不知道哪些是未知的。
And now that I have the numbers and I have the other experiences of my colleagues, it makes a lot of sense why we struggled in a lot of ways that we did.
现在我有了数据，我也有了我同事的其他经验，这就很好地解释了为什么我们在很多方面都举步维艰。
I think one of the things that just irks me is every time I see an entrepreneurial idea that I had and pursued but could not get funding for, that nowadays has either gone public or has done very well.
我认为最让我恼火的一件事是，我经常看到一个我曾经追求过但无法获得资金的创业想法，现在要么已经上市，要么做得非常好。
