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Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America
Clint Smith: Kako odgojiti crnog sina u Americi
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Dok smo djeca, svi dobijamo razne savjete od roditelja i učitelja, svjete koji se čine čudnima, čak i zbunjujućima. To je jedne noći, dok se igrao vodenim pistoljima sa svojim bijelim prijateljima na mračnom parkiralištu, postalo kristalno jasno Clintu Smithu. U srčanom komadu, pjesnik oslikava scenu bijesnog i uplašenog odgovora njegova oca.
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00:12
Growing up, I didn't always understand
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Odrastajući nisam uvijek razumio
00:15
why my parents made me
follow the rules that they did.
follow the rules that they did.
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zašto su me roditelji tjerali slijediti
pravila koja su oni slijedili.
pravila koja su oni slijedili.
00:17
Like, why did I really
have to mow the lawn?
have to mow the lawn?
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Kao, zašto sam stvarno
morao pokositi travu?
morao pokositi travu?
00:20
Why was homework really that important?
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Zašto je zadaća toliko važna?
00:23
Why couldn't I put jelly beans
in my oatmeal?
in my oatmeal?
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Zašto nisam mogao staviti
gumene bombone u zobenu kašu?
gumene bombone u zobenu kašu?
00:27
My childhood was abound
with questions like this.
with questions like this.
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Moje djetinjstvo vrvjelo je
takvim pitanjima.
takvim pitanjima.
00:30
Normal things about being a kid
and realizing that sometimes,
and realizing that sometimes,
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Normalna stvar kad si dijete,
i shvaćaš da je ponekad
i shvaćaš da je ponekad
00:34
it was best to listen to my parents
even when I didn't exactly understand why.
even when I didn't exactly understand why.
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najbolje poslušati roditelje iako
nisam uvijek znao zašto.
nisam uvijek znao zašto.
00:38
And it's not that they didn't want
me to think critically.
me to think critically.
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I nije to da nisu željeli
da ražmišljam kritički.
da ražmišljam kritički.
00:41
Their parenting always sought
to reconcile the tension
to reconcile the tension
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Njihov odgoj uvijek je tražio način
kako pomiriti napetost
kako pomiriti napetost
00:44
between having my siblings and I
understand the realities of the world,
understand the realities of the world,
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između toga da moja braća i sestre i ja
shvatimo kako stvari u svijetu stoje
shvatimo kako stvari u svijetu stoje
00:47
while ensuring that we never accepted
the status quo as inevitable.
the status quo as inevitable.
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istovremeno osiguravajući da nikada
ne prihvatimo status quo kao neizbježan.
ne prihvatimo status quo kao neizbježan.
00:51
I came to realize that this,
in and of itself,
in and of itself,
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Shvatio sam da je to bio,
sam po sebi,
sam po sebi,
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was a very purposeful form of education.
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vrlo svrhovit način obrazovanja.
00:58
One of my favorite educators,
Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
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Jedan od mojih najdražih prosvijetitelja,
Brazilski autor i učenjak Paulo Freire,
Brazilski autor i učenjak Paulo Freire,
01:02
speaks quite explicitly
about the need for education
about the need for education
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govori vrlo eksplicitno
o potrebi da se obrazovanje
o potrebi da se obrazovanje
01:05
to be used as a tool for critical
awakening and shared humanity.
awakening and shared humanity.
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koristi kao sredstvo za
kritičko buđenje i dijeljenu čovječnost.
kritičko buđenje i dijeljenu čovječnost.
01:09
In his most famous book,
"Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
"Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
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U njegovoj najpoznatijoj knjizi
"Pedagogija potlačenih"
"Pedagogija potlačenih"
01:12
he states, "No one can be
authentically human
authentically human
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govori: "Nitko ne može biti čovjek
01:17
while he prevents others from being so."
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dok god ostale sprječava da budu isto."
01:20
I've been thinking a lot about this
lately, this idea of humanity,
lately, this idea of humanity,
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Puno razmišljam o tome u posljednje
vrijeme, o toj ideji čovječnosti,
vrijeme, o toj ideji čovječnosti,
01:23
and specifically, who in this world
is afforded the privilege
is afforded the privilege
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a posebno, tko na ovom svijetu
ima privilegiju
ima privilegiju
01:27
of being perceived as fully human.
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da ga se doživljava kao potpunog čovjeka.
01:30
Over the course of
the past several months,
the past several months,
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Tijekom nekoliko posljednjih mjeseci
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the world has watched
as unarmed black men, and women,
as unarmed black men, and women,
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svijet je gledao kako
nenaoružani crnci i crnkinje
nenaoružani crnci i crnkinje
01:35
have had their lives taken
at the hands of police and vigilante.
at the hands of police and vigilante.
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bivaju ubijeni od strane
policajaca ili osvetnika.
policajaca ili osvetnika.
01:39
These events and all that
has transpired after them
has transpired after them
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Ti događaji
i sve što se dogodilo nakon njih
i sve što se dogodilo nakon njih
01:42
have brought me back to my own childhood
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vratili su me u moje djetinjstvo
01:44
and the decisions that my parents made
about raising a black boy in America
about raising a black boy in America
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i sjetio sam se odluka mojih roditelja
o odgajanju crnog dječaka u americi
o odgajanju crnog dječaka u americi
01:49
that growing up, I didn't always
understand in the way that I do now.
understand in the way that I do now.
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koje, dok sam odrastao,
nisam razumio kao sada.
nisam razumio kao sada.
01:53
I think of how hard it must have been,
how profoundly unfair it must have felt
how profoundly unfair it must have felt
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Razmišljam koliko je moralo biti teško,
koliko nepravedno je moralo biti
koliko nepravedno je moralo biti
01:58
for them to feel like they had
to strip away parts of my childhood
to strip away parts of my childhood
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osjećati se kako su se oni osjećali
dok su otkidali dijelove mog djetinjstva
dok su otkidali dijelove mog djetinjstva
02:02
just so that I could come home at night.
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samo da mogu doći kući navečer.
02:05
For example, I think of how one night,
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Na primjer, sjećam se jedne večeri,
02:07
when I was around 12 years old, on an
overnight field trip to another city,
overnight field trip to another city,
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bio sam oko 12 godina i
na noćnom putovanju u drugi grad
na noćnom putovanju u drugi grad
02:11
my friends and I bought Super Soakers
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moji prijatelji i ja kupili smo
pištolje na vodu
pištolje na vodu
02:13
and turned the hotel parking lot
into our own water-filled battle zone.
into our own water-filled battle zone.
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i pretvorili hotelski parking u privatno
vodeno bojno polje.
vodeno bojno polje.
02:18
We hid behind cars,
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Skrivali smo se iza auta,
02:19
running through the darkness that
lay between the streetlights,
lay between the streetlights,
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trčali kroz tamu
između uličnih svjetiljki,
između uličnih svjetiljki,
02:22
boundless laughter ubiquitous
across the pavement.
across the pavement.
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sa neprekidnim smijehom
svepristunim na kolniku.
svepristunim na kolniku.
02:26
But within 10 minutes,
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Ali za desetak minuta,
02:28
my father came outside,
grabbed me by my forearm
grabbed me by my forearm
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moj tata je izašao van,
zgrabio me za ruku
zgrabio me za ruku
02:31
and led me into our room
with an unfamiliar grip.
with an unfamiliar grip.
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i odveo u našu sobu.
02:34
Before I could say anything,
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Prije nego sam mogao bilo što reći,
02:36
tell him how foolish he had
made me look in front of my friends,
made me look in front of my friends,
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reći mu kako me osramotio
pred mojim prijateljima,
pred mojim prijateljima,
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he derided me for being so naive.
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ismijao me zbog moje naivnosti.
02:42
Looked me in the eye,
fear consuming his face,
fear consuming his face,
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Pogledao me u oči,
lice mu je obuzeo strah,
lice mu je obuzeo strah,
02:47
and said, "Son, I'm sorry,
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i rekao: "Sine, žao mi je,
02:49
but you can't act the same
as your white friends.
as your white friends.
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ali ne možeš se ponašati jednako
kao tvoji bijeli prijatelji.
kao tvoji bijeli prijatelji.
02:52
You can't pretend to shoot guns.
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Ne možeš se praviti da pucaš iz pištolja.
02:55
You can't run around in the dark.
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Ne možeš trčati u mraku.
02:57
You can't hide behind anything
other than your own teeth."
other than your own teeth."
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Ne možeš se skrivati nigdje
osim iza svojih zubi."
osim iza svojih zubi."
03:00
I know now how scared he must have been,
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Sada znam koliko je morao biti uplašen,
03:03
how easily I could have fallen
into the empty of the night,
into the empty of the night,
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koliko sam lako mogao nestati u noći,
03:07
that some man would mistake this water
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samo da je jedan čovjek zamjenio vodu
03:09
for a good reason to wash
all of this away.
all of this away.
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za dobar razlog da sve to opere.
03:13
These are the sorts of messages I've been
inundated with my entire life:
inundated with my entire life:
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To je vrsta poruka s kojima sam
preplavljivan cijeli svoj život:
preplavljivan cijeli svoj život:
03:16
Always keep your hands where they
can see them, don't move too quickly,
can see them, don't move too quickly,
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Uvijek drži ruke gdje ih mogu vidjeti,
ne kreći se prebrzo,
ne kreći se prebrzo,
03:20
take off your hood when the sun goes down.
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skini kapuljaču kada zađe sunce.
03:22
My parents raised me and my siblings
in an armor of advice,
in an armor of advice,
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Moji roditelji odgojili su braću i sestre
i mene u oklopu savjeta,
i mene u oklopu savjeta,
03:25
an ocean of alarm bells so someone
wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
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oceanu alarma koji će spriječiti nekoga
da nam otme dah iz pluća,
da nam otme dah iz pluća,
03:28
so that they wouldn't make
a memory of this skin.
a memory of this skin.
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da napravi uspomenu od naše kože.
03:31
So that we could be kids,
not casket or concrete.
not casket or concrete.
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Da možemo biti djeca,
a ne grobovi od betona.
a ne grobovi od betona.
03:33
And it's not because they thought it
would make us better than anyone else
would make us better than anyone else
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I to ne zato što su mislil
da će nas to učiniti boljima od drugih
da će nas to učiniti boljima od drugih
03:37
it's simply because they wanted
to keep us alive.
to keep us alive.
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nego zato što su nas željeli
održati na životu.
održati na životu.
03:39
All of my black friends were raised
with the same message,
with the same message,
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Svi moji crni prijatelji odgajani su
sa istom porukom,
sa istom porukom,
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the talk, given to us
when we became old enough
when we became old enough
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govor, održan kada smo
postali dovoljno stari
postali dovoljno stari
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to be mistaken for a nail ready
to be hammered to the ground,
to be hammered to the ground,
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da nas zamjene za čavao
spreman za zakucavanje u zemlju,
spreman za zakucavanje u zemlju,
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when people made our melanin
synonymous with something to be feared.
synonymous with something to be feared.
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kada su ljudi poistovjećivali našu
boju kože s nečim čega se treba bojati.
boju kože s nečim čega se treba bojati.
03:52
But what does it do to a child
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Ali, što to učini djetetu
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to grow up knowing that you
cannot simply be a child?
cannot simply be a child?
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odrasti znajući da ne smije biti dijete?
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That the whims of adolescence
are too dangerous for your breath,
are too dangerous for your breath,
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Da su hirovi puberteta
preopasni za tvoj život,
preopasni za tvoj život,
04:01
that you cannot simply be curious,
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da ne smiješ biti znatiželjan,
04:02
that you are not afforded the luxury
of making a mistake,
of making a mistake,
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da si nemožeš priuštiti luksuz
pravljenja pogreške,
pravljenja pogreške,
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that someone's implicit bias
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da nečija pristranost
04:07
might be the reason you don't
wake up in the morning.
wake up in the morning.
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može biti razlog da se ujutro ne probudiš.
04:10
But this cannot be what defines us.
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Ali to nas ne smije definirati.
04:11
Because we have parents
who raised us to understand
who raised us to understand
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zato što imamo roditelje koji su nas
odgojili da razumijemo
odgojili da razumijemo
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that our bodies weren't meant
for the backside of a bullet,
for the backside of a bullet,
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da naša tijela nisu namjenjena za metke,
04:17
but for flying kites and jumping rope,
and laughing until our stomachs burst.
and laughing until our stomachs burst.
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nego za zmajeve i konope,
i smijanje dok nas stomak ne zaboli.
i smijanje dok nas stomak ne zaboli.
04:20
We had teachers who taught us
how to raise our hands in class,
how to raise our hands in class,
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Imali smo učitelje koji su nas naučili
kako podići ruku u razredu,
kako podići ruku u razredu,
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and not just to signal surrender,
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ne samo da bi signalizirali predaju,
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and that the only thing we should give up
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i da je jedina stvar koje se trebamo odreći
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is the idea that we
aren't worthy of this world.
aren't worthy of this world.
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ideja da nismo vrijedni ovoga svijeta.
04:29
So when we say that black lives matter,
it's not because others don't,
it's not because others don't,
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Zato kada kažemo da crni život vrijedi,
ne zato što drugi ne,
ne zato što drugi ne,
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it's simply because we must affirm that we
are worthy of existing without fear,
are worthy of existing without fear,
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nego zato što moramo potvrditi
da smo vrijedni postojanja bez straha,
da smo vrijedni postojanja bez straha,
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when so many things tell us we are not.
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kada nam puno stvari govori da nismo.
04:38
I want to live in a world where my son
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Želim živjeti u svijetu u kojem moj sin
04:40
will not be presumed guilty
the moment he is born,
the moment he is born,
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neće biti kriv od trenutka kada se rodi,
04:43
where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken
for anything other than a toy.
for anything other than a toy.
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u kojem igračka u njegovoj ruci neće biti
zamjenjena za nešto drugo osim igračke.
zamjenjena za nešto drugo osim igračke.
04:47
And I refuse to accept that we can't
build this world into something new,
build this world into something new,
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I odbijam prihvatiti da ne možemo
ovaj svijet izgraditi u nešto novo,
ovaj svijet izgraditi u nešto novo,
04:50
some place where a child's name
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neko mjesto gdje ime djeteta
04:52
doesn't have to be written
on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
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ne treba biti napisano na majicu,
ili spomenik,
ili spomenik,
04:54
where the value of someone's life
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gdje vrijednost nečijeg života
04:56
isn't determined by anything other
than the fact that they had lungs,
than the fact that they had lungs,
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nije određena ničim drugim
osim činjenicom da ima pluća,
osim činjenicom da ima pluća,
05:00
a place where every single
one of us can breathe.
one of us can breathe.
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mjesto gdje svatko od nas smije disati.
05:04
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:05
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Clint Smith - Poet, educatorClint Smith's work blends art and activism.
Why you should listen
Clint Smith is a writer, teacher and doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying education, incarceration and inequality. Previously, he taught high school English in Prince George’s County, Maryland where, in 2013, he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council.
Clint is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. He has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Cave Canem and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Boston Review, American Poetry Review, Harvard Educational Review and elsewhere. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.
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