Theo E.J. Wilson: A black man goes undercover in the alt-right
ثيو إ.ج. ويلسون: رجل أسود يتخفى في بديل اليمين
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about the things that I cared about,
the next morning
through a national tragedy.
and my exposure,
in American life,
of a digital lightning rod.
of police brutality
to say about the topic.
of the Black Lives Matter furor
الأحتجاجات على حياة السمر
to me to articulate their viewpoints,
لأعبرعن وجهات نظرهم،
has this interesting quality.
لديه هذه الميزة الشيقة.
brought the world together,
was being dumped on us
of people across the globe.
is a lot like money.
inside you and amplifies it.
بداخلك أساساً وتضخمه.
with the phenomenon of the internet troll.
beneath the bridges
the enlightenment of the internet age.
عن عصر تنوير الإنترنت.
the anonymity of the internet
هويات مستعارة على الإنترنت
were pretty creative, actually,
the post-traumatic world
being killed on my timeline.
الذين يُقتلون في صفحتي الشخصيه.
can be kind of divisive?
من الممكن ان تكون مُفرقة؟
in epic battles in the comment section --
هذه المعارك الملحمية في خانة التعليقات.
actually had brains,
and what to understand them even further.
فضولاً وفهمتهم بشكل أفضل.
to be original thought,
getting these arguments from?
of alternative universe
optional over there?
Like, I wanted to know.
أردت أن أعرف.
about digital echo chambers.
فكرة عن غرف الصدي التقنية.
of the products you like to buy
of the news that you like to hear.
my worldview back to me.
or Infowars or Fox News.
and The Daily Show,
والديلي شو
the dimensional doorway
that I didn't necessarily agree with,
لم أكن أتفق معها بالضرورة ،
but it wasn't enough,
that I like to hear.
and went crazy.
it was very simple,
كان الامر بسيطا جدا
it was kind of daunting,
that I had experienced.
خصوصا مع النقد العنصري اللاذع الذي مررت به
is that my trolls were inoculating me,
كانوا يدخلون في ذهني
that I didn't necessarily agree with,
_ لا أتفق بالضرورة معها
as I would have several months prior.
كما كان من شأنه أن يكون قبل عدة أشهر.
also worked on YouTube,
أيضا على موقع يوتيوب
white supremacist lurker --
المندسس العنصري الابيض--
the infamous alt-right movement.
لحركة بديل اليمين سيئة السمعة.
John Carter character --
شخصية جون كارتر --
a Confederate soldier.
I would have needed acting training
commenting on videos,
and Black Lives Matter.
like Eric Holder and Barack Obama
مثل إيريك هولدر وباراك أوباما
the antiblack sentiments
it was kind of exhilarating.
clicking through my new racist profile --
It was something else.
visiting some of the pages
were just regular Joes,
hunters, computer nerds,
with videos of their families.
could be in this room right now. Right?
I found a lovely plethora of characters,
Richard Spencer and David Duke.
ريتشارد سبنسر وديفيد ديوك.
thought leaders in their own right,
ended up using their information
led to the momentum of the alt-right:
of everything white and male.
من كل شيء أبيض
you're in league with Satan.
أنت في الدوري مع الشيطان.
find that offensive?
get a lifetime of diet brand history.
on filling its textbooks
of its dark past.
race and the anger associated with it,
for alt-facts to grow.
للحصول على حقائق بديلة للنمو.
rebranded "Mein Kampf" ideas
failed by public schools.
through the subtext of those arguments,
for who I cannot help but be?
that resonated with me.
against attempts to demonize me
as something that I'm not,
a menace to society.
خطر على المجتمع.
of black males and white males
من الذكور السود و الذكور البيض
by this perspective,
بهذا المنظور،
that I could have some kind of compassion
like I want to be friends.
to extend to people
لتمتد إلى الناس
to see me on this planet. Right?
how they got to where they are.
كيف وصلوا إلى حيث هم.
have this wide acceptance for everybody
لدينا هذا القبول الواسع للجميع
conservative viewpoints.
وجهات النظر المحافظة.
this country and mean it. Right?
was this fear that they had
كان هذا الخوف الذي لديهم صحيح ؟
as "white genocide,"
باسم "الابادة الجماعية البيضاء"
that would wipe them out.
من شأنه أن يمحوهم.
gentrification, police shootings,
التجديد، وإطلاق النار من قبل الشرطة،
than enough reasons to stay up at night.
من الأسباب الكافية للبقاء في الليل.
and you are not,
وأنت لا،
about your race. That's man-made.
عن عرقك هذا من صنع الإنسان.
are expendable to that aim.
قابلة للاستهلاك لهذا الهدف.
of that racist identity
تلك الهوية العنصرية
what race ain't about to die out:
ما السباق الذى ليس على وشك الموت:
but that's another TED Talk.
to this point of understanding,
will not take that journey
and conservatives.
والمحافظون.
as some of their points were,
كما كانت بعض نقاطهم،
in their own echo chambers,
في غرف الصدى الخاصة بهم،
in their worldview.
في نظرتهم للعالم.
certain anti-racist and political voices,
بعض الأصوات المناهضة للعنصرية والسياسية
Boyce Watkins, Tariq Nasheed.
بويس واتكينز ، طارق نشيد.
to the questions that they want,
على الأسئلة التي يريدونها،
due to the power of these echo chambers.
بسبب قوة هذه الغرف
of these digital divides,
من هذه الفجوات الرقمية،
become more dangerous.
تصبح أكثر خطورة.
taught me something:
علمتني شيء ما:
out there, not the one in here.
هناك ، وليس هنا.
the emotional intelligence,
الذكاء العاطفي
forbearance, compassion,
والرحمة،
that these devices, however advanced,
أن هذه الأجهزة، ومع ذلك المتقدمة،
needs an upgrade.
يحتاج إلى ترقية.
in any kind of unbeatable monster.
without perhaps a simple Achilles heel.
دون كعب أخيل بسيط.
to actually overcome this
للتغلب على هذا الواقع
the same way that you see the world?
بنفس الطريقة التي ترى العالم بها؟
indeed the key to that upgrade,
في الواقع المفتاح لهذه الترقية،
of virtual reality.
من الواقع الافتراضي.
of the physical world,
we change the physical world.
نغير العالم المادي.
that humans use
يستخدمها البشر
about online safe conversations
حول المحادثات الآمنة عبر الإنترنت
conversations with real, breathing people.
مع أشخاص حقيقيين فيهم الروح.
like running a community forum
مثل تشغيل منتدى المجتمع
somebody's been there, right?
that change lives.
هذا التغيير يعيش.
right where they are,
الحق أين هم ،
from divert gang violence in real time
من تحويل عنف العصابات في الوقت الحقيقي
of trust in the black community
للثقة في مجتمع السود
agency into our own hands,
الوكالة في أيدينا،
in that barber shop.
في محل الحلاقة هذا.
organize what was already going on.
تنظيم ما كان يحدث بالفعل.
was mining these alternative viewpoints
كانت تعدين هذه وجهات النظر البديلة
into controversial talking points.
في نقاط الحديث المثيرة للجدل.
these live conversations
هذه المحادثات الحية
the safety of their laptops
to have real conversations
لإجراء محادثات حقيقية
and I reflect on the paradox
وأفكر في المفارقة
in our own communities --
في مجتمعاتنا -
to so many other communities,
إلى العديد من المجتمعات الأخرى،
to the Arab immigrant community
with a Confederate flag on their hat
من الكونفدرالية
that actually matter.
around the human experience.
حول التجربة البشرية.
each other to get these things.
بعضنا البعض للحصول على هذه الأشياء.
are the way that these bridges are built.
هي الطريقة التي يتم بناء هذه الجسور.
seeing people as people
رؤية الناس كأشخاص
that we project onto them or react to.
التي نعرضها عليهم أو نتفاعل معها.
to the very things that we want.
إلى الأشياء التي نريدها.
and conscious evolution.
a terribly popular cell phone video
شعبية الهاتف الخليوي رهيبة
and start a community dialogue
وبدء حوار مجتمعي
of your existence,
من وجودك،
that the key to this upgrade
هذا المفتاح لهذه الترقية
not some device that we create,
ليس بعض الأجهزة التي نخلقها ،
to this experience is now,
ليس بعض الأجهزة التي نخلقها ،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Theo E.J. Wilson - Public intellectualTheo E.J. Wilson encourages us to break through the divides that separate us.
Why you should listen
Theo E.J. Wilson is a founding member of the Denver Slam Nuba team, who won the National Poetry Slam in 2011. He's also know as slam poet Lucifury. He began his speaking career in the N.A.A.C.P. at the age of 15, and he has always had a passion for social justice. He attended Florida A&M University, where he obtained his B.A. in theater performance. Upon graduating, he interned as a full-time actor at the St. Louis Black repertory company.
Wilson is the executive director of Shop Talk Live, Inc. The organization uses the barbershop as a staging ground for community dialogue and healing. In 2013, Wilson began speaking with "Rachel's Challenge," an organization dedicated to ending school violence through compassion. After viral video success beginning in 2015, he published his first book in 2017, The Law of Action. The book addresses some of the misconceptions about the law of attraction and the role direct action plays into manifestation.
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