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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis (Dejmon Dejvis): Ono što sam vidio na protestima u Fergusonu
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Kada se umijetnik Damon Davis pridružio protestima u Fergusonu, Misuri, nakon što je policija upucala Majkla Brov-na 2014-te, pored ljutnje on je pronašao i ljubav u zajednici. Njegov dokumentarac " Čije ulice?" govori o protestima iz perspektive aktiviste koji izaziva one koji koriste moć za sprovođenje straha i mržnje.
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmaker
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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Strah me je.
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So, I'm afraid.
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Trenutno,
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Right now,
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on this stage,
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na ovoj bini,
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I feel fear.
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ja osjećam strah.
Nisam upoznao mnogo ljudi u životu,
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In my life, I ain't met many people
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koji bi jasno priznali kada se plaše.
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that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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To je zato jer duboko u njima
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And I think that's because deep down,
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they know how easy it spreads.
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znaju kako se lako širi.
Vidiš, strah je kao bolest.
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See, fear is like a disease.
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Kada se širi, širi se kao požar.
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When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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But what happens when,
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Ali, šta se desi kada,
u lice tog straha
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even in the face of that fear,
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you do what you've got to do?
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uradiš ono što moraš?
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That's called courage.
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To se zove hrabrost.
I baš kao strah,
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And just like fear,
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courage is contagious.
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hrabrost je prelazna.
Ja sam iz Istočnog St. Luisa, Ilinois.
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See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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That's a small city
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To je malen grad
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across the Mississippi River
from St. Louis, Missouri.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
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nasuprot rijeke Misisipi
od St. Luisa, Misuri.
od St. Luisa, Misuri.
Ja sam čitav život živio
u St. Luisu i okolici.
u St. Luisu i okolici.
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I have lived in and around
St. Louis my entire life.
St. Louis my entire life.
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01:00
When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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Kada je Majkl Braun džunior,
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an ordinary teenager,
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prosječan tinejdžer,
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was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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upucan od strane policije 2014-e
u Fergusonu, Misuri,
u Fergusonu, Misuri,
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another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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predgrađu sjeverno od Sent Luisa,
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I remember thinking,
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sjećam se da sam pomislio,
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he ain't the first,
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on nije prvo, a neće biti ni zadnje
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and he won't be the last young kid
to lose his life to law enforcement.
to lose his life to law enforcement.
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mlado dijete, koje je izgubilo život
od zakonskih službenika.
od zakonskih službenika.
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But see, his death was different.
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Vidite, njegova smrt je drugačija.
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When Mike was killed,
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Kada je Majk ubijen, sjećam se da su
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I remember the powers that be
trying to use fear as a weapon.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
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službeni organi koristili
strah kao oružje.
strah kao oružje.
Policijski odgovor zajednici u žalosti
je bila upotreba nasilnosti,
je bila upotreba nasilnosti,
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The police response to a community
in mourning was to use force
in mourning was to use force
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to impose fear:
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da nametnu strah;
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fear of militarized police,
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strah od oružanih snaga,
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imprisonment,
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zatvora,
kazni.
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fines.
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The media even tried
to make us afraid of each other
to make us afraid of each other
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Mediji su pokušali
da nas okrenu jedne protiv drugih
da nas okrenu jedne protiv drugih
na način na koji su okretali priču.
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by the way they spun the story.
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And all of these things
have worked in the past.
have worked in the past.
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Sve je to prolazilo u prošlosti.
Ali kao što sam rekao,
ovaj put je bilo drugačije.
ovaj put je bilo drugačije.
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But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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Smrt Majkla Brauna
i odnosi prema zajednici
i odnosi prema zajednici
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led to a string of protests in and around
Ferguson and St. Louis.
Ferguson and St. Louis.
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vodili su ka lancu protesta
u Fergusonu, Sent Luisu i okolini.
u Fergusonu, Sent Luisu i okolini.
Kada sam otišao na proteste
četvrti ili peti dan,
četvrti ili peti dan,
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When I got out to those protests
about the fourth or fifth day,
about the fourth or fifth day,
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nije bilo iz hrabrosti;
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it was not out of courage;
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it was out of guilt.
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bilo je iz osjećaja krivnje.
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See, I'm black.
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Vidi, ja sam crnac.
Ne znam da li ste primjetili.
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I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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(Smijeh)
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(Laughter)
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But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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Nisam mogao sjediti u Sent Luisu,
nekoliko minuta od Fergusona,
nekoliko minuta od Fergusona,
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and not go see.
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a da ne odem, da vidim.
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So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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I otišao sam da provjerim.
Kada sam stigao,
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When I got out there,
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I found something surprising.
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našao sam nešto iznenađujuće.
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I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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Našao sam ljutnju; bilo je mnogo nje.
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But what I found more of was love.
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Ali sam pronašao više ljubavi.
Ljudi sa ljubavi prema sebi.
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People with love for themselves.
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Love for their community.
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Ljubavi prema zajednici.
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And it was beautiful --
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I bilo je prelijepo --
sve dok se policija nije pojavila.
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until the police showed up.
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Tad se nova emocija uplela u razgovor:
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Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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strah.
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fear.
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Now, I'm not going to lie;
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Neću lagati;
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when I saw those armored vehicles,
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Kada sam vidio naoružana vozila,
i svu tu opremu
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and all that gear
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and all those guns
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i sve to oružje
i svu tu policiju,
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and all those police
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ja sam bio prestravljen.
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I was terrified --
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personally.
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And when I looked around that crowd,
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Kada sam pogledao gužvu,
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I saw a lot of people that had
the same thing going on.
the same thing going on.
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vidio sam da je mnogo ljudi bilo u strahu.
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But I also saw people
with something else inside of them.
with something else inside of them.
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Također sam vidio ljude sa nečim u njima.
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That was courage.
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To je bila hrabrost.
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See, those people yelled,
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Vidiš, ti ljudi su galamili,
i vrištali,
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and they screamed,
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and they were not about
to back down from the police.
to back down from the police.
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nisu bili spremni da popuste policji.
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They were past that point.
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Oni su bili prevazišli tu namjeru.
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And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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Osjetio sam neku promjenu u sebi,
počeo sam galamiti i vrištati,
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so I yelled and I screamed,
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03:17
and I noticed that everybody around me
was doing the same thing.
was doing the same thing.
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primjetio sam da svi
oko mene su radili isto.
oko mene su radili isto.
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And there was nothing like that feeling.
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Ne postoji ništa kao taj osjećaj.
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So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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Odlučio sam da želim uraditi nešto više.
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I went home, I thought:
I'm an artist. I make shit.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
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Pošto sam umijetnik.
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So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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Počeo sam praviti stvari
namjenjene za protest,
namjenjene za protest,
stvari koje bi bile oružje
u duhovnom ratu,
u duhovnom ratu,
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things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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stvari koje bi dale ljudima glas
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things that would give people voice
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and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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koje bi ojačale njihovu budućnost.
Uradio sam projekat u kom sam
slikao ruke protestanata
slikao ruke protestanata
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I did a project where I took pictures
of the hands of protesters
of the hands of protesters
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and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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postavio sam ih na napuštene zgrade
i trgovine.
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and community shops.
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Moj cilj je bio da podignem
svijest i moral.
svijest i moral.
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My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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Mislim, bar na minutu,
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And I think, for a minute at least,
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it did just that.
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da sam to i postigao.
Htio sam uzdignuti priče tih ljudi
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Then I thought, I want to uplift
the stories of these people
the stories of these people
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čiju sam hrabrost vidio u tom momentu.
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I was watching being
courageous in the moment.
courageous in the moment.
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And myself and my friend,
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Ja i moj prijatelj,
filmski umjetnik i partner Sabah Folajan,
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and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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did just that with our documentary,
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smo uradili to sa dokumentarcem,
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"Whose Streets?"
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"Čije ulice?"
Ja sam bio povez
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I kind of became a conduit
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for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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za svu tu hrabrost,
što mi je bila darovana.
što mi je bila darovana.
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And I think that's part
of our job as artists.
of our job as artists.
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Mislim da je to dio posla, nas umjetnika.
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I think we should be conveyors
of courage in the work that we do.
of courage in the work that we do.
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Prenositi hrabrost
sa poslom kojim se bavimo.
sa poslom kojim se bavimo.
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And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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Mislim da smo mi zid između
normalnih ljudi
normalnih ljudi
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and the people that use their power
to spread fear and hate,
to spread fear and hate,
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i ljudi koji koriste moć
da prošire strah i mržnju,
da prošire strah i mržnju,
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especially in times like these.
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pogotovo u ovakvim vremenima.
Pitat ću vas.
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So I'm going to ask you.
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Jeste li vi pokretači,
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Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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oni lideri sa namjerom;
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you know, the thought leaders:
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04:54
What are you gonna do
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Šta cete uraditi
sa darom koji posjedujete
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with the gifts that you've been given
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da nas odvojite od straha
za kojeg smo privezani?
za kojeg smo privezani?
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to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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05:01
Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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Jer mene je strah svaki dan.
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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Ne sjećam se vremena
kada nisam bio.
kada nisam bio.
Kad sam shvatio da strah
nije tu da me hendikepira
nije tu da me hendikepira
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But once I figured out that fear
was not put in me to cripple me,
was not put in me to cripple me,
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tu je da me zaštiti,
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it was there to protect me,
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and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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kada sam shvatio kako iskoristiti strah,
pronašao sam svoju moć.
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I found my power.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmakerTED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression.
Why you should listen
Musician, visual artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and activism, exploring the experience of contemporary black Americans. His documentary, Whose Streets?, premiered at Sundance 2017 and tells the story of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri that took place after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.
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