Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America
Клинт Смит: Хар арьст хүүгээ Америкт хэрхэн өсгөх вэ?
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аав ээж хоёрын дагадаг
follow the rules that they did.
ойлгодоггүй байсан.
have to mow the lawn?
in my oatmeal?
with questions like this.
асуултаар дүүрэн байсан.
and realizing that sometimes,
even when I didn't exactly understand why.
хамгийн зөв юм байна гэж ойлгосон.
me to think critically.
сэтгэхийг хүсээгүйдээ биш.
to reconcile the tension
understand the realities of the world,
эрхийн тэнцвэргүй байдлыг
the status quo as inevitable.
in and of itself,
Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
Бразилийн зохиолч Паоло Фрейри
about the need for education
хүн чанарыг түгээхийн тулд
awakening and shared humanity.
хамгийн алдартай номондоо
"Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
authentically human
lately, this idea of humanity,
нилээд бодож үзсэн.
is afforded the privilege
хэлүүлэх эрх олддог вэ?
the past several months,
as unarmed black men, and women,
at the hands of police and vigilante.
гарт амиа алдахыг харлаа.
has transpired after them
мөн үүнээс үүдсэн хэргүүд
about raising a black boy in America
аав ээжийнхээ гаргасан шийдвэрийг
understand in the way that I do now.
ойлгох болсон.
how profoundly unfair it must have felt
надаас булаах мэт үйлдэл нь
to strip away parts of my childhood
overnight field trip to another city,
into our own water-filled battle zone.
усаар байлдсан.
lay between the streetlights,
харанхуйд гүйлдэн
across the pavement.
хангинаж байлаа.
grabbed me by my forearm
бугуйнаас чирэн
with an unfamiliar grip.
made me look in front of my friends,
байсныг минь тэр хэллээ.
fear consuming his face,
над руу харан:
as your white friends.
адилхан загнаж болохгүй.
other than your own teeth."
би одоо ойлгосон.
into the empty of the night,
жинхэнэтэй андуурсан бол
all of this away.
минь турш байсан.
inundated with my entire life:
can see them, don't move too quickly,
хэт хурдан хөдлөхгүй байх,
өмсөхгүй байх гээд л.
in an armor of advice,
wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
аюулын дохиогоор дүүрэн далайд
a memory of this skin.
not casket or concrete.
would make us better than anyone else
илүү гаргах гэсэндээ биш,
to keep us alive.
with the same message,
адилхан зүйл сонсож,
when we became old enough
болох нас нь ирэхэд
to be hammered to the ground,
synonymous with something to be feared.
айдастай хоршуулж өсгөсөн.
cannot simply be a child?
амьд явахад чинь заналхийлж
are too dangerous for your breath,
of making a mistake,
wake up in the morning.
шалтгаан байх вий.
зүйл байж болохгүй.
who raised us to understand
бие маань сумны бай биш,
for the backside of a bullet,
and laughing until our stomachs burst.
зориулагдсан гэдгийг заасан.
how to raise our hands in class,
гар маань зөвхөн бууж өгөх дохио биш,
өргөхийг заасан.
бид энэ хорвоод
aren't worthy of this world.
it's not because others don't,
амьдрах эрхтэй гэдэг нь
бид айдасгүй амьдрах эрхтэй болохоор тэр.
are worthy of existing without fear,
тоглоом нь андуурагдахгүй
the moment he is born,
for anything other than a toy.
build this world into something new,
чадахгүй гэдэгтэй санал нийлэхгүй.
on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
than the fact that they had lungs,
өөрөөр үнэлэгддэгүй,
one of us can breathe.
байгаасай гэж хүсч байна.
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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