Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
डेमन डेव्हिस: फर्ग्युसनच्या निदर्शनात मी जे पाहिले ते
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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when they are afraid.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
मिसिसिपी नदी पलीकडे आहे.
St. Louis my entire life.
आणि त्याच्या जवळ राहिलो.
in Ferguson, Missouri --
पोलिसांच्या हातून मारला जातो
पण सेंट लुईसच्या उत्तरेकडे
to lose his life to law enforcement.
आपले जीवन गमावले.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
ती होती भीती.
in mourning was to use force
पोलिसांचा प्रतिसाद शक्ती वापर होता.
to make us afraid of each other
आम्हाला एकमेकांबद्दल घाबरवण्याचा
have worked in the past.
भूतकाळात काम केल्या आहेत.
this time it was different.
या वेळी ते वेगळ होत.
treatment of the community
समाजासोबत केलेली वागवणूक निषेधार्थ
Ferguson and St. Louis.
परिसरात मोठ्या प्रमाणात आंदोलन झाले.
about the fourth or fifth day,
चौथ्या किंवा पाचव्या दिवशी,
minutes away from Ferguson,
फर्ग्युसनपासून मिनिटभर दूर असताना,
into the conversation:
the same thing going on.
with something else inside of them.
to back down from the police.
मागे सरकणार नव्हते.
something in me changing,
माझ्यात काहीतरी बदलत आहे,
was doing the same thing.
माझ्या सभोवती असलेले सर्वजण तेच करत होते.
to do something more.
काहीतरी अधिक करायचे आहे.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
मी एक कलाकार आहे मी गोष्टी बनवतो.
specific to the protest,
विशिष्ट गोष्टी बनवू लागलो,
in a spiritual war,
शस्त्रे असणाऱ्या गोष्टी,
for the road ahead.
of the hands of protesters
आंदोलकांच्या हाताचे चित्र घेतले
the boarded-up buildings
समुदाय दुकानांच्या
and to raise the morale.
मनोबल वाढविणे होते.
the stories of these people
या लोकांच्या कथेची
courageous in the moment.
Sabaah Folayan
that was given to me.
ते मला दिले गेले
of our job as artists.
कलाकार म्हणून आमच्या कामाचा.
of courage in the work that we do.
धैर्ययाचे वाहक असावे.
between the normal folks
सामान्य लोकांच्या दरम्यान
to spread fear and hate,
शक्ती वापरत असलेल्या लोकांमध्ये,
the binds us every day?
भयापासून दूर करणार का?
मी घाबरलो नाही.
was not put in me to cripple me,
मला पांगळा करण्यासाठी नाहीय,
how to use that fear,
कशी वापरायची कळली,
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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