ABOUT THE SPEAKER
McKenna Pope - Teen activist
When McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked.

Why you should listen

If anyone's still worried about today's teenagers melting their brains on the Internet, there's at least one who stands out against the crowd: teen activist McKenna Pope. In 2012 Pope's four-year-old brother, who had a passion for cooking, was beyond excited to ask for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But, confused by the pink and purple colors and the television ads that only featured girls using the toy, he became discouraged.

Pope, thirteen at the time, was indignant that her brother should think any less of himself as a boy who liked to cook. Naturally Pope turned to the Internet. She posted a video and written petition urging the CEO of Hasbro to change its marketing and packaging around the Easy-Bake Oven to make it appealing to boys as well as girls. Pope could hardly anticipate what came next: She received 45,000 signatures and a call from Hasbro, inviting her to their headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to show her their new unisex designs.

More profile about the speaker
McKenna Pope | Speaker | TED.com
TEDYouth 2013

McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys

McKenna Pope: Dëshiron të bëhesh aktivist? Fillo me lodrat e tua

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Vëllai i vogël i McKenna Pope adhuronte gatimin, por ai nuk dëshironte të përdorte një furrë pjekëse lodër—sepse ajo ishte e dizenjuar vetëm për vajza. Kështu, në moshën 13 vjec, Pope filloi një peticion online ndaj kompanisë amerikane Hasbro për të ndryshuar ngjyrën rozë dhe vjollcë të lodrës klasike. Në këtë fjalim emocionues, Pope përmend çështjen e lodrave të tilla dhe bën një thirrje për të aktivizuar të gjithë fëmijët të cilët ndihen të pafuqishëm.
- Teen activist
When McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked. Full bio

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I'm McKenna Pope. I'm 14 years old,
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Une jam McKenna Pope. Jam 14 vjeç,
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and when I was 13, I convinced
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dhe kur isha 13, binda
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one of the largest toy companies,
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një nga kompanitë më të mëdha
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toymakers, in the world, Hasbro,
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prodhuese të lodrave në botë, Hasbro,
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to change the way that they marketed
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të ndryshonin mënyrën e tregtimit
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one of their most best-selling products.
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të një prej produkteve të tyre më të shitura.
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So allow me to tell you about it.
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Më lejoni t'ju tregoj për këtë.
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So I have a brother, Gavin.
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Kam një vella, Gavin.
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When this whole shebang happened, he was four.
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Kur gjithë kjo punë ndodhi, ai ishte katër vjec.
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He loved to cook.
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Ai adhuronte të gatuante.
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He was always getting ingredients out of the fridge
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Ai gjithmonë merrte përbërës nga frigoriferi
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and mixing them into these, needless to say,
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dhe i përziente e i kthente ato në, ska nevoje të them,
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uneatable concoctions,
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gatime të pa ngrënshme,
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or making invisible macaroni and cheese.
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ose bënte makarona me djathë të pa dukshme.
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He wanted to be a chef really badly.
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Ai donte me doemos të bëhej një shef kuzhine.
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And so what better gift for a kid
who wanted to be a chef
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Kështu cila dhuratë do të ishte më e mirë për
një fëmijë që donte të bëhej një shef kuzhine
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than an Easy-Bake Oven. Right?
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sesa nje furrë pjekje për fëmijë. Apo jo?
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I mean, we all had those when we were little.
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Dua të them, të gjithë ne e kemi patur
një të tillë kur ishim të vegjël.
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And he wanted one so badly.
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Dhe ai e donte patjeter një.
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But then he started to realize something.
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Por pastaj ai filloi të kuptojë dicka.
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In the commercials, and on the
boxes for the Easy-Bake Ovens,
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Në reklama, dhe në kutitë e këtyre furrave,
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Hasbro marketed them specifically to girls.
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Hasbro e tregtonte veçanerisht per vajza.
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And the way that they did this
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Dhe ata e bënin në mënyrë të tillë
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was they would only feature girls
on the boxes or in the commercials,
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ku kishte vetëm vajza në reklamën e kutisë,
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and there would be flowery prints all over the ovens
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dhe kishte piktura lulesh kudo në furrë
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and it would be in bright pink and purple,
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dhe ishte në rozë të çelur dhe vjollcë,
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very gender-specific colors to females, right?
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ngjyra specifike për femra, apo jo?
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So it kind of was sending a message
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Kështu që kjo përcillte një mesazh të atillë
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that only girls are supposed to cook; boys aren't.
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që vetëm vajzat duhet të gatuajnë; djemtë jo.
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And this discouraged my brother a lot.
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Dhe kjo e demoralizoi shumë vellain tim.
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He thought that he wasn't
supposed to want to be a chef,
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Ai mendoi se nuk duhej të bëhej një shef,
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because that was something that girls did.
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sepse ishte diçka që e bënin vetëm vajzat.
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Girls cooked; boys didn't,
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Vajzat gatuanin; djemtë jo,
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or so was the message that Hasbro was sending.
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ose ky ishte mesazhi që Hasbro po trasmetonte.
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And this got me thinking,
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Dhe kjo më beri të mendoja,
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God, I wish there was a way that I could change this,
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Zot, dëshiroj që të këtë një menyrë
ku mund ta ndryshoj këtë,
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that could I have my voice heard by Hasbro
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që zëri im të dëgjohet nga Hasbro
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so I could ask them and tell them
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kështu që mund t'i pyesja ata dhe tu thoshja
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what they were doing wrong
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që po vepronin gabim
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and ask them to change it.
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dhe tu kërkoja ta ndryshonin.
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And that got me thinking about a website
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Dhe më bëri të mendoja për një faqe web
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that I had learned about a few months prior
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që kisha dëgjuar pak muaj më parë
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called Change.org.
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e quajtur Change.org.
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Change.org is an online petition-sharing platform
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Change.org është një platformë peticioni online
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where you can create a petition and share it
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ku ti mund të krijosh një
peticion dhe ta shpërndash
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across all of these social media networks,
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në të gjithë rrjetet e këtyre mediave sociale,
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through Facebook, through Twitter,
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përmes Facebook, Twitter,
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through YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
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You Tube, Reddit, Tumblr,
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through whatever you can think of.
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përmes çfarëdo gjëje që mund të të vij ndërmend.
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And so I created a petition
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Dhe kështu që krijova një peticion
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along with the YouTube video
that I added to the petition
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me videon You Tube që hodha në peticion
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basically asking Hasbro
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në parim duke e pyetur Hasbro
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to change the way that they marketed it,
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të ndryshonte mënyren e tregtimit,
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in featuring boys in the commercials, on the boxes,
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duke paraqitur djemtë në reklamat e kutive,
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and most of all creating them
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dhe mbi të gjitha t'i krijonin ato
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in less gender-specific colors.
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në ngjyra më pak të specifikuara për vajza.
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So this petition started to take off --
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Kështu që ky peticion nisi--
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humongously fast, you have no idea.
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aq shpejt sa nuk e keni idenë.
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I was getting interviewed by
all these national news outlets
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Po intervistohesha nga gjithë lajmet kombëtare
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and press outlets, and it was amazing.
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nga shtypi, dhe ishte e mahnitshme.
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In three weeks, maybe three and a half,
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Në tre javë, ndoshta tre e gjysëm,
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I had 46,000 signatures on this petition.
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Kisha 46,000 firma në këtë peticion.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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Thank you.
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Ju faleminderit!
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So, needless to say, it was crazy.
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S'ka nevojë të them që ishte e frikshme.
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Eventually, Hasbro themselves
invited me to their headquarters
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Përfundimisht, Hasbro më ftoi te zyrat qëndrore
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so they could go and unveil
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kështu që ata mund të më tregonin
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their new Easy-Bake Oven product to me
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produktin e tyre të ri të furrës pjekëse
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in black, silver and blue.
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në ngjyrë të zezë, argjend dhe blu.
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It was literally one of the best moments of my life.
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Në kuptimin e plotë të fjalës, ishte
momenti më i bukur i jetës sime.
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It was like "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
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Isha si "Willy Wonka dhe Fabrika e Cokollates".
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That thing was amazing.
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Ishte mahnitëse.
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What I didn't realize at the time, however,
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Dhe nuk e kuptova në kohë, që sido që të ishte,
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was that I had become an activist,
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isha bërë një aktiviste,
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I could change something,
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që mund të ndryshonte dicka,
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that even as a kid, or maybe
even especially as a kid,
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madje edhe si një fëmijë,
vecanerisht si një fëmijë,
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my voice mattered, and your voice matters too.
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zëri im u dëgjua, dhe i juaji
është po ashtu i rëndësishëm.
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I want to let you know it's not going to be easy,
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Dua të kuptoni që nuk do të jetë e lehtë,
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and it wasn't easy for me,
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dhe nuk ishte e lehtë për mua,
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because I faced a lot of obstacles.
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sepse përballova shumë vështirësi.
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People online, and sometimes even in real life,
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Njerëz online dhe madje ndonjëherë
në jetën e vërtetë,
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were disrespectful to me and my family,
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tregoheshin të pasjellshëm
me mua dhe familjen time,
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and talked about how the whole
thing was a waste of time,
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dhe thoshin se si gjithçka ishte një humbje kohe,
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and it really discouraged me.
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dhe më demoralizoi vërtet.
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And actually, I have some examples,
because what's better revenge
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Dhe në fakt kam disa shembuj,
sepse hakmarrja më e mirë
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than displaying their idiocy?
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është të tregosh idiotësinë e tyre.
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So, let's see.
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Le të shohim.
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From user name Liquidsore29 --
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Nga emri i përdoruesit Liquidsore29--
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interesting user names we have here—
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paskemi emra interesant këtu--
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"Disgusting liberal moms making their sons gay."
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"Mama të shëmtuara liberale i bëjnë fëmijet gej".
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Liquidsore29, really? Really? Okay.
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Liquidsore29, me të vërtet? Vërtet? Në rregull.
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How about from Whiteboy77AGS:
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Po nga Whiteboy77AGS:
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"People always need something
to (female dog) about."
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"Njerëzit nuk kanë nevojë për një punë të tillë "
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From Jeffrey Gutierrez:
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Nga Jeffrey Gutierrez:
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"OMG, shut up. You just want money and attention."
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"O Zot, mjaft. Ti thjesht do para dhe vëmendje."
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So it was comments like these
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Kështu që kishte komente të tilla
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that really discouraged me from
wanting to make change in the future
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që vërtetë me demoralizonin për
të ndryshuar të ardhmen
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because I thought, people don't care,
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sepse mendova se njerëzve, nuk u interesonte,
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people think it's a waste of time,
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njerëzit mendonin që është një humbje kohe,
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and people are going to be disrespectful
to me and my family.
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dhe njerëzit nuk kanë respekt
për mua dhe familjen time.
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It hurt me, and it made me think,
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Me dhimbte dhe më bënte të mendoja,
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what's the point of making change in the future?
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cili është kuptimi të ndryshosh të ardhmen?
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But then I started to realize something.
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Por pastaj fillova të kuptoja dicka,
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Haters gonna hate.
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Urryesit urrejnë.
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Come on, say it with me. One, two, three:
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Tani ta themi të gjithë së bashku. Një, dy, tre:
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Haters gonna hate.
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Urryesit urrejnë.
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So let your haters hate,
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Kështu që i lini urryesit tuaj të urrejnë,
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you know what, and make your change,
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dhe realizoni ndryshimin tuaj,
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because I know you can.
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sepse e di që mund ta bëni.
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I look out into this crowd,
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Shikoj jashtë kësaj turme,
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and I see 400 people
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dhe shikoj 400 persona
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who came out because they wanted to know
how they could make a change,
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që u shfaqen sepse donin të dinin
se si mund ta realizonin këtë ndryshim
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and I know that you can, and all
of you watching at home can too
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dhe e di që ju mund ta beni, dhe të gjithë
ju që shikoni të shtëpi mundeni gjithashtu
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because you have so much that you
can do and that you believe in,
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sepse ju keni kaq shumë që mund të bëni
dhe ju besoni
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and you can trade it across all these social media,
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dhe ju mund ta shpërndani përmes
gjithë këtyre mediave sociale,
04:55
through Facebook, through Twitter, through
YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
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përmes Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Reddit, Tumblr,
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through whatever else you can think of.
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përmes çdogjëje tjetër që ju mund të mendoni.
05:00
And you can make that change.
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Dhe ju mund ta bëni atë ndryshim.
05:01
You can take what you believe in
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Ju mund të merrni atë që besoni
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and turn it into a cause and change it.
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ta shndërroni në një çështje dhe ta ndryshoni.
05:05
And that spark that you've been
hearing about all day today,
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Dhe atë shkëndijë për të cilën ju keni dëgjuar sot,
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you can use that spark that you have within you
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mund ta merrni atë shkëndijë që keni brenda jush
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and turn it into a fire.
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dhe ta shndërroni në një zjarr.
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Thank you.
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Ju faleminderit !
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
Translated by Alma A
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
McKenna Pope - Teen activist
When McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked.

Why you should listen

If anyone's still worried about today's teenagers melting their brains on the Internet, there's at least one who stands out against the crowd: teen activist McKenna Pope. In 2012 Pope's four-year-old brother, who had a passion for cooking, was beyond excited to ask for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But, confused by the pink and purple colors and the television ads that only featured girls using the toy, he became discouraged.

Pope, thirteen at the time, was indignant that her brother should think any less of himself as a boy who liked to cook. Naturally Pope turned to the Internet. She posted a video and written petition urging the CEO of Hasbro to change its marketing and packaging around the Easy-Bake Oven to make it appealing to boys as well as girls. Pope could hardly anticipate what came next: She received 45,000 signatures and a call from Hasbro, inviting her to their headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to show her their new unisex designs.

More profile about the speaker
McKenna Pope | Speaker | TED.com

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