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George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me
Džordž Takei (George Takei): Zašto volim zemlju koja me je izdala
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Kada je bio dete, Džordža Takeija i njegovu porodicu prisilili su da odu u kamp za Amerikance japanskog porekla, što je bila "bezbednosna" mera tokom Drugog svetskog rada. 70 godina kasnije, Takei se osvrće na to kako je kamp oblikovao njegovu iznenađujuću, ličnu definiciju rodoljublja i demokratije.
George Takei - Actor and activist
The beloved Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek, George Takei is an activist for human rights (and a master of Facebook memes). Full bio
The beloved Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek, George Takei is an activist for human rights (and a master of Facebook memes). Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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I'm a veteran of the starship Enterprise.
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Veteran sam svemirskog broda Enterprajz.
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I soared through the galaxy
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Jezdio sam kroz galaksiju
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driving a huge starship
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na ogromnoj letelici
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with a crew made up of people
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sa ljudima
00:24
from all over this world,
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iz celog sveta,
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many different races, many different cultures,
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različitih rasa, različitih kultura,
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many different heritages,
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različitog porekla,
00:32
all working together,
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svi smo zajedno radili
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and our mission was to explore strange new worlds,
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i naša misija je bila
da istražimo čudnovate nove svetove,
da istražimo čudnovate nove svetove,
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to seek out new life and new civilizations,
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da pronađemo novi život
i nove civilizacije,
i nove civilizacije,
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to boldly go where no one has gone before.
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da hrabro idemo tamo gde niko
do tada nije išao.
do tada nije išao.
00:46
Well —
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Pa -
00:48
(Applause) —
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(Aplauz) -
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I am the grandson of immigrants from Japan
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Ja sam unuk imigranata iz Japana
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who went to America,
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koji su došli u Ameriku,
01:01
boldly going to a strange new world,
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hrabro koračajući u novi svet,
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seeking new opportunities.
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tražeći nove prilike.
01:08
My mother was born in Sacramento, California.
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Moja majka je rođena u Sakramentu,
u Kaliforniji.
u Kaliforniji.
01:11
My father was a San Franciscan.
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Moj otac je iz San Franciska.
01:13
They met and married in Los Angeles,
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Sreli su se i uzeli u Los Anđelesu,
01:16
and I was born there.
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i ja sam se tamo i rodio.
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I was four years old
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Imao sam četiri godine
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when Pearl Harbor was bombed
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kada je Japan bombardovao Perl Harbor
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on December 7, 1941 by Japan,
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7. debembra 1941,
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and overnight, the world was plunged
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i svet se preko noći upustio
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into a world war.
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u svetski rat.
01:36
America suddenly was swept up
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Ameriku je odjednom
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by hysteria.
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obuzela histerija.
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Japanese-Americans,
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Japanski Amerikanci,
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American citizens of Japanese ancestry,
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američki građani japanskog porekla,
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were looked on
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gledani su
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with suspicion and fear
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sa sumnjom i strahom
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and with outright hatred
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i čistom mržnjom
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simply because we happened to look like
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jednostavno jer smo izgledali
01:59
the people that bombed Pearl Harbor.
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kao ljudi koji su bombardovali
Perl Harbor.
Perl Harbor.
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And the hysteria grew and grew
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Histerija je rasla i rasla
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until in February 1942,
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sve dok u februaru 1942.
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the president of the United States,
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predsednik Sjedinjenih Država,
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
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Frenklin Delano Ruzvelt,
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ordered all Japanese-Americans
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nije naredio svim Amerikancima
japanskog porekla
japanskog porekla
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on the West Coast of America
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na američkoj zapadnoj obali
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to be summarily rounded up
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da se na brzinu postroje
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with no charges, with no trial,
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bez optužbi, bez suđenja,
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with no due process.
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bez procesuiranja.
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Due process, this is a core pillar
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Procesuiranje je sam stub
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of our justice system.
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našeg pravnog sistema.
02:30
That all disappeared.
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To je sve nestalo.
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We were to be rounded up
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Trebalo je da se postrojimo
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and imprisoned in 10 barbed-wire prison camps
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i da nas zatvore u 10 zatvorskih kampova
sa bodljikavom žicom
sa bodljikavom žicom
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in some of the most desolate places in America:
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u nekim od najudaljenijih mesta
u Americi:
u Americi:
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the blistering hot desert of Arizona,
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pakleno vrućoj pustinji Arizone,
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the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
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po sparnim močvarama Arkanzasa,
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the wastelands of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado,
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pustarama u Vajomingu,
Ajdahu, Juti, Koloradu
Ajdahu, Juti, Koloradu
02:54
and two of the most desolate places in California.
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i dva najudaljenija mesta u Kaliforniji.
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On April 20th, I celebrated my fifth birthday,
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Slavio sam svoj peti rođendan 20. aprila,
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and just a few weeks after my birthday,
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i samo nekoliko nedelja nakon toga,
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my parents got my younger brother,
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moji roditelji su pokupili
mog mlađeg brata,
mog mlađeg brata,
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my baby sister and me
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moju mlađu sestru i mene
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up very early one morning,
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veoma rano jednog jutra
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and they dressed us hurriedly.
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i na brzinu su nas obukli.
03:18
My brother and I were in the living room
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Brat i ja smo bili u dnevnoj sobi
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looking out the front window,
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i gledali smo kroz prozor
03:23
and we saw two soldiers marching up our driveway.
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i videli smo dva vojnika
kako prilaze kući.
kako prilaze kući.
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They carried bayonets on their rifles.
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Na puškama su nosili bajonete.
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They stomped up the front porch
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Gazili su do prednjeg trema
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and banged on the door.
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i lupali su po vratima.
03:36
My father answered it,
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Moj otac je otvorio
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and the soldiers ordered us out of our home.
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i vojnici su nam naredili
da izađemo iz doma.
da izađemo iz doma.
03:43
My father gave my brother and me
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Moj otac je mom bratu i meni dao
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small luggages to carry,
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da nosimo male komade prtljaga,
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and we walked out and stood on the driveway
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i izašli smo i stajali na prilazu
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waiting for our mother to come out,
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čekajući da izađe majka,
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and when my mother finally came out,
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i kada je ona konačno izašla,
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she had our baby sister in one arm,
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u jednoj ruci je držala našu malu sestru,
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a huge duffel bag in the other,
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u drugoj ogroman ranac,
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and tears were streaming down both her cheeks.
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a niz oba obraza su joj se slivale suze.
04:09
I will never be able to forget that scene.
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Nikad neću moći da zaboravim taj prizor.
04:13
It is burned into my memory.
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Urezan mi je u sećanje.
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We were taken from our home
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Odvedeni smo iz našeg doma
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and loaded on to train cars
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i utrpani na vagone
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with other Japanese-American families.
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sa drugim porodicama Amerikanaca
japanskog porekla.
japanskog porekla.
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There were guards stationed
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Na oba kraja svakog vagona
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at both ends of each car,
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su bili postavljeni sražari,
04:30
as if we were criminals.
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kao da smo bili kriminalci.
04:33
We were taken two thirds of
the way across the country,
the way across the country,
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Odveli su nas preko dve trećine zemlje,
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rocking on that train for four days and three nights,
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klackali smo se u tom vozu
četiri dana i tri noći,
četiri dana i tri noći,
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to the swamps of Arkansas.
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do močvara u Arkanzasu.
Još uvek se sećam ograde
sa bodljikavom žicom
sa bodljikavom žicom
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I still remember the barbed wire fence
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04:47
that confined me.
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koja me je zadržavala.
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I remember the tall sentry tower
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Sećam se visoke stražarske kule
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with the machine guns pointed at us.
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sa mitraljezima koji su bili
upereni ka nama.
upereni ka nama.
04:56
I remember the searchlight that followed me
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Sećam se svetla za pretragu
koje me je pratilo
koje me je pratilo
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when I made the night runs
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kada sam noću išao
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from my barrack to the latrine.
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od moje barake do toaleta.
05:04
But to five-year-old me,
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Ali za mene koji sam tada
imao pet godina,
imao pet godina,
05:06
I thought it was kind of nice that they'd lit the way
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mislio sam je bilo lepo
što su mi osvetlili put
što su mi osvetlili put
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for me to pee.
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da mogu da piškim.
05:12
I was a child,
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Bio sam dete,
05:13
too young to understand the circumstances
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premlad da razumem okolnosti
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of my being there.
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toga što sam bio tamo.
05:19
Children are amazingly adaptable.
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Deca se neverovatno lako prilagođavaju.
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What would be grotesquely abnormal
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Ono što bi bilo groteskno nenormalno
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became my normality
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postalo je moja normalnost
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in the prisoner of war camps.
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kao zatvorenika ratnog logora.
05:33
It became routine for me to line up three times a day
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Za mene je postala rutina
da se postrojim triput dnevno
da se postrojim triput dnevno
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to eat lousy food in a noisy mess hall.
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da jedem očajnu hranu
u bučnoj hali.
u bučnoj hali.
Za mene je postalo normalno
da idem sa mojim ocem
da idem sa mojim ocem
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It became normal for me to go with my father
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05:44
to bathe in a mass shower.
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da se tuširam u grupnom kupatilu.
05:47
Being in a prison, a barbed-wire prison camp,
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Postalo mi je normalno
da budem u zatvoru,
da budem u zatvoru,
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became my normality.
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u logoru okruženom bodljikavom žicom.
05:55
When the war ended,
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Kada se rat završio,
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we were released,
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pustili su nas
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and given a one-way ticket
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i dali nam kartu u jednom pravcu
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to anywhere in the United States.
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za bilo gde u Sjedinjenim Državama.
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My parents decided to go back home
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Moji roditelji su odlučili da se vrate
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to Los Angeles,
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kući u Los Anđeles,
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but Los Angeles was not a welcoming place.
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ali to više nije bilo mesto
gde smo bili dobrodošli.
gde smo bili dobrodošli.
06:13
We were penniless.
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Bili smo bez dinara.
06:14
Everything had been taken from us,
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Oduzeli su nam sve,
06:17
and the hostility was intense.
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i netrpeljivost je bila žestoka.
06:19
Our first home was on Skid Row
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Naš prvi dom je bio Skid Rou
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in the lowest part of our city,
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u najnižem delu grada,
06:27
living with derelicts, drunkards
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i živeli smo sa beskućnicima, pijanicama
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and crazy people,
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i ludim ljudima,
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the stench of urine all over,
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svuda je bio smrad mokraće,
06:34
on the street, in the alley,
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na ulici, u uličicama,
06:37
in the hallway.
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u hodniku.
06:40
It was a horrible experience,
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Bilo je to užasno iskustvo,
06:42
and for us kids, it was terrorizing.
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i za nas decu je bilo užasavajuće.
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I remember once
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Sećam se da se jednom
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a drunkard came staggering down,
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pijan čovek doteturao do nas
06:51
fell down right in front of us,
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i pao tačno pred nama
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and threw up.
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i povratio.
06:55
My baby sister said, "Mama, let's go back home,"
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Moja mala sestra je rekla:
"Mama, hajdemo nazad kući,"
"Mama, hajdemo nazad kući,"
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because behind barbed wires
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jer je boljikava žica
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was for us
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za nas
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home.
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bila dom.
07:08
My parents worked hard
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Moji roditelji su naporno radili
07:10
to get back on their feet.
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da se vrate na staro.
07:12
We had lost everything.
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Izgubili smo sve.
07:13
They were at the middle of their lives
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Bili su na sredini svojih života
07:16
and starting all over.
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i kretali su ispočetka.
07:17
They worked their fingers to the bone,
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Radii su bez prekida
07:20
and ultimately they were able
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i konačno su mogli
07:23
to get the capital together to buy
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da skupe sredstva da kupe
07:26
a three-bedroom home in a nice neighborhood.
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trosobnu kuću u finom komšiluku.
07:29
And I was a teenager,
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Ja sam bio tinejdžer
07:30
and I became very curious
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i veoma me je zanimao
07:32
about my childhood imprisonment.
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moj zatvorski boravak u detinjstvu.
07:35
I had read civics books that told me about
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Čitao sam knjige o građanskim pravima
koje su mi govorile
koje su mi govorile
07:38
the ideals of American democracy.
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o idealima američke demokratije.
07:42
All men are created equal,
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Svi ljudi su jednaki,
07:45
we have an inalienable right
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imamo neotuđivo pravo
07:48
to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
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na život, slobodu i traženje sreće,
07:53
and I couldn't quite make that fit
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i nisam mogao da usaglasim to
07:55
with what I knew to be my childhood imprisonment.
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sa onim za šta sam znao da je bio
moj boravak u zatvoru u detinjstvu.
moj boravak u zatvoru u detinjstvu.
07:58
I read history books,
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Čitao sam knjige iz istorije
08:00
and I couldn't find anything about it.
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i nisam mogao da nađem ništa o tome.
08:03
And so I engaged my father after dinner
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Tako sam s ocem posle večere učestvovao
08:07
in long, sometimes heated conversations.
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u dugim, ponekad žustrim raspravama.
08:12
We had many, many conversations like that,
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Imali smo mnogo takvih razgovora
08:15
and what I got from them
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i iz njih sam izvukao
08:17
was my father's wisdom.
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mudrost mog oca.
08:19
He was the one that suffered the most
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On je najviše patio
08:22
under those conditions of imprisonment,
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u tim zatvorskim uslovima,
08:25
and yet he understood American democracy.
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a ipak je razumeo američku demokratiju.
08:29
He told me that our democracy
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Rekao mi je da je naša demokratija
08:32
is a people's democracy,
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demokratija naroda,
08:34
and it can be as great as the people can be,
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i da može da bude sjajna kao i narod,
08:37
but it is also as fallible as people are.
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ali i pogrešiva kao i narod.
08:42
He told me that American democracy
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Rekao mi je da američka demokratija
08:45
is vitally dependent on good people
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suštinski zavisi od dobrih ljudi
08:49
who cherish the ideals of our system
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koji neguju ideale našeg sistema
08:53
and actively engage in the process
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i koji su aktivno uključeni u procesu
08:56
of making our democracy work.
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funkcionisanja naše demokratije.
08:59
And he took me to a campaign headquarters —
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Odveo me je do štaba za kampanju -
09:03
the governor of Illinois was
running for the presidency —
running for the presidency —
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guverner Ilinoja se kandidovao
za predsednika -
za predsednika -
09:07
and introduced me to American electoral politics.
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i upoznao me je
s američkom izbornom politikom.
s američkom izbornom politikom.
09:11
And he also told me about
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Takođe mi je pričao o mladim Amerikancima
09:14
young Japanese-Americans
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japanskog porekla
09:15
during the Second World War.
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tokom Drugog svetskog rata.
09:19
When Pearl Harbor was bombed,
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Kada je bombardovan Perl Harbor,
09:21
young Japanese-Americans,
like all young Americans,
like all young Americans,
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mladi Amerikanci japanskog porekla,
poput svih mladih Amerikanaca,
poput svih mladih Amerikanaca,
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rushed to their draft board
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potrčali su da se prijave u vojsku
09:27
to volunteer to fight for our country.
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i volontiraju da se bore za svoju zemlju.
09:30
That act of patriotism
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Na taj čin patriotizma
09:33
was answered with a slap in the face.
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su im odgovorili šamarom u lice.
09:37
We were denied service,
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Nisu nam dali da služimo
09:40
and categorized as enemy non-alien.
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i svrstali su nas
kao domaće neprijatelje.
kao domaće neprijatelje.
09:46
It was outrageous to be called an enemy
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Bilo je nečuveno
da vas nazovu neprijateljem
da vas nazovu neprijateljem
09:49
when you're volunteering to fight for your country,
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kada volontirate da se borite
za svoju zemlju,
za svoju zemlju,
09:52
but that was compounded with the word "non-alien,"
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ali to je bilo u složenici
sa rečju "domaći",
sa rečju "domaći",
09:56
which is a word that means
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što je pogrdna reč
10:00
"citizen" in the negative.
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za "građanin".
10:04
They even took the word "citizen" away from us,
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Oduzeli su nam čak i reč "građanin"
10:07
and imprisoned them for a whole year.
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i zatvorili nas na godinu dana.
10:12
And then the government realized
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A onda je Vlada shvatila
10:14
that there's a wartime manpower shortage,
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da postoji manjak ljudi tokom rata
10:18
and as suddenly as they'd rounded us up,
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i brzinom kojom su nas postrojili,
10:23
they opened up the military for service
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otvorili su vojsku za službu
10:25
by young Japanese-Americans.
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mladim Amerikancima japanskog porekla.
10:28
It was totally irrational,
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Bilo je potpuno nelogično,
10:30
but the amazing thing,
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ali desila se neverovatna,
10:33
the astounding thing,
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zapanjujuća stvar -
10:35
is that thousands of young
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hiljade mladih Amerikanaca
10:37
Japanese-American men and women
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i Amerikanki japanskog porekla
10:40
again went from behind those barbed-wire fences,
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je krenulo iza tih ograda
sa bodljikavom žicom,
sa bodljikavom žicom,
10:44
put on the same uniform as that of our guards,
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obuklo istu uniformu kao onu
koju su nosili stražari,
koju su nosili stražari,
10:47
leaving their families in imprisonment,
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ostavili su porodice u zatočeništvu
10:51
to fight for this country.
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da bi se borili za ovu zemlju.
10:53
They said that they were going to fight
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Rekli su da će se boriti
10:55
not only to get their families out
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ne samo da izvuku svoje porodice
10:58
from behind those barbed-wire fences,
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van tih ograda s bodljikavom žicom,
11:01
but because they cherished the very ideal
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već i zato što su obožavali sam ideal
11:04
of what our government stands for,
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onoga što zastupa naša Vlada,
11:06
should stand for,
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što bi trebalo da zastupa,
11:08
and that was being abrogated
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i sve to je ukinuto
11:11
by what was being done.
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onim što se radilo.
11:15
All men are created equal.
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Svi ljudi su stvoreni jednaki.
11:17
And they went to fight for this country.
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I svi su otišli da se bore za ovu zemlju.
11:21
They were put into a segregated
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Stavili su ih u odvojenu jedinicu
11:22
all Japanese-American unit
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sa svim Amerikancima japanskog porekla
11:25
and sent to the battlefields of Europe,
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i poslali su ih na ratišta u Evropu,
11:27
and they threw themselves into it.
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a oni su dali sve od sebe.
11:30
They fought with amazing,
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Borili su se neverovatnom,
11:33
incredible courage and valor.
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zapanjujućom hrabrošću i junaštvom.
11:37
They were sent out on the most dangerous missions
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Slali su ih na najopasnije zadatke
11:40
and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate
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i istrpeli su najveće žrtve proporcionalno
11:43
of any unit proportionally.
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od svih jedinica.
11:47
There is one battle that illustrates that.
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Postoji jedna bitka koja to ilustruje.
11:50
It was a battle for the Gothic Line.
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To je bila bitka za Gotsku liniju.
11:53
The Germans were embedded
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Nemci su bili načičkani
11:56
in this mountain hillside,
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na obronku planine,
11:58
rocky hillside,
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sa dosta stena,
12:00
in impregnable caves,
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u nesavladivim pećinama
12:02
and three allied battalions
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i tri saveznička bataljona
12:06
had been pounding away at it
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su tukla tu planinu
12:07
for six months,
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šest meseci
12:09
and they were stalemated.
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i bili su u pat poziciji.
12:11
The 442nd was called in
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442. jedinica je pozvana
12:14
to add to the fight,
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da se pridruži borbi
12:18
but the men of the 442nd
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ali su ljudi iz te jedinice
12:20
came up with a unique
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smislili jedinstvenu
12:23
but dangerous idea:
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ali opasnu ideju.
12:25
The backside of the mountain
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Zadnji deo planine sačinjavale su
12:27
was a sheer rock cliff.
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samo stenovite litice.
12:30
The Germans thought an attack from the backside
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Nemci su mislili da bi napad iz pozadine
12:33
would be impossible.
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bio nemoguć.
12:36
The men of the 442nd decided to do the impossible.
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Vojnici iz 442. jedinice odlučili su
da urade nemoguće.
da urade nemoguće.
12:40
On a dark, moonless night,
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U tamnoj noći bez meseca
12:44
they began scaling that rock wall,
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počeli su da se penju
uz taj stenoviti zid
uz taj stenoviti zid
12:48
a drop of more than 1,000 feet,
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visok više od 300 metara,
12:52
in full combat gear.
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pod punom ratnom opremom.
12:54
They climbed all night long
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Penjali su se celu noć
12:57
on that sheer cliff.
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po čistoj litici.
13:02
In the darkness,
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U tami,
13:04
some lost their handhold
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neki su izgubili
13:06
or their footing
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svoj oslonac
13:07
and they fell to their deaths
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i pali su u sopstvenu smrt
13:10
in the ravine below.
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u uvalu pod sobom.
13:12
They all fell silently.
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Svi su pali tiho.
13:16
Not a single one cried out,
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Niko nije uzviknuo,
13:19
so as not to give their position away.
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kako ne bi odali svoju poziciju.
13:22
The men climbed for eight hours straight,
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Peli su se celih osam sati,
13:26
and those who made it to the top
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a oni koji su došli do vrha
13:29
stayed there until the first break of light,
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ostali su tamo do prvih zraka sunca,
13:33
and as soon as light broke,
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i čim se svetlost probila,
13:36
they attacked.
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napali su.
13:38
The Germans were surprised,
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Nemci su bili iznenađeni
13:40
and they took the hill
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i oni su zauzeli brdo
13:41
and broke the Gothic Line.
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i razbili Gotsku liniju.
13:44
A six-month stalemate
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Mirovanje od šest meseci
13:47
was broken by the 442nd
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je razbila 442. jedinica
13:49
in 32 minutes.
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za 32 minuta.
13:52
It was an amazing act,
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To je bio neverovatan čin,
13:56
and when the war ended,
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i kad se rat završio,
13:58
the 442nd returned to the United States
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442. jedinica se vratila u SAD
14:02
as the most decorated unit
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kao jedinica sa najviše odličja
14:04
of the entire Second World War.
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u celom Drugom svetskom ratu.
14:07
They were greeted back on the White House Lawn
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Na travnjaku Bele kuće pozdravio ih je
14:10
by President Truman, who said to them,
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predsednik Truman, koji im je rekao:
14:12
"You fought not only the enemy
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"Borili ste se
ne samo protiv neprijatelja
ne samo protiv neprijatelja
14:16
but prejudice, and you won."
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već i predrasuda, i pobedili ste."
14:20
They are my heroes.
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Oni su moji heroji.
14:24
They clung to their belief
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Držali su se svoje vere
14:27
in the shining ideals of this country,
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u sjajne ideale ove zemlje
14:30
and they proved that being an American
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i dokazali su da biti Amerikanac
14:34
is not just for some people,
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nije samo za neke ljude,
14:37
that race is not how we define being an American.
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da rasa nije način definisanja
toga što smo Amerikanci.
toga što smo Amerikanci.
14:43
They expanded what it means to be an American,
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Proširili su to
šta znači biti Amerikanac
šta znači biti Amerikanac
14:46
including Japanese-Americans
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i uključili Amerikance japanskog porekla
14:49
that were feared and suspected and hated.
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kojih su se plašili, na koje su sumnjali
i koje su mrzeli.
i koje su mrzeli.
14:53
They were change agents,
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Oni su bili agenti promene,
14:56
and they left for me
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i meni su ostavili
14:59
a legacy.
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nasleđe.
15:01
They are my heroes
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Oni su moji heroji
15:03
and my father is my hero,
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i moj otac je moj heroj,
15:05
who understood democracy
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koji je razumeo demokratiju
15:07
and guided me through it.
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i vodio me kroz nju.
15:11
They gave me a legacy,
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Dali su mi nasleđe,
15:13
and with that legacy comes a responsibility,
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sa kojim dolazi odgovornost
15:17
and I am dedicated
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i posvećen sam tome
15:19
to making my country
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da od svoje zemlje napravim
15:21
an even better America,
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još bolju Ameriku,
15:24
to making our government
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da od naše Vlade napravim
15:27
an even truer democracy,
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još bolju demokratiju,
15:30
and because of the heroes that I have
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i zbog heroja koje imam
15:34
and the struggles that we've gone through,
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i patnji kroz koje sam prošao,
15:37
I can stand before you
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mogu da stanem pred vas
15:39
as a gay Japanese-American,
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kao gej Amerikanac japanskog porekla,
15:42
but even more than that,
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ali i više od toga,
15:45
I am a proud American.
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ja sam ponosni Amerikanac.
15:49
Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam mnogo.
15:51
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
George Takei - Actor and activistThe beloved Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek, George Takei is an activist for human rights (and a master of Facebook memes).
Why you should listen
George Takei is known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series and films, but since serving as the helm officer on the USS Enterprise, he's become a pop culture icon here on this planet. To Be Takei, a documentary on his life and career directed by Jennifer M. Kroot that premiered at Sundance in January 2014, will be released theatrically in August 2014.
Takei is a master of Facebook virality, and has written two books about it: Oh Myyy! - There Goes The Internet and Lions and Tigers and Bears - The Internet Strikes Back (known collectively as Life, the Internet and Everything, Books 1 and 2). He's also the host of the YouTube series Takei's Take.
Along with Lea Salonga and actor-singer-songwriter Telly Leung, he stars in a new musical called Allegiance (music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, book by Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione and Marc Acito). The musical is an epic story of love, family and heroism during the Japanese American internment.
Takei is an important advocate for LGBT rights; in 2005, he came out of the closet, and has been an active campaigner for the right of all people to marry.
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