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Ruby Sales: How we can start to heal the pain of racial division
Ruby Sales: Tunaanzaje kutibu maumivu ya mgawanyiko wa kitaifa
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"Wapi panauma?" Ni swali ambalo mawanaharakati na mkalimu Ruby Sales alisafiri Marekani akiuliza, akiangalia kwa kina kwenye urithi wa nchi wa ubaguzi wa rangi na kutafuta vyanzo vya matibabu. Kwenye haya maongezi ya kuhamasisha, anashirikisha alichojifunza, akitafakari kwenye mda wake kama mpigania uhuru kwenye maandamano ya haki za kiraia na kutoa mawazo mapya kwenye njia ya haki za kitaifa.
Ruby Sales - Activist, scholar, educator
Ruby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation. Full bio
Ruby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation. Full bio
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I want to share with you
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Nataka niwashirikishe
00:17
a moment in my life
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kipindi cha maisha yangu
00:20
when the hurt and wounds of racism
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ambapo maumivu na majeraha ya ubaguzi
wa rangi
wa rangi
00:25
were both deadly and paralyzing for me.
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yalikua yanaua na yanapoozesha kwangu.
00:32
And I think what I've learned
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Na nafikiri nilichojifunza
00:35
can be a source of healing for all of us.
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kinaweza kua chanzo cha uponyaji kwetu
sote.
sote.
00:41
When I was 17 years old,
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Nilipokua na miaka 17,
00:47
I was a college student
at Tuskegee University,
at Tuskegee University,
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nilikua mwanafunzi wa chuo cha
Tuskegee,
Tuskegee,
00:54
and I was a worker
in the Southern freedom movement,
in the Southern freedom movement,
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na nilikua mfanyakazi
wa harakati ya Uhuru wa Kusini,
wa harakati ya Uhuru wa Kusini,
00:59
which we call the Civil Rights Movement.
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ambao tunaita Harakati ya Haki za Kiraia.
01:05
During this time,
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Kwenye kipindi hiki,
01:08
I met another young 26-year-old,
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nilikutana na kijana mwingine wa miaka 26,
01:14
white seminary and college student
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mweupe wa seminari na mwanafunzi wa chuo
01:17
named Jonathan Daniels,
from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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aitwae Jonathan Daniels,
kutoka Cambridge, Massachusetts.
kutoka Cambridge, Massachusetts.
01:22
He and I
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Yeye na mimi
01:24
were both part of a generation
of idealistic young people,
of idealistic young people,
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tulikua wote sehemu ya kizazi
cha vijana wenye mitazamo,
cha vijana wenye mitazamo,
01:31
whose life has been ignited
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ambao maisha yao yamemulikiwa
01:35
by the freedom fire
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na moto wa uhuru
01:37
that ordinary black people
were spreading around the nation
were spreading around the nation
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ambao watu weusi wa kawaida
walikua wakisambaa nchini
walikua wakisambaa nchini
01:42
and throughout the South.
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na kupitia Kusini.
01:46
We had come to Lowndes County
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Tulikuja Jimbo la Lowndes
01:50
to work in the movement.
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kufanya kazi kwenye harakati.
01:53
And it was a nonviolent movement
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Na ilikua harakati isiyo na fujo
01:56
to redeem the souls of America.
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kukomboa nafsi ya Marekani.
02:00
We believe that everyone,
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Tuliamini kua kila mtu,
02:04
both black and white,
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wote weusi kwa weupe,
02:07
people in the South,
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watu wa Kusini,
02:09
could find a redemptive pathway
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wanaweza kupata njia ya ukombozi
02:13
out of the stranglehold of racism
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toka kwenye ukandamizi wa ubaguzi
02:16
that had gripped them
for more than 400 years.
for more than 400 years.
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ambao ulikua umewakamata
kwa zaidi ya miaka 400.
kwa zaidi ya miaka 400.
02:24
And on a hot, summer day in August,
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Na kwenye siku yenye joto ya Agosti,
02:29
Jonathan and I joined a demonstration
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Jonathan na mimi tuliunga maandamano
02:33
of local young black people,
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ya vijana weusi wa mtaani,
02:36
who were protesting the exploitation
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waliokua wakilalamikia dhuluma
02:40
[of] black sharecroppers
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[za] wagawanya mavuno weusi
02:45
by rich land holders
who cheated them out of their money.
who cheated them out of their money.
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na matajiri wa ardhi
ambao waliwalaghai hela zao.
ambao waliwalaghai hela zao.
02:54
We decided to demonstrate alongside them.
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Tuliamua kuandamana pamoja nao.
02:59
And on the morning that we showed up
for the demonstration,
for the demonstration,
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Na asubuhi ambayo tulijitokeza
kwa ajili ya maandamano,
kwa ajili ya maandamano,
03:04
we were met with a mob
of howling white men
of howling white men
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tulikutana na kundi la wanaume weupe
wakipiga kelele
wakipiga kelele
03:09
with baseball bats, shotguns
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na bao za mpira, bunduki
03:15
and any weapon that you could imagine.
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na silaha yeyote unayoweza kuwaza.
03:18
And they were threatening to kill us.
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Na walikua wanatutishia kutuua.
03:22
And the sheriff,
seeing the danger that we faced,
seeing the danger that we faced,
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Na polisi,
akiona hatari tuliyonayo,
akiona hatari tuliyonayo,
03:28
arrested us and put us on a garbage truck
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alitukamata na kutuweka kwenye gari
la taka
la taka
03:33
and took us to the local jail,
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na kutupeleka kwenye jela ya mtaani,
03:37
where we were put in cells
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ambapo tuliwekwa kwenye vyumba
03:41
with the most inhumane
conditions you can imagine.
conditions you can imagine.
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vyenye hali zisio za kibinaadamu
unazoweza kuwaza.
unazoweza kuwaza.
03:46
And we were threatened by the jailers
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Na tulitishiwa na wafungwa
03:51
with drinking water
that came from toilets.
that came from toilets.
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na maji ya kunywa
yaliyotoka chooni.
yaliyotoka chooni.
03:59
We were finally released on the sixth day,
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Hatimae tuliachiwa siku ya sita,
04:05
without any knowledge,
without any forewarning.
without any forewarning.
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bila ujuzi wowote,
bila onyo lolote.
bila onyo lolote.
04:09
Just out of the clear blue sky,
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Ilitokea tu,
04:11
we were made to leave.
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tulitolewa.
04:14
And we knew that this
was a dangerous sign,
was a dangerous sign,
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Na tulijua hii ilikua
ishara ya hatari,
ishara ya hatari,
04:18
because Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney
had also been forced to leave jail
had also been forced to leave jail
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kwa sababu Goodman, Schwermer na Chaney
walilazimishwa pia kutoka jela
walilazimishwa pia kutoka jela
04:24
and were murdered because no one knew
what had happened to them.
what had happened to them.
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na waliuwawa kwa sababu hakuna
aliejua kilichowatokea.
aliejua kilichowatokea.
04:29
And so, despite our fervent resistance,
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Hivyo, licha ya ukinzani wetu,
04:35
the sheriff made us leave the jail,
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polisi alitufanya tutoke jela,
04:38
and of course, nobody was waiting for us.
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na hakika, hakuna aliekua anatungoja.
04:44
It was hot,
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Ilikua joto,
04:48
one of those Southern days
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moja ya zile siku za Kusini
04:50
where you could
literally feel the pavement --
literally feel the pavement --
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ambapo ungeweza kuhisi
lami kabisa --
lami kabisa --
04:54
the vapor seeping out of the pavement.
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mvuko ukipenya nje ya lami.
05:00
And the group of about 14 of us
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Na kundi la karibia watu 14,
05:05
selected Jonathan Daniels,
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likamchagua Jonathan Daniels,
05:09
Father Morrisroe, who had recently
come to the county,
come to the county,
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Padre Morrisroe, ambae alikuja
kwenye jimbo hivi karibuni,
kwenye jimbo hivi karibuni,
05:13
Joyce Bailey, a local 17-year-old girl
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Joyce Bailey, binti wa miaka 17
05:19
and I to go and get the drinks.
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na mimi kwenda kufuata vinywaji.
05:23
When we got to the door,
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Tulipofika mlangoni,
05:26
a white man was standing
in the doorway with a shotgun,
in the doorway with a shotgun,
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mwanaume mweupe alikua amesimama
njia ya mlango na bunduki,
njia ya mlango na bunduki,
05:30
and he said, "Bitch,
I'll blow your brains out!"
I'll blow your brains out!"
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na akasema, "Malaya
nitalipua ubongo wako!"
nitalipua ubongo wako!"
05:36
And before I could even react,
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Na kabla hata sijajibu,
05:39
before I could even process
what was going on,
what was going on,
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kabla hata sijaelewa
kinachoendelea,
kinachoendelea,
05:43
Jonathan intentionally pulled my blouse,
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Jonathan akavuta nguo yangu kwa makusudi,
05:48
and I fell back, thinking that I was dead.
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na nikaanguka nyuma, nikifikiri nimekufa.
05:53
And in that instant, when I looked up,
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Na mara moja, nilipoangalia juu,
05:56
Jonathan Daniels
was standing in the line of fire,
was standing in the line of fire,
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Jonathan Daniels
alikua amesimama mbele ya risasi,
alikua amesimama mbele ya risasi,
06:01
and he took the blast,
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na akachukua mlipuko,
06:04
and he saved my life.
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na akaokoa maisha yangu.
06:15
I was so traumatized
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Nilikua kwenye mshtuko mkubwa
06:19
and paralyzed by that event,
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na kupooza kwa tukio hilo,
06:24
where Tom Coleman deliberately,
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ambapo Tom Coleman kwa makusudi,
06:30
with malicious intent,
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na nia ya kudhuru,
06:33
killed my beloved friend and colleague,
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alimuua rafiki yangu mpendwa na mwenzangu,
06:37
Jonathan Myrick Daniels.
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Jonathan Myrick Daniels.
06:47
On that day,
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Siku hiyo,
06:50
which was one of the most
important days in my life,
important days in my life,
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ambayo ilikua moja ya siku
muhimu kwenye maisha yangu,
muhimu kwenye maisha yangu,
06:54
I saw both love and hate
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niliona vyote upendo na chuki
06:58
coming from two very different white men
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vikitoka kwa wanaume weupe wawili tofauti
07:02
that represented the best
and the worst of white America.
and the worst of white America.
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ambayo ilionyesha ubora na
ubaya wa Marekani nyeupe.
ubaya wa Marekani nyeupe.
07:10
So deep was my hurt
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Kwa kina sana ulikua uchungu wangu
07:12
at seeing Tom Coleman
murder Jonathan before my eyes,
murder Jonathan before my eyes,
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wa kumuona Tom Coleman
akimuua Jonathan mbele ya macho yangu,
akimuua Jonathan mbele ya macho yangu,
07:17
that I became a silent person,
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mpaka mikawa mtu mkimya,
07:20
and I did not speak
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na sikuongea
07:23
for six months.
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kwa miezi sita.
07:28
I finally learned to touch that hurt in me
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Hatimae nikajifunza kugusa maumivu
ndani yangu
ndani yangu
07:33
as I became older
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kadri nilivyokua mkubwa
07:35
and began to talk about
the Southern freedom movement,
the Southern freedom movement,
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na nikaanza kuongelea kuhusu
maandamano ya uhuru ya Kusini,
maandamano ya uhuru ya Kusini,
07:40
and began to connect my stories
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na nikaanza kuunganisha hadithi zangu
07:42
with the stories of my other colleagues
and freedom fighters,
and freedom fighters,
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na hadithi za wenzangu na
wapigania uhuru,
wapigania uhuru,
07:48
who, like me, had faced
deadly trauma of racism,
deadly trauma of racism,
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ambao, kama mimi, waliona
madhara hatari vya ubaguzi wa rangi,
madhara hatari vya ubaguzi wa rangi,
07:54
and who had lost friends along the way,
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na mabao walipoteza marafiki njiani,
07:57
and who themselves
have been beaten and thrown in jail.
have been beaten and thrown in jail.
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na ambao wenyewe
walipigwa na kutupwa jela.
walipigwa na kutupwa jela.
08:07
It is 50 years later.
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Ni miaka 50 baadae.
08:13
Many people were beaten
and thrown in jail.
and thrown in jail.
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Watu wengi wanapigwa na
kutupwa jela.
kutupwa jela.
08:18
Others were murdered
like Jonathan Daniels.
like Jonathan Daniels.
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Wengine wanauliwa
kama Jonathan Daniels.
kama Jonathan Daniels.
08:22
And yet, we are still, as a nation,
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Na bado, sisi bado, kama taifa,
08:27
mired down
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tumezama chini
08:30
in the quicksand of racism.
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kwenye udongo wa ubaguzi wa rangi.
08:38
And everywhere I go around the nation,
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Na kila mahali ninapoenda kuzunguka nchi,
08:42
I see and hear the hurt.
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ninaona na kusikia yale maumivu.
08:47
And I ask people everywhere,
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Na ninauliza watu kila mahali,
08:49
"Tell me, where does it hurt?"
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"Niambie, wapi panauma?"
08:53
Do you see and feel the hurt
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Unaona na kusikia maumivu
08:57
that I see and feel?
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ambayo ninaona na kusikia?
09:01
I feel and see the hurt
in black and brown people
in black and brown people
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Ninasikia na kuona yale maumivu
kwa watu weusi na wa maji ya kunde
kwa watu weusi na wa maji ya kunde
09:07
who every day feel
the vicious volley of racism
the vicious volley of racism
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ambao kila siku wanasikia
gharika la hatari la ubaguzi wa rangi
gharika la hatari la ubaguzi wa rangi
09:16
and every day have their
civil and human rights stripped away.
civil and human rights stripped away.
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na kila siku haki zao
za kiraia na kibinadamu zinachukuliwa.
za kiraia na kibinadamu zinachukuliwa.
09:22
And the people who do this
use stereotypes and myths
use stereotypes and myths
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Na watu waliofanya hivi
wanatumia unyanyapaaji na dhana
wanatumia unyanyapaaji na dhana
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to justify doing it.
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kuhalalisha kufanya hivyo.
09:33
Everywhere I go,
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Kila ninapoenda,
09:36
I see and hear women
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ninaona na kusikia wanawake
09:43
who speak out against --
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wanaoongelea dhidi --
09:46
who speak out against
men who invade our bodies.
men who invade our bodies.
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wanaoongelea dhidi ya
wanaume wanaoingilia miili yao.
wanaume wanaoingilia miili yao.
09:52
These same men who then turn around --
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Hawa hawa wanaume ambao tena wanageuka --
09:56
the same men who promote racism
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hawa hawa wanaume wanaochochea ubaguzi wa
rangi
rangi
09:59
and then turn around and steal our labor
and pay us unequal wages.
and pay us unequal wages.
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na kisha wanageuka na kutuibia kazi zetu
na kutulipa mishahara isiyo na haki.
na kutulipa mishahara isiyo na haki.
10:07
I hear and feel the hurt of white men
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Ninasikia na kuhisi maumivu ya wanaume
weupe
weupe
10:11
at the betrayal by
the same powerful white men
the same powerful white men
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waliosalitiwa na wale wale
wanaume weupe wenye nguvu
wanaume weupe wenye nguvu
10:16
who tell them that their skin color
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wanaowaambia kua rangi ya ngozi zao
10:20
is their ticket to a good life and power,
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ni tiketi ya maisha bora na yenye nguvu,
10:24
only to discover,
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kuja kugundua,
10:27
as the circle of whiteness narrows,
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kadri duara la uweupe linavyokua dogo,
10:30
that their tickets have expired
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ndipo tiketi zao zinapoharibika
10:33
and no longer carry first-class status.
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na hawabebi tena hadhi ya daraja la
kwanza.
kwanza.
10:39
Now that we've touched the hurt,
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Sasa kwa kua tumegusa maumivu,
10:42
we must ask ourselves,
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tunalazimika kujiuliza,
10:45
"Where does it hurt
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"Wapi panapouma
10:48
and what is the source of the hurt?"
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na nini chanzo cha maumivu hayo?"
10:55
I propose that we must look
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Ninapendekeza kua ni lazima kuangalia
11:00
deeply into the culture of whiteness.
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kwa kina kwenye utamaduni wa uweupe.
11:04
That is a river that drowns out
all of our identities
all of our identities
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Ambao ni mto unaozamisha utambulisho
wetu wote
wetu wote
11:09
and drowns us in false uniformity
to protect the status quo.
to protect the status quo.
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na inatuzamisha kwenye umoja wa uwongo
kulinda hadhi iliopo.
kulinda hadhi iliopo.
11:16
Notice, everybody,
I said culture of whiteness,
I said culture of whiteness,
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Tazama, kila mtu,
nimesema utamaduni wa uweupe,
nimesema utamaduni wa uweupe,
11:21
and not white people.
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na sio watu weupe.
11:24
Because in my estimation,
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Kwa sababu kwenye makadirio yangu,
11:27
the problem is not white people.
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tatizo sio watu weupe.
11:30
Instead, it is the culture of whiteness.
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Badala yake, ni utamaduni wa uweupe.
11:34
And by culture of whiteness,
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Na kwa utamaduni wa uweupe,
11:35
I mean a systemic and organized
set of beliefs,
set of beliefs,
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ninamaanisha mfumo na mpangilio
wa aina za imani,
wa aina za imani,
11:41
values, canonized knowledge
and even religion,
and even religion,
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thamani, maarifa yenye kanuni
na hata dini,
na hata dini,
11:49
to maintain a hierarchical,
over-and-against power structure
over-and-against power structure
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kuendeleza uongozi, muundo
wa nguvu iliyopitiliza na inayopinga
wa nguvu iliyopitiliza na inayopinga
11:55
based on skin color,
against people of color.
against people of color.
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kulingana na rangi ya ngozi,
dhidi ya watu wa rangi.
dhidi ya watu wa rangi.
12:03
It is a culture
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Ni utamaduni
12:08
where white people are seen
as necessary and friendly insiders,
as necessary and friendly insiders,
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ambapo watu weupe wanaonekana
kama wa ulazima na urafiki wa ndani,
kama wa ulazima na urafiki wa ndani,
12:15
while people of color,
especially black people,
especially black people,
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wakati watu wenye rangi,
haswa watu weusi,
haswa watu weusi,
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are seen as dangerous
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wanaonekana kama ni hatari
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and threatening outsiders,
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na wakutishia wa nje,
12:26
who pose a clear and present danger
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wanaoweka hatari ya wazi na ya sasa
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to the safety and the efficacy
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kwenye usalama na matokeo
12:35
of the culture of whiteness.
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ya utamaduni wa uweupe.
12:44
Listen to me and see if you can imagine
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Nisikilize na uone kama unaweza kuwaza
12:49
the culture of whiteness
as a dehumanizing process
as a dehumanizing process
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utamaduni wa uweupe kama
harakati inayoondoa utu
harakati inayoondoa utu
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that melts away
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inayoyeyusha mbali
12:56
all of our multiple
and interlocking identities,
and interlocking identities,
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utambulisho wetu wote
wa utofauti na unaofungana,
wa utofauti na unaofungana,
13:02
such as race, class,
gender and sexualities,
gender and sexualities,
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kama vile taifa, daraja,
na jinsia,
na jinsia,
13:07
so that ...
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ilimradi ...
13:10
so that unity is maintained for power.
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ili umoja uendelee kwa ajili ya nguvu.
13:18
I believe, because I know
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Ninaamini, kwa sababu ninajua
13:22
and believe that the culture of whiteness
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na kuamini kua utamaduni wa uweupe
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is a social construct.
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ni muundo wa kijamii.
13:32
Each of us, from birth to death,
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Kila mmoja wetu, tunapozaliwa
mpaka tunakufa,
mpaka tunakufa,
13:36
are socialized in this culture.
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tumejumuika kwenye huu utamaduni.
13:39
And it marks people of color also.
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Na inaathiri watu wa rangi pia.
13:42
And it makes people of color,
like white people,
like white people,
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Na inafanya watu wa rangi,
kama watu weupe,
kama watu weupe,
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vote against our interests.
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kuchagua kinyume na mapendeleo yetu.
13:57
Some of you might ask --
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Baadhi yenu mnaweza kuuliza --
13:58
and my students always tell me
I give hard assignments --
I give hard assignments --
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na wanafunzi wangu wananiambia
ninatoa kazi ngumu --
ninatoa kazi ngumu --
14:02
some of you might ask, and rightfully so,
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baadhi yenu mnaweza kuuliza, na kwa
usahihi kabisa,
usahihi kabisa,
14:07
"How do we fix this?
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"Tunawezaje kurekebisha hili?
14:10
It seems so all-powerful
and overwhelming."
and overwhelming."
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Inaonekana ina nguvu sana
na inatutawala."
na inatutawala."
14:16
I believe that we must fix it,
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Ninaamini kua ni lazima kuirekebisha,
14:20
because we cannot humanize our future
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kwa sababu hatuwezi kuwa na utu mbeleni
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if we continue to be complicit
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kama tutaendelea kukubaliana
14:27
with the culture of whiteness.
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na utamaduni wa uweupe.
14:30
Each of us must connect
with our authentic selves,
with our authentic selves,
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Kila mmoja wetu ni lazima aungane
na asili yetu wenyewe,
na asili yetu wenyewe,
14:36
with our authentic ethnic selves.
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na asili yetu ya kiutamaduni.
14:39
And we must connect
with the other aspects of our identities.
with the other aspects of our identities.
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Na ni lazima tuungane
na mambo mengine ya utambulisho wetu.
na mambo mengine ya utambulisho wetu.
14:44
And we must move out of the constructs
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Na ni lazima tutoke kwenye muundo
14:48
of whiteness, brownness and blackness
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wa uweupe, umaji-ya-kunde na uweusi
14:53
to become who we are at our fullest.
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kua jinsi tulivyo kikamili.
15:02
How do we do this?
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Tunafanyaje hivi?
15:05
I believe that we do this
through our collective narratives.
through our collective narratives.
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Ninaamini tunafanya hivi
kwa simulizi zetu kwa pamoja.
kwa simulizi zetu kwa pamoja.
15:10
And our collective narratives
must contain our individual stories,
must contain our individual stories,
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Na simulizi zetu kwa pamoja
zinatakiwa kuwa na hadithi zetu binafsi,
zinatakiwa kuwa na hadithi zetu binafsi,
15:16
the arts,
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sanaa,
15:18
spiritual reflections,
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tafakari za dini,
15:22
literature,
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maandiko
15:26
and yes, even drumming.
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na ndio, hata ngoma.
15:28
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
15:32
It must be a collective telling,
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Inatakiwa iwe misemo ya pamoja,
15:35
because individual stories
just create a paradigm
just create a paradigm
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kwa sababu hadithi binafsi
hutengeneza namna
hutengeneza namna
15:39
where we are pitting one story
against another story.
against another story.
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ambapo tutashindanisha hadithi moja
dhidi ya nyingine.
dhidi ya nyingine.
15:49
These different models
that I have talked about tonight
that I have talked about tonight
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Hii mitindo tofauti niliyoyaongelea
usiku wa leo
usiku wa leo
15:54
I think are essential
to providing us a pathway
to providing us a pathway
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ninafikiri ni muhimu
kutupatia njia
kutupatia njia
15:59
out of the quagmire of racism.
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nje ya bwawa la ubaguzi wa rangi.
16:03
And I want to talk about
another very important model.
another very important model.
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Na nataka niongelee kuhusu
mtindo mwingine wa muhimu sana.
mtindo mwingine wa muhimu sana.
16:08
And that is redemption.
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Na huo ni ukombozi.
16:12
I believe that movements
for racial justice
for racial justice
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Nina imani kua maandamano
ya haki za kirangi
ya haki za kirangi
16:17
must be redemptive rather than punitive.
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zinalazimika kua za ukombozi na sio
uhalifu.
uhalifu.
16:22
And yes, I believe
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Na ndio, ninaamini
16:25
that we must provide the possibility
of redemption for everyone.
of redemption for everyone.
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kua tunatakiwa kutoa uwezekano
wa ukombozi kwa kila mtu.
wa ukombozi kwa kila mtu.
16:30
And we must be willing,
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Na tunatakiwa kuwa tayari,
16:32
despite some of the vitriolic language
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licha ya baadhi ya lugha kali
16:36
that might come from
those very people who oppress us,
those very people who oppress us,
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zinazotoka kwa hao hao watu
wanaotukandamiza,
wanaotukandamiza,
16:41
I think that we must listen to them
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nafikiri ni lazima tuwasikilize
16:46
and try to figure out where do they hurt.
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na kujaribu kuelewa wapi wanapoumia.
16:50
We must do this, I believe,
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Ni lazima tufanye hivi, ninaamini,
16:52
because our redemption
is tied into their redemption,
is tied into their redemption,
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kwa sababu ukombozi wetu
umefungana na ukombozi wao.
umefungana na ukombozi wao.
16:57
And we will not be free
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Na hatutakua huru
17:00
until we've all been redeemed
from unredemptive anger.
from unredemptive anger.
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mpaka tuwe tumekombolewa
kutoka kwenye hasira ya kukosa ukombozi.
kutoka kwenye hasira ya kukosa ukombozi.
17:14
The challenge is not easy.
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Changamoto sio rahisi.
17:17
And in a technological society,
it grows even more complicated,
it grows even more complicated,
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Na kwenye jamii ya teknolojia,
inakua ina utata zaidi,
inakua ina utata zaidi,
17:22
because often we use technologies
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kwa sababu mara nyingi tunatumia
teknolojia
teknolojia
17:25
to perpetuate the very values of racism
that we indulge in every day.
that we indulge in every day.
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kudumisha thamani za ubaguzi wa rangi
ambazo tunaruhusu kila siku.
ambazo tunaruhusu kila siku.
17:33
We use technology to bully,
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Tunatumia teknolojia kuonea,
17:37
to perpetuate hate speech
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kuendeleza maongezi ya chuki
17:40
and to degrade each other's humanities.
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na kushushiana utu wetu.
17:45
And so I believe that
if we're going to humanize the future,
if we're going to humanize the future,
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Na hivyo ninaamini kua
kama tutaenda kujenga utu mbeleni,
kama tutaenda kujenga utu mbeleni,
17:49
we must design ways to use technology
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ni lazima tupange njia za kutumia
teknolojia
teknolojia
17:52
not to degrade us, but to elevate us
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bila kutushusha, lakini kutuinua
17:56
so that we can live
into the fullest of our capacities.
into the fullest of our capacities.
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ili tuweze kuishi kwa ukamili
wa uwezo wetu.
wa uwezo wetu.
18:00
And I believe that technology
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Na ninaamini kua teknolojia
18:03
must provide us larger vistas
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lazima itupatie mandhari makubwa zaidi
18:07
so that we might engage with each other
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ili tuweze kuhusiana wenyewe kwa
wenyewe
wenyewe
18:10
and move beyond the segregated spaces
that we live in, every day of our lives.
that we live in, every day of our lives.
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na kusogea zaidi ya maeneo yaliyojitenga
ambayo tunaishi, kila siku ya maisha yetu.
ambayo tunaishi, kila siku ya maisha yetu.
18:17
I believe
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Ninaamini
18:21
that we can achieve this
if we set our minds
if we set our minds
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kua tunaweza kupata haya
kama tukiweka akili zetu
kama tukiweka akili zetu
18:27
and hopes on the prize.
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na matumaini kwenye tuzo.
18:32
The question before us tonight
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Swali mbele yetu usiku wa leo
18:37
is very serious.
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ni la muhimu sana.
18:40
It is: "Do you want to be healed?
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Nalo ni: "Unataka kupona?
18:45
Do you want to be healed?"
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Unataka kupona?"
18:49
Do you want to become whole
and live into all of your identities?
and live into all of your identities?
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Unataka kua mzima na
kuishi kwenye utambulisho wako wote?
kuishi kwenye utambulisho wako wote?
18:54
Or do you want to continue
to cannibalize your multiple identities
to cannibalize your multiple identities
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Au unataka kuendelea
kubagua utambulisho wako mwingi
kubagua utambulisho wako mwingi
19:01
and privilege one identity over the other?
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na kupendelea utambulisho mmoja juu ya
mwingine?
mwingine?
19:07
Do you want to join a long line
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Unataka kuunga mstari mrefu
19:12
of generations of people
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wa vizazi vya watu
19:15
who believed in the promise of America
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walioamini kwenye ahadi ya Marekani
19:19
and had the faith to upbuild democracy?
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na walikua na imani ya kujenga zaidi
demokrasia?
demokrasia?
19:28
Do you want to live
into the fullest of your potential?
into the fullest of your potential?
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Unataka kuishi kwenye
uwezo wako kamili?
uwezo wako kamili?
19:33
I certainly do.
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Ndio kabisa.
19:35
And I believe you do, too.
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Na ninaamini ungependa pia.
19:39
Let me just say, quite seriously,
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Wacha niseme tu, kwa uzito kabisa,
19:44
I believe in you.
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ninakuamini.
19:47
And despite everything,
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Na licha ya kila kitu,
19:49
I still believe in America.
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bado ninaamini Marekani.
19:55
I hope that this offering
that I've given to you tonight,
that I've given to you tonight,
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Ninatumaini kua hii sadaka
niliyowapa usiku wa leo,
niliyowapa usiku wa leo,
19:59
that I've shared with you tonight,
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niliyowashirikisha usiku wa leo,
20:01
will provide redemptive pathways
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italeta njia za ukombozi
20:05
so that you might claim
the fullest of your identity
the fullest of your identity
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ili uweze kudai
utambulisho wako kikamilifu
utambulisho wako kikamilifu
20:10
and become a major participant
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na kua mshiriki mkubwa
20:13
in humanizing not only
the future for yourselves,
the future for yourselves,
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kujenga utu sio tu
wa kwetu mbeleni,
wa kwetu mbeleni,
20:18
but also for our democracy.
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lakini pia kwa demokrasia
20:21
Thank you.
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Asanteni.
20:22
(Applause)
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(Makofi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ruby Sales - Activist, scholar, educatorRuby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation.
Why you should listen
Ruby Sales is the founder and director of the Spirit House Project. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s as a teenager at Tuskegee University and went to work as a student freedom fighter in Lowndes County, Alabama. She is one of 50 African Americans to be spotlighted in the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
A deeply committed social activist, scholar, administrator, manager, public theologian and educator in the areas of civil, gender and other human rights, Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation. She has done groundbreaking work on community and nonviolence formation, and also serves as a national convener of the Every Church A Peace Church Movement. Throughout her career, Sales has mentored young people and provided support and venues for an intergenerational community of developing and seasoned social justice performing and creative artists. She has a deep commitment to providing the education, practical experiences, and frame of references to contest racism and add their voices to the public conversations on the many streams of oppression that emerge from them.
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