Safwat Saleem: Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent
ซาฟวัต ซาลีม (Safwat Saleem): ทำไมผมจะพูดต่อไปแม้ว่าคนจะล้อสำเนียงผม
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eye contact with anyone.
เขาก็ถามขึ้นว่า
in the room begin to turn toward me
ก็ค่อย ๆ หันมาหาทางผม
"Have you forgotten your name?"
I want to respond, but I don't.
ผมอยากตอบ แต่ก็ทำไม่ได้
for all kinds of characters.
(เสียงผู้พูด): สวัสดีครับ
(เสียงผู้พูด): สวัสดี
(เสียงผู้พูด): สวัสดี
is Frankenstein's monster.
การพากย์เป็นแฟรงเกนสไตน์
(SS's voice): (Grunts)
(เสียงผู้พูด): ฮืออออออออออออ
a lot for that one.
I made this educational video
the voice of Space Invader.
(เสียงผู้พูด): สวัสดี
hitting "refresh,"
I look forward to the next one.
จะติดตามรอดูวิดิโอหน้า
of a two-part video.
on the second one next.
WHEREEEEE? I need it NOWWWWW!: P
were saying nice things about me,
is annoying. No offense.
แต่เสียงเขาน่ารำคาญมาก
without peanut butter in your mouth?
is somewhat constructive. Hit "refresh."
กดรีเฟรช
this narrator again
because of the Indian accent.
สงสัยเป็นเพราะสำเนียงอินเดียแน่ ๆ
have a Pakistani accent.
on the second part of the video.
back to my childhood,
as I can remember.
when he had a question --
so I would not have to answer it.
would say I'm not around.
and there was usually someone who'd go,
feeling that if I spoke,
that there was something wrong with me,
be able to use my voice in my work
each sentence many, many times,
ประโยค ๆ หนึงตั้งหลายครั้ง
where I think I suck the least.
is like Photoshop for your voice.
make it deeper, add an echo.
and if I stutter along the way,
voice in my work
กับวิดิโอของตัวเอง
to finally sound normal to myself.
using my voice in my work.
เกี่ยวกับคำว่าปกติ
about what it means to be normal.
with expectations.
very few colors in his writing.
is described as wine red,
and sheep are purple.
of the ancient literature --
for why that might be the case
to recognize a color
to make that color.
for many cultures to make --
fairly early on.
which was much harder to make --
how to make that color
until much later as well.
a color might be all around them,
the ability to see it.
put my own experience into context.
the comments on the video,
all very personally.
for a narrator to have an accent.
more spelling errors in your writing
to help female or minority students.
หรือผิวสี
with white-sounding names
with black-sounding names.
of what is normal.
does not succeed.
is a better hire than a black employee.
that discrimination of this kind,
to help people that you can relate to
that you can't relate to.
starts at a very early age.
collection every year,
only about 11 percent of the books
that number was about eight percent,
today come from a minority background.
that they can be anything,
that children of color consume
don't get to realize
they are similar to minorities --
for Ancient Greeks,
of what we consider normal,
of what we've been exposed to,
get a bit difficult.
of normal -- that normal is good,
ปกติเท่ากับดี
narrow definition of normal is bad.
คือไม่ดี
that preexisting notion of normal
and would rather be in the bathroom.
และอยากหนีไปอยู่ในห้องน้ำมากครับ
I'm now slowly starting to use my voice
(เสียงซาลีม) ผมค่อย ๆ ใช้เสียงผม
people say that I talk
butter in my mouth.
a much better understanding
one day and realize
to realize what we had been ignoring
our notion of normal,
to allow us as a society
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Safwat Saleem - Artist, graphic designer, filmmakerSafwat Saleem uses satire and art to bring to light stories of adversity.
Why you should listen
Safwat Saleem is a Pakistani-American visual artist, graphic designer and filmmaker. He's best known for making politically-charged satirical art. Safwat's artwork has used a variety of media, including illustration, writing, animation, audio, film and sculpture. He often combines several media to create multimedia storytelling experiences that get his audiences talking -- and laughing -- about subjects that tend to otherwise make people feel uncomfortable. Saleem is also the founder of Bandbaja, a Pakistani music magazine that promoted the use of modern popular music as a socio-political tool.
Saleem has a penchant for doing voiceovers in his films for all kinds of silly characters like a bear, sheep, greeting card and a whale to name a few. His work is shown regularly in galleries around the U.S. and has been featured in publications such as Wired, BoingBoing and Brainpickings. Safwat is a TED Senior Fellow and he likes pizza (like, a lot).
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