Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
دامون ديفيس: ماذا رأيت في احتجاجات فيرجسون؟
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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when they are afraid.
حال شعورهم به.
كما النيران في الغابات.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis my entire life.
in Ferguson, Missouri --
to lose his life to law enforcement.
بسبب فرض القانون.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
استخدام الخوف كسلاح.
in mourning was to use force
التي واجهت الجموع في الصباح القوة
to make us afraid of each other
have worked in the past.
this time it was different.
treatment of the community
التي واجهها المجتمع
Ferguson and St. Louis.
في كل من فيرجسون وسانت لويس وما جاورهما.
about the fourth or fifth day,
في اليوم الرابع أو الخامس،
minutes away from Ferguson,
على بعد دقائق من فيرجسون،
into the conversation:
the same thing going on.
with something else inside of them.
to back down from the police.
something in me changing,
was doing the same thing.
to do something more.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
specific to the protest,
in a spiritual war,
for the road ahead.
of the hands of protesters
صورًا لأيدي المحتجّين
the boarded-up buildings
and to raise the morale.
the stories of these people
بقصص أولئك الناس
courageous in the moment.
في تلك اللحظة.
that was given to me.
of our job as artists.
of courage in the work that we do.
للشجاعة في العمل الذي نقوم به.
between the normal folks
بين الناس العاديين
to spread fear and hate,
لنشر الخوف والكراهية،
the binds us every day?
was not put in me to cripple me,
لم يكن هناك ليقيدني،
how to use that fear,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmakerTED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression.
Why you should listen
Musician, visual artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and activism, exploring the experience of contemporary black Americans. His documentary, Whose Streets?, premiered at Sundance 2017 and tells the story of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri that took place after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.
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