Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
دیمون دیویس: آنچه من در تجمعات اعتراضی فرگوسن دیدم
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
زندگیم ندیدم،
when they are afraid.
که ترسیدهن.
در عمق وجودشون،
from St. Louis, Missouri.
سنت لوییز، میزوری.
St. Louis my entire life.
اطرافش گذروندم.
in Ferguson, Missouri --
در فرگوسن ایالت میزوری کشته شد --
ولی در شمال سنت لوییز --
to lose his life to law enforcement.
جونش رو خواهد گرفت.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
که سعی داشتن از ترس به عنوان سلاح استفاده کنن.
in mourning was to use force
to make us afraid of each other
have worked in the past.
this time it was different.
اینبار فرق داشت.
treatment of the community
با جامعه (سیاه پوست) انجام شد،
Ferguson and St. Louis.
اطراف فرگوسن و سنتلوییز شد.
about the fourth or fifth day,
این تجمعهای اعتراضی رسیدم،
minutes away from Ferguson,
چند دقیقه از فرگوسن بشینم،
into the conversation:
گفت و گو اضافه شد:
the same thing going on.
مشابهی داشتن.
with something else inside of them.
هم در درونشون بود.
to back down from the police.
something in me changing,
چیزی داره در درونم عوض میشه،
was doing the same thing.
هم دارن همین کار رو میکنن.
to do something more.
میخوام کار بیشتری بکنم.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
من هنرمندم. من یه آت و آشغالهایی درست میکنم.
specific to the protest,
به طور خاص به اعتراض مربوط میشدن،
in a spiritual war,
سلاح باشن،
for the road ahead.
مستحکم کنه.
of the hands of protesters
از دستهای معترضین عکس گرفتم
the boarded-up buildings
با پنجرههای تختهکوب و
and to raise the morale.
the stories of these people
این آدمهایی رو که شجاع بودنشون
courageous in the moment.
that was given to me.
of our job as artists.
of courage in the work that we do.
کاری که انجام میدیم.
between the normal folks
آدمهای معمولی،
to spread fear and hate,
اشاعه ترس و نفرت استفاده میکنن،
the binds us every day?
هر روزه دست و پا گیرمون شده؟
was not put in me to cripple me,
من قرار داده نشده برای اینکه فلجم کنه،
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.
Damon Davis | Speaker | TED.com