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George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me
George Takei: Zašto volim zemlju koja me je jednom izdala
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Kada je bio dijete, George Takei i njegova obitelj prisilno su smješteni u logor namijenjen Amerikancima Japanskog podrijetla. Bila je to "sigurnosna" mjera u periodu Drugog svjetskog rata. 70 godina poslije, Takei se prisjeća kako je zatvorenički logor oblikovao njegovu iznenađujuću definiciju domoljublja i demokracije.
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
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I'm a veteran of the starship Enterprise.
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Veteran sam svemirskog broda Enterprise.
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I soared through the galaxy
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Letio sam kroz galaksiju
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driving a huge starship
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vozeći ogromni svemirski brod
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with a crew made up of people
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s posadom sastavljenom od ljudi
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from all over this world,
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iz svih krajeva svijeta,
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many different races, many different cultures,
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mnogo različitih rasa,
mnogo različitih kultura,
mnogo različitih kultura,
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many different heritages,
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mnogo različitih običaja,
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all working together,
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radeći svi zajedno,
00:34
and our mission was to explore strange new worlds,
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a naša misija je bila
istraživati nepoznate svjetove,
istraživati nepoznate svjetove,
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to seek out new life and new civilizations,
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tražiti nove oblike života
i nove civilizacije,
i nove civilizacije,
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to boldly go where no one has gone before.
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hrabro ići tamo gdje još nitko nije išao.
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Well —
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Dakle —
00:48
(Applause) —
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(Pljesak) —
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I am the grandson of immigrants from Japan
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Ja sam unuk japanskih imigranata
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who went to America,
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koji su otišli u Ameriku,
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boldly going to a strange new world,
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u nepoznat svijet,
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seeking new opportunities.
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u potrazi za novim prilikama.
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My mother was born in Sacramento, California.
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Moja majka je rođena
u Sacramentu, u Kaliforniji.
u Sacramentu, u Kaliforniji.
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My father was a San Franciscan.
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Moj otac je iz San Francisca.
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They met and married in Los Angeles,
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Upoznali su se i vjenčali u Los Angelesu,
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and I was born there.
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gdje sam ja rođen.
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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 bombardirao Pearl Harbor
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on December 7, 1941 by Japan,
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7. prosinca 1941. godine,
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and overnight, the world was plunged
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i preko noći svijet je utonuo
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into a world war.
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u svjetski rat.
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America suddenly was swept up
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U Americi je zavladala
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by hysteria.
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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 podrijetla,
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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, strahom
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and with outright hatred
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i s otvorenom mržnjom
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simply because we happened to look like
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samo zbog toga jer smo izgledali
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the people that bombed Pearl Harbor.
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kao ljudi koji su bombardirali
Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor.
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And the hysteria grew and grew
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Histerija je rasta i rasla
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until in February 1942,
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sve dok u veljači 1942.,
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the president of the United States,
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američki predsjednik,
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
02:13
ordered all Japanese-Americans
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nije naredio da se svi
Amerikanci japanskog podrijetla
Amerikanci japanskog podrijetla
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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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po kratkom postupku privedu
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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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i bez pravičnog postupka.
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Due process, this is a core pillar
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Pravični postupak, ovo je stup
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of our justice system.
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našeg pravosudnog sustava.
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That all disappeared.
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Toga više nije bilo.
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We were to be rounded up
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Bilo smo skupljeni
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and imprisoned in 10 barbed-wire prison camps
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i zatočeni u 10 zatvoreničkih logora
okruženih bodljikavom žicom
okruženih bodljikavom žicom
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in some of the most desolate places in America:
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u najizoliranijim mjestima u Americi:
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the blistering hot desert of Arizona,
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užasno vruća pustinja u Arizoni,
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the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
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sparne močvare Arkansasa,
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the wastelands of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado,
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pustopoljine Wyominga,
Idaha, Utaha, Colorada
Idaha, Utaha, Colorada
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and two of the most desolate places in California.
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i dva najnapuštenija mjesta u Kaliforniji.
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On April 20th, I celebrated my fifth birthday,
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20. travnja, proslavio sam peti rođendan,
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and just a few weeks after my birthday,
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i samo nekoliko tjedana
nakon mog rođendana,
nakon mog rođendana,
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my parents got my younger brother,
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moji roditelji su probudili
mog mlađeg brata,
mog mlađeg brata,
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my baby sister and me
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malu sestricu i mene
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up very early one morning,
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ranije jednog jutra
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and they dressed us hurriedly.
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i žurno su nas počeli oblačiti.
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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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gledali smo kroz prozor
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and we saw two soldiers marching up our driveway.
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i vidjeli dva vojnika kako marširaju
na našem kolnom prilazu.
na našem kolnom prilazu.
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They carried bayonets on their rifles.
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Nosili su bajonete na puškama.
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They stomped up the front porch
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Prišli su trijemu
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and banged on the door.
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i zalupali na vrata.
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My father answered it,
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Otac je otvorio,
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and the soldiers ordered us out of our home.
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a vojnici su nam naredili
da napustimo kuću.
da napustimo kuću.
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My father gave my brother and me
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Otac je bratu i meni dao
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small luggages to carry,
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nositi male kufere,
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and we walked out and stood on the driveway
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izašli smo van i stali na prilaz
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waiting for our mother to come out,
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čekajući da izađe i naša majka,
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and when my mother finally came out,
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a kada je moja majka napokon izašla,
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she had our baby sister in one arm,
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u jednoj je ruci držala moju sestricu,
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a huge duffel bag in the other,
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a u drugoj veliku torbu,
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and tears were streaming down both her cheeks.
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i suze su joj tekle niz obraze.
04:09
I will never be able to forget that scene.
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Nikada neću zaboraviti taj prizor.
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It is burned into my memory.
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Urezao mi se u sjećanje.
04:17
We were taken from our home
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Odveli su nas iz našeg doma
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and loaded on to train cars
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i ukrcali na vagone
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with other Japanese-American families.
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u kojima su bile druge
japansko-američke obitelji.
japansko-američke obitelji.
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There were guards stationed
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Na oba kraja vagona
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at both ends of each car,
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stajali su stražari,
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as if we were criminals.
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kao dao smo kriminalci.
04:33
We were taken two thirds of
the way across the country,
the way across the country,
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Prešli smo dvije trećine zemlje,
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rocking on that train for four days and three nights,
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ljuljajući se na tom vlaku
četiri dana i tri noći,
četiri dana i tri noći,
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to the swamps of Arkansas.
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sve do močvara Arkansasa.
04:45
I still remember the barbed wire fence
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Još se sjećam ograde od bodljikave žice
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that confined me.
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gdje su me zatvorili.
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I remember the tall sentry tower
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Sjećam se visoke promatračnice
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with the machine guns pointed at us.
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sa strojnicama uperenim u nas.
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I remember the searchlight that followed me
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Sjećam se reflektora koji me je pratio
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when I made the night runs
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kada sam noću trčao
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from my barrack to the latrine.
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od barake do zahoda.
05:04
But to five-year-old me,
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A ja, kao petogodišnjak,
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I thought it was kind of nice that they'd lit the way
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mislio sam da je baš lijepo
što mi osvjetljavaju put
što mi osvjetljavaju put
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for me to pee.
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dok idem piškiti.
05:12
I was a child,
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Bio sam dijete,
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too young to understand the circumstances
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premlad da bih razumio okolnosti
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of my being there.
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zbog kojih sam se tamo našao.
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Children are amazingly adaptable.
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Djeca su nevjerojatno prilagodljiva.
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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 mi je normalno
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in the prisoner of war camps.
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u logorima za ratne zarobljenike.
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It became routine for me to line up three times a day
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Postala mi je rutina stajati
u redu tri puta dnevno
u redu tri puta dnevno
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to eat lousy food in a noisy mess hall.
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kako bih jeo lošu hranu u bučnoj menzi.
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It became normal for me to go with my father
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Postalo mi je normalno ići s ocem
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to bathe in a mass shower.
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kako bih se oprao u zajedničkom tušu.
05:47
Being in a prison, a barbed-wire prison camp,
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Biti u zatvoru, u zatvoreničkom logoru
okruženom bodljikavom žicom,
okruženom bodljikavom žicom,
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became my normality.
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postala je moja svakodnevica.
05:55
When the war ended,
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Kada je rat završio,
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we were released,
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bili smo oslobođeni
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and given a one-way ticket
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i dobili smo jednosmjernu kartu
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to anywhere in the United States.
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za bilo koje mjesto u SAD-u.
06:04
My parents decided to go back home
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Moji roditelji su se odlučili vratiti kući
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to Los Angeles,
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u Los Angeles,
06:09
but Los Angeles was not a welcoming place.
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ali Los Angeles nije više bio
prijateljski nastrojen prema nama.
prijateljski nastrojen prema nama.
06:13
We were penniless.
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Bili smo bez novca.
06:14
Everything had been taken from us,
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Sve nam je bilo oduzeto,
06:17
and the hostility was intense.
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a neprijateljsko ozračje je raslo.
06:19
Our first home was on Skid Row
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Naš prvi dom bio je u četvrti Skid Row
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in the lowest part of our city,
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u najsiromašnijem dijelu grada,
06:27
living with derelicts, drunkards
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gdje smo živjeli sa skitnicama,
alkoholičarima
alkoholičarima
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and crazy people,
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i luđacima,
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the stench of urine all over,
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svugdje se osjetio smrad urina,
06:34
on the street, in the alley,
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na ulicama, uskim prolazima,
06:37
in the hallway.
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hodnicima.
06:40
It was a horrible experience,
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To je bilo užasno iskustvo
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and for us kids, it was terrorizing.
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za nas djecu.
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I remember once
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Sjećam se kad nam je jednom
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a drunkard came staggering down,
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pijanac došao teturajući,
06:51
fell down right in front of us,
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pao je točno ispred nas
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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 sestrica je rekla:
"Mama, vratimo se kući,"
"Mama, vratimo se kući,"
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because behind barbed wires
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jer mjesto iza bodljikave žice
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was for us
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za nas je bio
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home.
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dom.
07:08
My parents worked hard
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Moji roditelji su naporno radili
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to get back on their feet.
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kako bi ponovno stali na noge.
07:12
We had lost everything.
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Sve smo bili izgubili.
07:13
They were at the middle of their lives
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Bili su na polovici svog životnog puta
07:16
and starting all over.
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i morali su početi od nule.
07:17
They worked their fingers to the bone,
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Krvavo su radili,
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and ultimately they were able
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i na kraju su uspjeli
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to get the capital together to buy
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zajedno prikupiti dovoljno novca
07:26
a three-bedroom home in a nice neighborhood.
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kako bi kupili kuću s tri spavaće sobe
u lijepom susjedstvu.
u lijepom susjedstvu.
07:29
And I was a teenager,
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Bio sam tinejdžer,
07:30
and I became very curious
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i postao sam vrlo znatiželjan
07:32
about my childhood imprisonment.
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u vezi svog djetinjstva
provedenog u zatočeništvu.
provedenog u zatočeništvu.
07:35
I had read civics books that told me about
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Pročitao sam knjige
o građanskim pravima
o građanskim pravima
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the ideals of American democracy.
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koje su govorile o idealima
američke demokracije.
američke demokracije.
07:42
All men are created equal,
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Svi su ljudi stvoreni jednaki,
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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 potragu za srećom.
07:53
and I couldn't quite make that fit
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i to se nikako nije poklapalo
07:55
with what I knew to be my childhood imprisonment.
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sa onim što sam poznavao
kao djetinjstvo u zatočeništvu.
kao djetinjstvo u zatočeništvu.
07:58
I read history books,
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Čitao sam povijesne knjige
08:00
and I couldn't find anything about it.
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i nisam mogao naći ništa o tome.
08:03
And so I engaged my father after dinner
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I tako sam s ocem nakon večere
08:07
in long, sometimes heated conversations.
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počeo voditi duge,
ponekad i žustre rasprave.
ponekad i žustre rasprave.
08:12
We had many, many conversations like that,
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Imali smo mnogo, mnogo takvih razgovora,
08:15
and what I got from them
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a ono što sam dobio iz toga
08:17
was my father's wisdom.
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bila je mudrost mog oca.
08:19
He was the one that suffered the most
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On je bio taj koji je najviše patio
08:22
under those conditions of imprisonment,
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u tim zatvorskim uvjetima,
08:25
and yet he understood American democracy.
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a ipak je shvaćao američku demokraciju.
08:29
He told me that our democracy
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Rekao mi je da je naša demokracija
08:32
is a people's democracy,
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narodna demokracija,
08:34
and it can be as great as the people can be,
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i da može biti divna poput ljudi,
08:37
but it is also as fallible as people are.
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ali i da baš poput ljudi može i podbaciti.
08:42
He told me that American democracy
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Rekao je da američka demokracija
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is vitally dependent on good people
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nužno ovisi o dobrim ljudima
08:49
who cherish the ideals of our system
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koji njeguju ideale našeg sustava
08:53
and actively engage in the process
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i aktivno sudjeluju u procesu
08:56
of making our democracy work.
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funkcioniranja naše demokracije.
08:59
And he took me to a campaign headquarters —
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Odveo me je u predizborni centar —
09:03
the governor of Illinois was
running for the presidency —
running for the presidency —
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guverner Illinoisa se
kandidirao za predsjednika —
kandidirao za predsjednika —
09:07
and introduced me to American electoral politics.
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i upoznao s Američkom izbornom politikom.
09:11
And he also told me about
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Također mi je pričao o
09:14
young Japanese-Americans
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mladim Amerikancima japanskog podrijetla
09:15
during the Second World War.
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u razdoblju Drugog svjetskog rata.
09:19
When Pearl Harbor was bombed,
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Kada je bombardiran Pearl Harbor,
09:21
young Japanese-Americans,
like all young Americans,
like all young Americans,
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mladi Amerikanci Japanskog podrijetla,
poput svih mladih Amerikanaca,
poput svih mladih Amerikanaca,
09:24
rushed to their draft board
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pohitali su svojim novačkim komisijama
09:27
to volunteer to fight for our country.
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kako bi se prijavili za dobrovoljno
sudjelovanje u borbi za svoju zemlju.
sudjelovanje u borbi za svoju zemlju.
09:30
That act of patriotism
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Kao odgovor na ovaj domoljubni čin
09:33
was answered with a slap in the face.
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dobili smo pljusku.
09:37
We were denied service,
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Odbili su nas
09:40
and categorized as enemy non-alien.
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i svrstali u kategoriju
domaćih neprijatelja.
domaćih neprijatelja.
09:46
It was outrageous to be called an enemy
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Nečuveno je da vas zovu neprijateljem
09:49
when you're volunteering to fight for your country,
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kada se želite dobrovoljno
boriti za svoju zemlju
boriti za svoju zemlju
09:52
but that was compounded with the word "non-alien,"
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To je bilo dopunjeno riječju "domaći,"
09:56
which is a word that means
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koja se odnosi na građanina,
10:00
"citizen" in the negative.
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ali u negativnom smislu.
10:04
They even took the word "citizen" away from us,
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Oduzeli su nam građanski status
10:07
and imprisoned them for a whole year.
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i držali nas u zatočeništvu godinu dana.
10:12
And then the government realized
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Nakon toga Vlada je shvatila
10:14
that there's a wartime manpower shortage,
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da im nedostaje ratne snage,
10:18
and as suddenly as they'd rounded us up,
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i jednako naglo kao što su nas i uhitili,
10:23
they opened up the military for service
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sada su dozvolili uključivanje u vojsku
10:25
by young Japanese-Americans.
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i mladim Amerikancima
Japanskog podrijetla.
Japanskog podrijetla.
10:28
It was totally irrational,
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Odluka je bila potpuno neshvatljiva,
10:30
but the amazing thing,
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ali ono što je bilo nevjerojatno
10:33
the astounding thing,
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i zapanjujuće
10:35
is that thousands of young
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je to da su tisuće mladih
10:37
Japanese-American men and women
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Amerikanaca i Amerikanki
Japanskog podrijetla
Japanskog podrijetla
10:40
again went from behind those barbed-wire fences,
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iza tih ograda od bodljikave žice,
10:44
put on the same uniform as that of our guards,
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navukli na sebu istu onu uniformu
koju su nosili stražari,
koju su nosili stražari,
10:47
leaving their families in imprisonment,
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ostavili svoje obitelji
u zatočeništvu
u zatočeništvu
10:51
to fight for this country.
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i krenuli u borbu za svoju 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 kako bi izbavili svoje obitelji
10:58
from behind those barbed-wire fences,
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iza bodljikave žice,
11:01
but because they cherished the very ideal
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nego i zbog poštivanja ideala
11:04
of what our government stands for,
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za koji se zalaže naša Vlada,
11:06
should stand for,
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ili za koji bi se trebala zalagati,
11:08
and that was being abrogated
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a koji je bio obezvrijeđen
11:11
by what was being done.
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onim što se činilo.
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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Oni su se otišli boriti za ovu zemlju.
11:21
They were put into a segregated
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Svi japansko-američki vojnici
11:22
all Japanese-American unit
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stavljeni su u posebnu jedinicu
11:25
and sent to the battlefields of Europe,
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i poslani na europska bojišta
11:27
and they threw themselves into it.
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i jako su se trudili.
11:30
They fought with amazing,
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Borili su se nevjerojatno
11:33
incredible courage and valor.
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hrabro i odvažno.
11:37
They were sent out on the most dangerous missions
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Bili su poslani na najopasnija mjesta
11:40
and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate
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i njihove jedinice pretrpjele su više gubitaka
11:43
of any unit proportionally.
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od bilo koje druge jedinice.
11:47
There is one battle that illustrates that.
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Postoji bitka koja to najbolje ilustrira.
11:50
It was a battle for the Gothic Line.
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To je bila bitka za Gotičku liniju.
11:53
The Germans were embedded
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Nijemci su se stacionirali
11:56
in this mountain hillside,
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na planinskom obronku,
11:58
rocky hillside,
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stjenovitom planinskom obronku
12:00
in impregnable caves,
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u teško pristupačnim špiljama,
12:02
and three allied battalions
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a tri savezničke bojne
12:06
had been pounding away at it
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su ih napadale
12:07
for six months,
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šest mjeseci,
12:09
and they were stalemated.
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i našle su se u bezizlaznom položaju.
12:11
The 442nd was called in
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442. pukovnija pozvana je
12:14
to add to the fight,
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da se priključi u borbu,
12:18
but the men of the 442nd
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ali ljudi iz pukovnije
12:20
came up with a unique
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došli su na jednu
12:23
but dangerous idea:
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opasnu ideju:
12:25
The backside of the mountain
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Stražnja strana planine
12:27
was a sheer rock cliff.
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bila je stjenovita litica.
12:30
The Germans thought an attack from the backside
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Nijemci su mislili da je
napad sa stražnje strane
napad sa stražnje strane
12:33
would be impossible.
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nemoguće izvesti.
12:36
The men of the 442nd decided to do the impossible.
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Ljudi iz 442. pukovnije
odlučili su učiniti nemoguće.
odlučili su učiniti nemoguće.
12:40
On a dark, moonless night,
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U tamnoj noći bez mjesečine,
12:44
they began scaling that rock wall,
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počeli su se penjati uz stjenoviti zid,
12:48
a drop of more than 1,000 feet,
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na više od 300 metara dug uspon,
12:52
in full combat gear.
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u borbenoj opremi.
12:54
They climbed all night long
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Penjali su se cijelu noć
12:57
on that sheer cliff.
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po toj strmovitoj litici.
13:02
In the darkness,
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U mraku,
13:04
some lost their handhold
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neki su izgubili svoj hvat
13:06
or their footing
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ili svoja uporišta
13:07
and they fell to their deaths
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i pali u smrt
13:10
in the ravine below.
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u provaliju ispod njih.
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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Nitko nije ni kriknuo,
13:19
so as not to give their position away.
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kako ne bi otkrili svoj položaj.
13:22
The men climbed for eight hours straight,
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Muškarci su se uspinjali osam sati,
13:26
and those who made it to the top
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a oni koji su se uspjeli popeti na vrh
13:29
stayed there until the first break of light,
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ostali su tu sve do zore,
13:33
and as soon as light broke,
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i s prvim zrakama sunca,
13:36
they attacked.
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napali su.
13:38
The Germans were surprised,
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Nijemci su bili iznenađeni
13:40
and they took the hill
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i počeli su se povlačiti,
13:41
and broke the Gothic Line.
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čime je Gotička linija bila slomljena.
13:44
A six-month stalemate
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Šestomjesečna pat-pozicija
13:47
was broken by the 442nd
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je okončana od strane 442. pukovnije
13:49
in 32 minutes.
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za 32. minute.
13:52
It was an amazing act,
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To je bila nevjerojatna akcija.
13:56
and when the war ended,
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A kada je rat završio,
13:58
the 442nd returned to the United States
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442. pukovnija se vratila u SAD
14:02
as the most decorated unit
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kao jedinica s najviše odlikovanja
14:04
of the entire Second World War.
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u Drugom svjetskom ratu.
14:07
They were greeted back on the White House Lawn
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Na travnjaku Bijele kuće dočekao ih je
14:10
by President Truman, who said to them,
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predsjednik Truman, koji im je rekao,
14:12
"You fought not only the enemy
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"Borili ste se ne samo protiv neprijatelja,
14:16
but prejudice, and you won."
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nego i protiv predrasuda. I pobijedili 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 svojih uvjerenja
14:27
in the shining ideals of this country,
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o sjajnim idealima ove zemlje,
14:30
and they proved that being an American
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dokazali su da se Amerikancem
14:34
is not just for some people,
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ne mogu smatrati samo neki ljudi
14:37
that race is not how we define being an American.
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i da Amerikanca ne određuje rasa.
14:43
They expanded what it means to be an American,
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Proširili su značenje te riječi,
14:46
including Japanese-Americans
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koja je sada uključivala i Amerikance
Japanskog podrijetla
Japanskog podrijetla
14:49
that were feared and suspected and hated.
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kojih su se plašili,
sumnjičili ih i mrzili.
sumnjičili ih i mrzili.
14:53
They were change agents,
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Oni su bili pokretači promjena,
14:56
and they left for me
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koji su mi ostavili
14:59
a legacy.
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jedno naslijeđe.
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 razumio demokraciju
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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Ostavili su mi naslijeđe,
15:13
and with that legacy comes a responsibility,
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a s tim naslijeđem dolazi i odgovornost.
15:17
and I am dedicated
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Ja sam posvećen tome
15:19
to making my country
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da moja Amerika
15:21
an even better America,
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bude još bolja zemlja,
15:24
to making our government
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da naša Vlada bude
15:27
an even truer democracy,
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istinski demokratska,
15:30
and because of the heroes that I have
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i zahvaljujući mojim herojima
15:34
and the struggles that we've gone through,
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i poteškoćama kroz koje smo prošli
15:37
I can stand before you
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sada mogu stajati pred vama
15:39
as a gay Japanese-American,
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kao gay Amerikanac japanskog podrijetla,
15:42
but even more than that,
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ali još 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 puno.
15:51
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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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