Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: Apa yang Saya Lihat di Aksi Protes Ferguson
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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saya tak banyak bertemu orang
when they are afraid.
kalau mereka ketakutan.
itu karena di lubuk hati mereka
seharusnya Anda lakukan?
from St. Louis, Missouri.
dari St Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis my entire life.
seumur hidup saya.
in Ferguson, Missouri --
di Ferguson, Missouri...
di timur St. Louis...
to lose his life to law enforcement.
penegak hukum.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
menggunakan ketakutan sebagai senjata.
yang berduka ketika itu
in mourning was to use force
untuk menanamkan ketakutan:
satu sama lain,
to make us afraid of each other
di masa lalu.
have worked in the past.
this time it was different.
kali ini berbeda.
treatment of the community
kepada masyarakat setelahnya
Ferguson and St. Louis.
di sekitar Ferguson, dan St. Louis.
about the fourth or fifth day,
pada hari keempat atau kelima,
minutes away from Ferguson,
di St. Louis, dekat dari Ferguson,
yang mengejutkan.
banyak kemarahan.
into the conversation:
hal yang sama.
the same thing going on.
with something else inside of them.
to back down from the police.
something in me changing,
berubah,
di sekitar melakukan hal yang sama.
was doing the same thing.
perasaan itu.
to do something more.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
saya seniman, harus membuat sesuatu.
specific to the protest,
yang sesuai dengan aksi protes itu,
in a spiritual war,
dalam perang spriritual,
for the road ahead.
untuk langkah ke depan.
of the hands of protesters
dari tangan-tangan para pemrotes,
the boarded-up buildings
gedung-gedung bertingkat,
and to raise the morale.
kesadaran, dan moral mereka.
the stories of these people
cerita orang-orang itu.
courageous in the moment.
Sabaah Folayan
that was given to me.
yang dianugerahkan kepada saya.
of our job as artists.
dari pekerjaan kami sebagai seniman.
of courage in the work that we do.
lewat pekerjaan yang kami lakukan.
between the normal folks
pembatas di antara rakyat biasa,
to spread fear and hate,
untuk menebar ketakutan dan kebencian,
the binds us every day?
yang menghantui?
was not put in me to cripple me,
ketakutan tidak sampai melumpuhkan,
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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