Safwat Saleem: Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent
Safwat Saleem: Kodėl vis kalbu, net kai žmonės juokiasi iš mano akcento
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eye contact with anyone.
in the room begin to turn toward me
pribėga link manęs
"Have you forgotten your name?"
„Ar pamiršai savo vardą?“
I want to respond, but I don't.
noriu atsakyti, bet neatsakau.
mėgaujuosi,
for all kinds of characters.
visokiausiems personažams.
is Frankenstein's monster.
pabaisa.
(SS's voice): (Grunts)
(murmėjimas)
a lot for that one.
I made this educational video
video
the voice of Space Invader.
įsibrovėliui iš kosmoso.
Labas.
hitting "refresh,"
spaudinėjau „atnaujinti“,
I look forward to the next one.
Lauksiu kito.
of a two-part video.
on the second one next.
WHEREEEEE? I need it NOWWWWW!: P
KUUUR? Noriu pamatyti DABAAAR!
were saying nice things about me,
sakė gražius dalykus apie mane,
is annoying. No offense.
Nieko asmeniško.
without peanut butter in your mouth?
be riešutų sviesto burnoje?
is somewhat constructive. Hit "refresh."
Spaudžiu „atnaujinti“.
this narrator again
šio pasakotojo,
because of the Indian accent.
indiško akcento.
have a Pakistani accent.
akcentą.
on the second part of the video.
back to my childhood,
vaikystę,
as I can remember.
when he had a question --
nors turi klausimą –
so I would not have to answer it.
atsiliepti.
would say I'm not around.
kad manęs nėra šalia.
and there was usually someone who'd go,
ir dažniausiai kažkas lepteldavo:
feeling that if I spoke,
prakalbsiu,
that there was something wrong with me,
negerai,
be able to use my voice in my work
savo balsą darbe
each sentence many, many times,
daug kartų,
where I think I suck the least.
yra mažiausiai blogi.
is like Photoshop for your voice.
„Photoshop“ tavo balsui.
make it deeper, add an echo.
pagilinti, pridėti aidą.
and if I stutter along the way,
ir jei bešnekant sumikčioju,
voice in my work
naudojimas
to finally sound normal to myself.
skambėti sau pačiam.
using my voice in my work.
savo balso kūryboje.
about what it means to be normal.
būti normaliu.
with expectations.
su lūkesčiais.
very few colors in his writing.
mažai spalvų.
is described as wine red,
kaip vynas,
and sheep are purple.
violetinės.
of the ancient literature --
literatūrą –
for why that might be the case
kodėl taip galėjo atsitikti,
to recognize a color
atskirti spalvas
to make that color.
tą spalvą.
spalvą,
for many cultures to make --
lengvai pagaminama –
fairly early on.
kurią pagaminti buvo sunkiau –
which was much harder to make --
how to make that color
spalvos,
until much later as well.
daug vėliau.
a color might be all around them,
buvo visur aplinkui,
the ability to see it.
galimybės matyti.
put my own experience into context.
patirtį kitu kampu.
the comments on the video,
video komentarus,
all very personally.
viską labai asmeniškai.
atžvilgiu.
for a narrator to have an accent.
su akcentu.
more spelling errors in your writing
daugiau rašytinių klaidų užrašuose,
to help female or minority students.
padėti studentėms arba mažumoms.
with white-sounding names
with black-sounding names.
su juodaodžių vardais.
of what is normal.
kas yra normalu.
rašybos klaidas.
does not succeed.
studentas nepasiekia tikslo.
is a better hire than a black employee.
geresnis darbuotojas nei juodaodis.
that discrimination of this kind,
kad tokia diskriminacija
favoritizmas,
to help people that you can relate to
žmonėms, su kuriais gali susisieti
that you can't relate to.
kuriais negali susisieti.
starts at a very early age.
prasideda labai ankstyvame amžiuje.
collection every year,
only about 11 percent of the books
tik 11 procentų knygų
that number was about eight percent,
buvo apie 8 procentus,
today come from a minority background.
yra kilę iš mažumų.
that they can be anything,
būti bet kuo,
that children of color consume
vaikai skaito
don't get to realize
didžiąja dalimi
they are similar to minorities --
for Ancient Greeks,
mėlyna spalva,
of what we consider normal,
mes laikome norma,
of what we've been exposed to,
su kuo susiduriame.
get a bit difficult.
of normal -- that normal is good,
sąvoka – kad normalu yra gerai,
narrow definition of normal is bad.
apibrėžimo, yra blogai.
that preexisting notion of normal
tai išankstinei normalumo sąvokai
and would rather be in the bathroom.
ir geriau būčiau vonioje.
I'm now slowly starting to use my voice
palengva pradedu naudoti savo balsą
people say that I talk
sakys, kad kalbu
butter in my mouth.
turėčiau riešutų sviesto.
a much better understanding
suprantu,
one day and realize
vieną dieną suprasdami,
to realize what we had been ignoring
ką taip ilgai
our notion of normal,
normalumo sąvoką,
to allow us as a society
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ačiū. Ačiū.
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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