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Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America
Klint Smit (Clint Smith): Kako odgajati crnog sina u Americi
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Kao deca, svi dobijamo savete od roditelja i učitelja koji deluju čudno, pa čak i zbunjujuće. Ovo je shvatio jedne noći mladi Klint Smit, koji se igrao vodenim pištoljima na mračnom parkingu sa svojim belim drugarima. U dirljivom govoru, pesnik oživljava scenu preplašene i razbesnele reakcije svog oca.
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Growing up, I didn't always understand
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Tokom odrastanja nisam uvek shvatao
00:15
why my parents made me
follow the rules that they did.
follow the rules that they did.
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zašto su me roditelji terali
da poštujem njihova pravila.
da poštujem njihova pravila.
00:17
Like, why did I really
have to mow the lawn?
have to mow the lawn?
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Recimo, zašto sam baš morao
da kosim travnjak?
da kosim travnjak?
00:20
Why was homework really that important?
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Zašto je domaći zadatak bio toliko važan?
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Why couldn't I put jelly beans
in my oatmeal?
in my oatmeal?
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Zašto nisam mogao da stavim
gumene bombone u svoju ovsenu kašu?
gumene bombone u svoju ovsenu kašu?
00:27
My childhood was abound
with questions like this.
with questions like this.
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Detinjstvo mi je obilovalo
takvim pitanjima.
takvim pitanjima.
00:30
Normal things about being a kid
and realizing that sometimes,
and realizing that sometimes,
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To je normalno kada ste dete
i shvatio sam da je ponekad najbolje
i shvatio sam da je ponekad najbolje
00:34
it was best to listen to my parents
even when I didn't exactly understand why.
even when I didn't exactly understand why.
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da slušam roditelje, čak i kad
ne razumem baš zašto.
ne razumem baš zašto.
00:38
And it's not that they didn't want
me to think critically.
me to think critically.
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Ali nije da nisu želeli
da razmišljam kritički.
da razmišljam kritički.
00:41
Their parenting always sought
to reconcile the tension
to reconcile the tension
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Njihovo roditeljstvo je uvek težilo
smanjenju tenzije
smanjenju tenzije
00:44
between having my siblings and I
understand the realities of the world,
understand the realities of the world,
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u shvatanju realnosti sveta
između mene i moje braće,
između mene i moje braće,
00:47
while ensuring that we never accepted
the status quo as inevitable.
the status quo as inevitable.
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trudeći se da nikada ne prihvatimo
status kvo kao neizbežan.
status kvo kao neizbežan.
00:51
I came to realize that this,
in and of itself,
in and of itself,
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Shvatio sam da je ovo, samo po sebi,
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was a very purposeful form of education.
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bio veoma svrishodan oblik obrazovanja.
00:58
One of my favorite educators,
Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
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Jedan od mojih omiljenih edukatora,
brazilski autor i akademik, Paulo Freire,
brazilski autor i akademik, Paulo Freire,
01:02
speaks quite explicitly
about the need for education
about the need for education
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govori prilično direktno
o potrebi za obrazovanjem
o potrebi za obrazovanjem
01:05
to be used as a tool for critical
awakening and shared humanity.
awakening and shared humanity.
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kao alatom za kritičko osvešćenje
i humanost.
i humanost.
01:09
In his most famous book,
"Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
"Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
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U svojoj najpoznatijoj knjizi
"Pedagogija potlačenih"
"Pedagogija potlačenih"
01:12
he states, "No one can be
authentically human
authentically human
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ističe: "Niko ne može
da bude autentično biće
da bude autentično biće
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while he prevents others from being so."
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dok sprečava druge da to budu."
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I've been thinking a lot about this
lately, this idea of humanity,
lately, this idea of humanity,
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U poslednje vreme sam dosta razmišljao
o ideji humanosti,
o ideji humanosti,
01:23
and specifically, who in this world
is afforded the privilege
is afforded the privilege
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naročito o tome, kome se na ovom svetu
pruža privilegija
pruža privilegija
01:27
of being perceived as fully human.
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da se smatra potpuno humanim.
01:30
Over the course of
the past several months,
the past several months,
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Tokom poslednjih nekoliko meseci,
01:32
the world has watched
as unarmed black men, and women,
as unarmed black men, and women,
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svet je posmatrao kako životi nenaoružanih
crnih muškaraca i žena,
crnih muškaraca i žena,
01:35
have had their lives taken
at the hands of police and vigilante.
at the hands of police and vigilante.
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bivaju stavljani u ruke policije
i odbora za građansku samozaštitu.
i odbora za građansku samozaštitu.
01:39
These events and all that
has transpired after them
has transpired after them
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Ovi događaji i sve
što se posle toga odvijalo,
što se posle toga odvijalo,
01:42
have brought me back to my own childhood
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vratili su me u moje detinjstvo
01:44
and the decisions that my parents made
about raising a black boy in America
about raising a black boy in America
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i odluke mojih roditelja
vezane za odgajanje crnog dečaka u Americi
vezane za odgajanje crnog dečaka u Americi
01:49
that growing up, I didn't always
understand in the way that I do now.
understand in the way that I do now.
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nisam uvek razumeo onako
kako sada razumem.
kako sada razumem.
01:53
I think of how hard it must have been,
how profoundly unfair it must have felt
how profoundly unfair it must have felt
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Razmišljam koliko im je bio težak
i duboko nepravičan osećaj
i duboko nepravičan osećaj
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for them to feel like they had
to strip away parts of my childhood
to strip away parts of my childhood
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što su su morali
da skrate delove mog detinjstva,
da skrate delove mog detinjstva,
02:02
just so that I could come home at night.
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samo da bih se mogao vratiti uveče kući.
02:05
For example, I think of how one night,
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Na primer, sećam se kad sam jedne noći
02:07
when I was around 12 years old, on an
overnight field trip to another city,
overnight field trip to another city,
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kada sam imao oko 12 godina,
na jednoj jednodnevnoj ekskurziji
na jednoj jednodnevnoj ekskurziji
02:11
my friends and I bought Super Soakers
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moji drugari i ja smo poneli
pištolje na vodu
pištolje na vodu
02:13
and turned the hotel parking lot
into our own water-filled battle zone.
into our own water-filled battle zone.
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i pretvorili parking hotela u naše lično
vodeno bojno polje.
vodeno bojno polje.
02:18
We hid behind cars,
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Krili smo se iza automobila,
02:19
running through the darkness that
lay between the streetlights,
lay between the streetlights,
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trčeći kroz mrak koji se pruža
između uličnih svetala,
između uličnih svetala,
02:22
boundless laughter ubiquitous
across the pavement.
across the pavement.
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uz bezgranični, sveprisutni smeh
širom trotoara.
širom trotoara.
02:26
But within 10 minutes,
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Ali za 10 minuta
02:28
my father came outside,
grabbed me by my forearm
grabbed me by my forearm
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moj otac je izašao,
uhvatio me za podlakticu
uhvatio me za podlakticu
02:31
and led me into our room
with an unfamiliar grip.
with an unfamiliar grip.
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i odveo me u sobu
sa neprepoznatljivim stiskom.
sa neprepoznatljivim stiskom.
02:34
Before I could say anything,
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Pre nego što sam
išta uspeo da kažem,
išta uspeo da kažem,
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tell him how foolish he had
made me look in front of my friends,
made me look in front of my friends,
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i da kažem koliko me je obrukao
pred drugarima,
pred drugarima,
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he derided me for being so naive.
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prekoreo me je što sam bio
toliko naivan.
toliko naivan.
02:42
Looked me in the eye,
fear consuming his face,
fear consuming his face,
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Pogledao me je u oči,
sa licem punim straha,
sa licem punim straha,
02:47
and said, "Son, I'm sorry,
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i rekao: "Sine, izvini,
02:49
but you can't act the same
as your white friends.
as your white friends.
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ali ne možeš da se ponašaš
isto kao tvoji beli drugari.
isto kao tvoji beli drugari.
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You can't pretend to shoot guns.
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Ne možeš da se praviš da pucaš.
02:55
You can't run around in the dark.
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Ne možeš trčkaraš okolo po mraku.
02:57
You can't hide behind anything
other than your own teeth."
other than your own teeth."
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Ne možeš da se kriješ iza bilo čega
sem sopstvenih zuba."
sem sopstvenih zuba."
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I know now how scared he must have been,
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Znam koliko je bio uplašen,
03:03
how easily I could have fallen
into the empty of the night,
into the empty of the night,
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kako lako sam mogao
da padnem u prazninu noći,
da padnem u prazninu noći,
03:07
that some man would mistake this water
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neko bi mogao pogrešno da shvati
ovu vodu
ovu vodu
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for a good reason to wash
all of this away.
all of this away.
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kao dobar razlog da ovako nešto spreči.
03:13
These are the sorts of messages I've been
inundated with my entire life:
inundated with my entire life:
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Ovo su bile neke poruke kojima sam
bio preplavljen čitavog života.
bio preplavljen čitavog života.
03:16
Always keep your hands where they
can see them, don't move too quickly,
can see them, don't move too quickly,
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Uvek drži ruke tako da ih vide,
ne pomeraj se previše brzo,
ne pomeraj se previše brzo,
03:20
take off your hood when the sun goes down.
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skini kapuljaču kada sunce zađe.
03:22
My parents raised me and my siblings
in an armor of advice,
in an armor of advice,
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Roditelji su odgajali mene
i moju braću naoružavši nas savetima,
i moju braću naoružavši nas savetima,
03:25
an ocean of alarm bells so someone
wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
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morem znakova za uzbunu da ne bi neko
isterao vazduh iz naših pluća,
isterao vazduh iz naših pluća,
03:28
so that they wouldn't make
a memory of this skin.
a memory of this skin.
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pa da nam koža ostane samo za uspomenu.
03:31
So that we could be kids,
not casket or concrete.
not casket or concrete.
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Mogli smo da budemo deca,
ali ne i kovčeg ili beton.
ali ne i kovčeg ili beton.
03:33
And it's not because they thought it
would make us better than anyone else
would make us better than anyone else
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Time nisu mislili da ćemo postati
bolji od drugih,
bolji od drugih,
03:37
it's simply because they wanted
to keep us alive.
to keep us alive.
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to su činili da bi nam sačuvali živote.
03:39
All of my black friends were raised
with the same message,
with the same message,
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Svi moji crni prijatelji su bili
odgajani uz istu poruku,
odgajani uz istu poruku,
uz govor koji nam je održan
kada smo bili dovoljno odrasli
kada smo bili dovoljno odrasli
03:42
the talk, given to us
when we became old enough
when we became old enough
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03:44
to be mistaken for a nail ready
to be hammered to the ground,
to be hammered to the ground,
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da nas smatraju ekserom spremnim
sahranjivanje sa zemljom,
sahranjivanje sa zemljom,
03:47
when people made our melanin
synonymous with something to be feared.
synonymous with something to be feared.
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kada su ljudi učinili naš melanin
sinonimnim za nešto čega se plašimo.
sinonimnim za nešto čega se plašimo.
03:52
But what does it do to a child
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Ali šta to znači detetu
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to grow up knowing that you
cannot simply be a child?
cannot simply be a child?
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da odrasta znajući da ne možete
jednostavno biti dete?
jednostavno biti dete?
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That the whims of adolescence
are too dangerous for your breath,
are too dangerous for your breath,
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Da su ćudi vaše adolescencije previše
opasne za vaš dah,
opasne za vaš dah,
04:01
that you cannot simply be curious,
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da ne možete biti samo radoznali,
04:02
that you are not afforded the luxury
of making a mistake,
of making a mistake,
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da nemate luksuz pravljenja greške,
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that someone's implicit bias
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da nečija izričita greška
04:07
might be the reason you don't
wake up in the morning.
wake up in the morning.
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može biti razlog zbog kojeg se
ne budite ujutru.
ne budite ujutru.
04:10
But this cannot be what defines us.
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Ali nas ovo ne definiše.
04:11
Because we have parents
who raised us to understand
who raised us to understand
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Jer imamo roditelje koji su
nas odgajali da shvatamo
nas odgajali da shvatamo
04:14
that our bodies weren't meant
for the backside of a bullet,
for the backside of a bullet,
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da naša tela nisu za metak,
već za puštanje zmajeva,
već za puštanje zmajeva,
04:17
but for flying kites and jumping rope,
and laughing until our stomachs burst.
and laughing until our stomachs burst.
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preskakanje konopca
i smejanje dok nas ne zaboli stomak.
i smejanje dok nas ne zaboli stomak.
04:20
We had teachers who taught us
how to raise our hands in class,
how to raise our hands in class,
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Imali smo učitelje koji su nas naučili
kako da dižemo ruke na času,
kako da dižemo ruke na času,
04:23
and not just to signal surrender,
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a ne samo da objavljujemo predaju,
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and that the only thing we should give up
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i da jedina svar koje treba
da se odreknemo
da se odreknemo
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is the idea that we
aren't worthy of this world.
aren't worthy of this world.
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je ideja da nismo vredni ovog sveta.
04:29
So when we say that black lives matter,
it's not because others don't,
it's not because others don't,
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Kada kažemo da životi crnaca vrede,
to ne znači da drugi ne vrede.
to ne znači da drugi ne vrede.
04:33
it's simply because we must affirm that we
are worthy of existing without fear,
are worthy of existing without fear,
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Već zato što moramo da istaknemo
da smo vredni postojanja bez straha
da smo vredni postojanja bez straha
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when so many things tell us we are not.
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kada nam mnoge stvari
govore da to nismo.
govore da to nismo.
04:38
I want to live in a world where my son
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Želim da živim u svetu gde moj sin
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will not be presumed guilty
the moment he is born,
the moment he is born,
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neće biti smatran krivim od trenutka
kada je rođen,
kada je rođen,
04:43
where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken
for anything other than a toy.
for anything other than a toy.
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kada se igračka u njegovoj ruci ne smatra
bilo čim osim igračke.
bilo čim osim igračke.
04:47
And I refuse to accept that we can't
build this world into something new,
build this world into something new,
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I odbijam da prihvatim da ne možemo
da izgradimo ovaj svet u nešto novo
da izgradimo ovaj svet u nešto novo
04:50
some place where a child's name
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neko mesto gde dečje ime
04:52
doesn't have to be written
on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
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ne mora da bude napisano na majici
ili nadgrobnoj ploči,
ili nadgrobnoj ploči,
04:54
where the value of someone's life
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gde vrednost nečijeg života
04:56
isn't determined by anything other
than the fact that they had lungs,
than the fact that they had lungs,
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nije određena ničim drugim sem činjenice
da su imali pluća,
da su imali pluća,
05:00
a place where every single
one of us can breathe.
one of us can breathe.
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mesto gde svako od nas može da diše.
05:04
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:05
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Clint Smith - Poet, educatorClint Smith's work blends art and activism.
Why you should listen
Clint Smith is a writer, teacher and doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying education, incarceration and inequality. Previously, he taught high school English in Prince George’s County, Maryland where, in 2013, he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council.
Clint is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. He has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Cave Canem and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Boston Review, American Poetry Review, Harvard Educational Review and elsewhere. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.
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