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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Dejmon Dejvis (Damon Davis): Šta sam video na protestima u Fergusonu
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Kada je umetnik Dejmon Dejvis otišao da se pridruži protestima u Fergusonu u Misuriju nakon što je policija ubila Majkla Brauna 2014. godine, našao je ne samo bes nego i osećaj ljubavi prema sebi i zajednici. Njegov dokumentarni film „Čije ulice?" priča priču o protestima iz perspektive aktiviste koji se pojavio da izazove one koji koriste moć da šire strah i mržnju.
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmaker
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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Bojim se.
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So, I'm afraid.
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Right now,
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Upravo sada,
na ovoj bini,
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on this stage,
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osećam strah.
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I feel fear.
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In my life, I ain't met many people
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U svom životu, nisam upoznao mnogo ljudi
koji će spremno priznati kada se boje.
koji će spremno priznati kada se boje.
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that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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Mislim da je to zato što duboko u sebi
znaju kako se to lako širi.
znaju kako se to lako širi.
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And I think that's because deep down,
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they know how easy it spreads.
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Vidite, strah je kao bolest.
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See, fear is like a disease.
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When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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Kada se širi, širi se kao šumski požar.
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But what happens when,
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Ali šta se desi kada,
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even in the face of that fear,
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čak i uprkos tom strahu,
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you do what you've got to do?
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radite ono što treba da radite?
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That's called courage.
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To se zove hrabrost.
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And just like fear,
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Baš kao i strah,
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courage is contagious.
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hrabrost je zarazna.
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See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Ja sam iz Istočnog Sent Luisa u Ilinoisu.
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That's a small city
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To je mali grad prekoputa reke Misisipi
od Sent Luisa u Misuriju.
od Sent Luisa u Misuriju.
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across the Mississippi River
from St. Louis, Missouri.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
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I have lived in and around
St. Louis my entire life.
St. Louis my entire life.
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Živim u Sent Luisu
i njegovoj okolini ceo svoj život.
i njegovoj okolini ceo svoj život.
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When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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Kada je Majkla Brauna mlađeg,
običnog tinejdžera,
običnog tinejdžera,
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an ordinary teenager,
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was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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policija ubila 2014. godine
u Fergusonu u Misuriju -
u Fergusonu u Misuriju -
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another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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drugom predgrađu,
ali severno od Sent Luisa -
ali severno od Sent Luisa -
sećam se da sam pomislio
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I remember thinking,
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he ain't the first,
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da on nije prvo
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and he won't be the last young kid
to lose his life to law enforcement.
to lose his life to law enforcement.
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i da neće biti poslednje dete
koje će izgubiti život zbog policije.
koje će izgubiti život zbog policije.
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But see, his death was different.
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Ali vidite, njegova smrt
je bila drugačija.
je bila drugačija.
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When Mike was killed,
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Kada je Majk ubijen,
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I remember the powers that be
trying to use fear as a weapon.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
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sećam se sila koje su pokušavale
da koriste strah kao oružje.
da koriste strah kao oružje.
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The police response to a community
in mourning was to use force
in mourning was to use force
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Odgovor policije ožalošćenoj zajednici
je bio da koristi silu na nametne strah:
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to impose fear:
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fear of militarized police,
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strah od militarizovane policije,
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imprisonment,
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zarobljavanja,
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fines.
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novčanih kazni.
Mediji su čak pokušali da učine
da se bojimo jedni drugih
da se bojimo jedni drugih
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The media even tried
to make us afraid of each other
to make us afraid of each other
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načinom na koji su predstavili tu priču.
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by the way they spun the story.
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And all of these things
have worked in the past.
have worked in the past.
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Sve ove stvari su uspevale u prošlosti.
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But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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Ali kao što sam rekao,
ovaj put je bilo drugačije.
ovaj put je bilo drugačije.
01:47
Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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Smrt Majkla Brauna i ophođenje
prema zajednici koje je usledilo
prema zajednici koje je usledilo
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led to a string of protests in and around
Ferguson and St. Louis.
Ferguson and St. Louis.
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su doveli do niza protesta u Fergusonu,
Sent Luisu i njihovoj okolini.
Sent Luisu i njihovoj okolini.
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When I got out to those protests
about the fourth or fifth day,
about the fourth or fifth day,
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Kada sam se pridružio tim protestima
četvrtog ili petog dana,
četvrtog ili petog dana,
nije to bilo zbog hrabrosti -
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it was not out of courage;
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it was out of guilt.
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bilo je to zbog griže savesti.
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See, I'm black.
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Vidite, ja sam crnac.
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I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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Ne znam da li ste to primetili.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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Ali nisam mogao sedeti u Sent Luisu,
nekoliko minuta udaljenom od Fergusona,
nekoliko minuta udaljenom od Fergusona,
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and not go see.
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a da ne odem da vidim.
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So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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Zato sam ustao sa dupeta da to proverim.
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When I got out there,
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Kada sam stigao tamo,
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I found something surprising.
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našao sam nešto iznenađujuće.
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I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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Našao sam bes; bilo ga je mnogo.
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But what I found more of was love.
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Ali ono čega sam našao više
bila je ljubav.
bila je ljubav.
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People with love for themselves.
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Ljudi sa ljubavlju jedni prema drugima.
Ljubavlju prema njihovoj zajednici.
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Love for their community.
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And it was beautiful --
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I bilo je lepo -
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until the police showed up.
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dok policija nije došla.
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Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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Onda je nova emocija ubačena u razgovor:
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fear.
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strah.
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Now, I'm not going to lie;
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Neću da lažem;
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when I saw those armored vehicles,
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kada sam video ta oklopna vozila,
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and all that gear
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svu tu opremu,
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and all those guns
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sve to oružje
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and all those police
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i sve te policajce,
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I was terrified --
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bio sam prestrašen -
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personally.
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lično.
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And when I looked around that crowd,
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Kada sam pogledao unaokolo po masi,
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I saw a lot of people that had
the same thing going on.
the same thing going on.
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video sam puno ljudi
kojima se isto to dešavalo.
kojima se isto to dešavalo.
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But I also saw people
with something else inside of them.
with something else inside of them.
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Ali sam takođe video ljude
sa nečim drugim u sebi.
sa nečim drugim u sebi.
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That was courage.
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Bila je to hrabrost.
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See, those people yelled,
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Vidite, ti ljudi su vikali
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and they screamed,
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i vrištali
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and they were not about
to back down from the police.
to back down from the police.
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i nisu bili spremni
da se povuku ispred policije.
da se povuku ispred policije.
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They were past that point.
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Prevazišli su to.
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And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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Onda sam mogao osetiti
da se nešto u meni menja,
da se nešto u meni menja,
pa sam vikao i vrištao,
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so I yelled and I screamed,
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03:17
and I noticed that everybody around me
was doing the same thing.
was doing the same thing.
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i primetio sam da su svi oko mene
radili istu stvar.
radili istu stvar.
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And there was nothing like that feeling.
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Ništa nije moglo da se uporedi
sa tim osećajem.
sa tim osećajem.
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So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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Odlučio sam da želim da uradim nešto više.
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I went home, I thought:
I'm an artist. I make shit.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
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Otišao sam kući i pomislio sam:
„Ja sam umetnik. Ja pravim stvari.“
„Ja sam umetnik. Ja pravim stvari.“
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So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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Počeo sam da pravim
stvari vezane za protest,
stvari vezane za protest,
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things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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stvari koje će biti oružje
u duhovnom ratu,
u duhovnom ratu,
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things that would give people voice
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stvari koje će ljudima dati glas
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and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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i stvari koje će ih ojačati
za put koji je pred njima.
za put koji je pred njima.
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I did a project where I took pictures
of the hands of protesters
of the hands of protesters
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Napravio sam projekat
gde sam fotografisao šake protestanata
gde sam fotografisao šake protestanata
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and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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i postavio sam fotografije
na zgrade i lokalne prodavnice
na zgrade i lokalne prodavnice
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and community shops.
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koje su bile obložene daskama.
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My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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Moj cilj je bio da podignem svest i moral.
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And I think, for a minute at least,
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I mislim, makar na minut,
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it did just that.
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da je upravo to postignuto.
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Then I thought, I want to uplift
the stories of these people
the stories of these people
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Onda sam pomislio da želim
da uzdignem priče ovih ljudi
da uzdignem priče ovih ljudi
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I was watching being
courageous in the moment.
courageous in the moment.
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koje sam gledao dok su bili hrabri
u tom momentu.
u tom momentu.
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And myself and my friend,
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Ja i moj prijatelj,
režiser i partner, Saba Folijan,
režiser i partner, Saba Folijan,
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and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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smo upravo to uradili
sa našim dokumentarnim filmom
sa našim dokumentarnim filmom
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did just that with our documentary,
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"Whose Streets?"
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„Čije ulice?"
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I kind of became a conduit
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Nekako sam postao provodnik
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for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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za svu ovu hrabrost koja mi je bila data.
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And I think that's part
of our job as artists.
of our job as artists.
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I mislim da je to
deo našeg posla kao umetnika.
deo našeg posla kao umetnika.
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I think we should be conveyors
of courage in the work that we do.
of courage in the work that we do.
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Mislim da treba da budemo
prenosioci hrabrosti u svom radu.
prenosioci hrabrosti u svom radu.
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And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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I mislim da smo mi zid
između normalnog naroda
između normalnog naroda
i ljudi koji koriste svoju moć
da šire strah i mržnju,
da šire strah i mržnju,
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and the people that use their power
to spread fear and hate,
to spread fear and hate,
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naročito u ovakvim vremenima.
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especially in times like these.
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So I'm going to ask you.
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Zato ću vam postaviti pitanje.
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Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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Svi ste vi nosioci promena,
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you know, the thought leaders:
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to jest, idejne vođe.
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What are you gonna do
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Šta ćete uraditi
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with the gifts that you've been given
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sa talentima koji su vam dani
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to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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da nas oslobodite straha
koji nas svakodnevno sputava?
koji nas svakodnevno sputava?
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Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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Jer, vidite, ja se bojim svaki dan.
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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Ne sećam se vremena kada se nisam bojao.
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But once I figured out that fear
was not put in me to cripple me,
was not put in me to cripple me,
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Ali kada sam shvatio da strah
nije ubačen u mene da me onesposobi,
nije ubačen u mene da me onesposobi,
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it was there to protect me,
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bio je tu da me zaštiti
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and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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i kada sam shvatio
kako da koristim taj strah,
kako da koristim taj strah,
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I found my power.
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pronašao sam svoju moć.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
(Aplauz)
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(Applause)
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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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