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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: El que vaig veure a les protestes de Ferguson
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Quan l'artista Damon Davis es va unir a les protestes a Ferguson, Missouri, després que la policia assassinés Michael Brown el 2014, va descobrir ràbia i una sensació d'amor a cadascú i a la comunitat. El seu documental, "Whose Streets?" explica la història de les protestes des de la perspectiva dels activistes que hi van anar per contradir aquells que utilitzen el poder per escampar por i odi.
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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So, I'm afraid.
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Tinc por.
00:15
Right now,
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Ara mateix,
en aquest escenari,
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on this stage,
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00:18
I feel fear.
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tinc por.
00:21
In my life, I ain't met many people
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A la vida
he conegut poques persones
he conegut poques persones
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that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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que admetin obertament
que tenen por.
que tenen por.
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And I think that's because deep down,
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I crec que és perquè,
en el fons,
en el fons,
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they know how easy it spreads.
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saben que s'estén ràpid.
00:30
See, fear is like a disease.
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La por és com una malaltia,
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When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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quan s'escampa,
ho fa com un foc incontrolat.
ho fa com un foc incontrolat.
00:35
But what happens when,
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Però què passa quan,
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even in the face of that fear,
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fins i tot quan tens por,
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you do what you've got to do?
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fas el que has de fer?
00:41
That's called courage.
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D'això se'n diu coratge.
00:43
And just like fear,
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i, igual que la por,
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courage is contagious.
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el coratge és contagiós.
00:47
See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Sóc de East St. Louis, Illinois.
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That's a small city
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És una ciutat petita
00:51
across the Mississippi River
from St. Louis, Missouri.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
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a l'altra banda del riu Mississippi
de St. Louis, Missouri.
de St. Louis, Missouri.
00:54
I have lived in and around
St. Louis my entire life.
St. Louis my entire life.
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He viscut a St. Louis i als voltants
tota la meva vida.
tota la meva vida.
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When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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Quan Michael Brown Jr.,
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an ordinary teenager,
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un noi normal,
01:03
was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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va ser abatut per la policia el 2014
a Ferguson, Missouri,
a Ferguson, Missouri,
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another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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un altre suburbi al nord de St. Louis,
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I remember thinking,
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recordo que vaig pensar
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he ain't the first,
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que no era el primer,
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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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ni seria l'últim jove que perdria la vida
a mans de policies.
a mans de policies.
01:18
But see, his death was different.
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Però la seva mort va ser diferent.
01:21
When Mike was killed,
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Quan Mike va ser assassinat
01:22
I remember the powers that be
trying to use fear as a weapon.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
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els poders van intentar
que la por fos una arma.
que la por fos una arma.
01:27
The police response to a community
in mourning was to use force
in mourning was to use force
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La resposta de la policia vers
una comunitat de dol va ser la força
una comunitat de dol va ser la força
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to impose fear:
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per imposar la por:
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fear of militarized police,
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por de la policia militaritzada,
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imprisonment,
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empresonament,
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fines.
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multes.
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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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Els mitjans van intentar que
tinguéssim por d'altres,
tinguéssim por d'altres,
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by the way they spun the story.
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van tergiversar-ho tot.
01:41
And all of these things
have worked in the past.
have worked in the past.
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Tot això havia funcionat abans,
01:43
But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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però, com he dit,
aquest cop era diferent.
aquest cop era diferent.
01:47
Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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La mort de Michael Brown
i el tractament posterior de la comunitat
i el tractament posterior de la comunitat
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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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va desencadenar una sèrie de protestes
a Ferguson, St. Louis i els voltants.
a Ferguson, St. Louis i els voltants.
01:55
When I got out to those protests
about the fourth or fifth day,
about the fourth or fifth day,
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Quan vaig anar cap a les manifestacions,
quatre o cinc dies després,
quatre o cinc dies després,
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it was not out of courage;
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no va ser per coratge,
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it was out of guilt.
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sinó pel sentiment de culpa.
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See, I'm black.
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Sóc negre,
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I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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no sé si us n'havíeu adonat.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
02:08
But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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Però no podia ser a St. Louis,
a minuts de Ferguson
a minuts de Ferguson
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and not go see.
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i no anar-ho a veure.
02:15
So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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Em vaig espavilar i hi vaig anar.
02:17
When I got out there,
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Quan hi vaig arribar,
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I found something surprising.
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em vaig sorprendre.
02:22
I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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Hi havia ràbia, moltíssima,
02:25
But what I found more of was love.
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però el que més hi havia era amor,
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People with love for themselves.
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gent amb amor a ells mateixos,
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Love for their community.
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amor a la comunitat,
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And it was beautiful --
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i era preciós...
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until the police showed up.
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fins que va arribar la policia.
02:36
Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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Llavors un nou sentiment
va entrar a la conversa:
va entrar a la conversa:
02:40
fear.
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la por.
02:42
Now, I'm not going to lie;
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No us enganyaré,
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when I saw those armored vehicles,
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quan vaig veure aquells vehicles blindats,
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and all that gear
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tot aquell equipament,
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and all those guns
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aquelles pistoles
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and all those police
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i tota aquella policia,
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I was terrified --
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estava aterrat,
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personally.
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personalment.
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And when I looked around that crowd,
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Quan vaig mirar la multitud,
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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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vaig veure que molta gent
sentia el mateix,
sentia el mateix,
03:00
But I also saw people
with something else inside of them.
with something else inside of them.
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però també vaig veure gent
que tenia alguna altra cosa:
que tenia alguna altra cosa:
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That was courage.
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el coratge.
03:05
See, those people yelled,
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Aquesta gent cridava,
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and they screamed,
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xisclava,
03:08
and they were not about
to back down from the police.
to back down from the police.
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i no reculaven per la policia.
03:11
They were past that point.
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Ja ho havien superat.
03:12
And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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Llavors alguna cosa va canviar en mi,
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so I yelled and I screamed,
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i vaig cridar i xisclar
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and I noticed that everybody around me
was doing the same thing.
was doing the same thing.
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i vaig notar que tothom al meu voltant
feia el mateix.
feia el mateix.
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And there was nothing like that feeling.
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No hi havia res com aquest sentiment.
03:25
So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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Per això vaig decidir
que volia fer més.
que volia fer més.
03:27
I went home, I thought:
I'm an artist. I make shit.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
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Vaig anar a casa i vaig pensar:
"sóc artista, faig coses".
"sóc artista, faig coses".
03:30
So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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I vaig començar a fer coses
relacionades amb la protesta,
relacionades amb la protesta,
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things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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coses que serien armes
en una guerra espiritual,
en una guerra espiritual,
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things that would give people voice
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coses que donessin veu a la gent,
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and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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i coses que els fessin més forts
vers el futur.
vers el futur.
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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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Vaig fer un projecte en què
feia fotos de les mans dels manifestants
feia fotos de les mans dels manifestants
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and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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i les penjava en edificis abandonats
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and community shops.
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i botigues de barri.
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My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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L'objectiu era despertar
la consciència i la moral.
la consciència i la moral.
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And I think, for a minute at least,
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I crec que, per un moment,
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it did just that.
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ho vaig fer.
04:05
Then I thought, I want to uplift
the stories of these people
the stories of these people
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Després, vaig voler elevar
les històries d'aquesta gent,
les històries d'aquesta gent,
04:09
I was watching being
courageous in the moment.
courageous in the moment.
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veia com la gent s'encoratjava
en aquell moment.
en aquell moment.
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And myself and my friend,
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Així doncs, amb el meu amic
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and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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Sabaah Folayan, company i cineasta,
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did just that with our documentary,
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ho vam fer amb el nostre documental:
04:20
"Whose Streets?"
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"Whose Streets?"
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I kind of became a conduit
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Vaig ser una mena de conductor
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for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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de tot aquest coratge
que havia rebut.
que havia rebut.
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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 crec que això és part
de la nostra feina com a artistes.
de la nostra feina com a artistes.
04:33
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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Hauríem de ser transportadors de coratge
amb allò que fem,
amb allò que fem,
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And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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som la paret entre la gent normal
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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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i la gent que usa el poder
per propagar por i odi,
per propagar por i odi,
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especially in times like these.
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especialment en moments així.
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So I'm going to ask you.
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Així doncs, us pregunto
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Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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a vosaltres, els que en sabeu,
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you know, the thought leaders:
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és a dir, els líders intel·lectuals,
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What are you gonna do
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què fareu amb el que us han regalat
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with the gifts that you've been given
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04:58
to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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per allunyar-nos de la por
que ens cega cada dia?
que ens cega cada dia?
05:01
Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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Perquè jo tinc por cada dia,
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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no recordo un dia en què no en tingués.
05:07
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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Però quan em vaig adonar que la por
no serveix per incapacitar-me,
no serveix per incapacitar-me,
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it was there to protect me,
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sinó que serveix per a protegir-me
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and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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i quan vaig descobrir
com usar aquesta por,
com usar aquesta por,
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I found my power.
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vaig trobar el meu poder.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
05:20
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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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