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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: Hvad jeg så til Ferguson-protesterne
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Da kunstneren Damon Davis tog afsted for at tilslutte sig protesterne i Ferguson, Missouri, efter politiet i 2014 dræbte Michael Brown, fandt han ikke kun vrede, men også en følelse af kærlighed til selvet og lokalsamfundet. Hans dokumentar "Whose Streets" fortæller historien om protesterne fra perspektivet af de aktivister, der mødte op for at udfordre dem, der benytter magt til at sprede frygt og had.
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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Så jeg er bange.
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So, I'm afraid.
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Right now,
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Lige nu,
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on this stage,
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på denne scene.
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I feel fear.
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Jeg føler frygt.
I mit liv,
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In my life, I ain't met many people
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har jeg ikke oplevet mange mennesker,
der let vil indrømme, når de er bange.
der let vil indrømme, når de er bange.
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that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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And I think that's because deep down,
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Og jeg tror det er fordi dybt nede,
ved de, hvor let det spreder sig.
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they know how easy it spreads.
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Frygt er ligesom en sygdom.
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See, fear is like a disease.
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Når den bevæger sig,
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When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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bevæger den sig som løbeild.
Men hvad sker der, når man,
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But what happens when,
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selv i lyset af den frygt,
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even in the face of that fear,
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gør hvad man er nødt til at gøre?
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you do what you've got to do?
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Det kaldes mod,
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That's called courage.
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og præcis ligesom frygt,
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And just like fear,
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så er mod smitsomt.
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courage is contagious.
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Jeg er fra East St. Louis, Illinois.
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See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Det er den lille by over
floden fra St. Louis, Missouri.
floden fra St. Louis, Missouri.
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That's a small city
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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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Jeg har boet i og omkring St. Louis
hele mit liv.
hele mit liv.
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When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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Da Michael Brown Jr.,
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an ordinary teenager,
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en almindelig teenager,
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was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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blev skudt ned af politiet i 2014
i Ferguson, Missouri --
i Ferguson, Missouri --
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another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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en anden forstad,
men nord for St. Louis --
Kan jeg huske, at jeg tænkte,
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I remember thinking,
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han var ikke den første,
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he ain't the first,
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og han bliver ikke den sidste unge knægt,
der vil miste livet til ordensmagten.
der vil miste livet til ordensmagten.
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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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Men hans død var anderledes.
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But see, his death was different.
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Da Mike blev dræbt,
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When Mike was killed,
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husker jeg kræfterne,
der forsøgte at bruge frygt som et våben.
der forsøgte at bruge frygt som et våben.
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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Politiets svar til et lokalsamfund i sorg
var at bruge magt
var at bruge magt
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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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til at tillægge frygt.
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to impose fear:
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Frygt for militariseret politi,
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fear of militarized police,
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fængsling,
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imprisonment,
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bøder.
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fines.
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Medierne forsøgte endda
at gøre os bange for hinanden
at gøre os bange for hinanden
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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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gennem måden de fortalte historien.
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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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Og alle disse ting har fungeret
før i tiden,
før i tiden,
men som jeg sagde,
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But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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var denne gang anderledes.
Michael Browns død,
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Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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og den efterfølgende behandling
af lokalsamfundet,
af lokalsamfundet,
førte til en række protester i og udenom
Ferguson og St. Louis.
Ferguson og St. Louis.
01:51
led to a string of protests in and around
Ferguson and St. Louis.
Ferguson and St. Louis.
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Da jeg nåede ud til disse protester,
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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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på omtrent den fjerde eller femte dag,
kom det ikke ud af mod,
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it was not out of courage;
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det kom ud af skyld.
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it was out of guilt.
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See, I'm black.
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Jeg er sort.
Det ved jeg ikke,
om I alle har bemærket.
om I alle har bemærket.
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I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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(Latter)
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(Laughter)
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Men jeg kunne ikke sidde i St. Louis,
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But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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minutter væk fra Ferguson,
og ikke tage over for at se.
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and not go see.
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Så jeg fik røven med mig
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So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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og tog af sted for at tjekke det ud.
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When I got out there,
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Da jeg kom derud,
fandt jeg noget overraskende
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I found something surprising.
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Jeg fandt vrede --
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I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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der var en masser af det --
men hvad jeg fandt mere af
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But what I found more of was love.
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var kærlighed
Folk med kærlighed til dem selv.
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People with love for themselves.
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Kærlighed til deres lokalsamfund.
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Love for their community.
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Og det var smukt,
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And it was beautiful --
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02:34
until the police showed up.
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indtil politiet dukkede op.
Da blev en ny følelse indsprøjtet
i samtalen:
i samtalen:
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Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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frygt.
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fear.
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Nu vil jeg ikke lyve,
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Now, I'm not going to lie;
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da jeg så de pansrede køretøjer,
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when I saw those armored vehicles,
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og alt det udstyr,
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and all that gear
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og alle de pistoler
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and all those guns
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og alt det politi,
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and all those police
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var jeg personligt rædselsslagen,
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I was terrified --
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personally.
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Og da jeg kiggede rundt
i den menneskemængde,
i den menneskemængde,
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And when I looked around that crowd,
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så jeg mange mennesker,
der oplevede det samme.
der oplevede det samme.
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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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Men jeg så også mennesker med andre ting,
der foregik inde i dem.
der foregik inde i dem.
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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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Det var mod.
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That was courage.
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De mennesker råbte,
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See, those people yelled,
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og de skreg,
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and they screamed,
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og de havde ikke tænkt sig,
at bukke sig for politiet.
at bukke sig for politiet.
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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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De havde passeret det punkt.
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They were past that point.
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Og da mærkede jeg noget,
der ændrede sig i mig.
der ændrede sig i mig.
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And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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Så jeg råbte, og jeg skreg,
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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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og jeg opdagede, at alle omkring
mig gjorde det samme.
mig gjorde det samme.
Og der var intet som den følelse.
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And there was nothing like that feeling.
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Så jeg bestemte mig for,
at gøre noget mere.
at gøre noget mere.
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So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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Så jeg vendte hjem, og jeg tænkte,
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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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så jeg er en kunstner,
jeg laver ting,
så jeg begyndte at lave ting
specifikt til protesterne.
specifikt til protesterne.
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So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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Ting der kunne være våben
i en spirituel krig.
i en spirituel krig.
Ting der kunne give folk en stemme,
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things that would give people voice
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og ting, der kunne forstærke
dem til vejen fremover.
dem til vejen fremover.
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and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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Jeg lavede et projekt, hvor jeg tog
billeder af protesternes hænder
billeder af protesternes hænder
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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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og satte dem op og ned
af de ombyggede bygninger
af de ombyggede bygninger
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and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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og lokale forretninger.
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and community shops.
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Mit mål var at skabe opmærksomhed
og hæve moralen.
og hæve moralen.
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My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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Og jeg tror,
at det i hvert fald i et øjeblik
at det i hvert fald i et øjeblik
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And I think, for a minute at least,
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gjorde netop det.
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it did just that.
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Derefter tænkte jeg, at jeg ville
opløfte historierne hos disse mennesker,
opløfte historierne hos disse mennesker,
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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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jeg så var modige i øjeblikket.
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I was watching being
courageous in the moment.
courageous in the moment.
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04:12
And myself and my friend,
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Og jeg selv og min ven,
og filmskaber og partner Sabaah Folayan
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and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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did just that with our documentary,
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gjorde netop det med vores dokumentar:
"Hvis gader?"
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"Whose Streets?"
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Jeg blev en form for kanal
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I kind of became a conduit
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for alt det mod, der blev givet til mig.
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for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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Og jeg tror, det er en del af
vores job som kunstnere.
vores job som kunstnere.
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And I think that's part
of our job as artists.
of our job as artists.
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Jeg synes, vi skal være transportører
af modet, der findes i det arbejde, vi laver.
af modet, der findes i det arbejde, vi laver.
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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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Og jeg tror vi er væggen mellem
de almindelige folk
de almindelige folk
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And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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og de folk, der bruger deres magt til
at sprede frygt og had,
at sprede frygt og had,
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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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specielt i tider som disse.
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especially in times like these.
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Så jeg vil spørge jer.
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So I'm going to ask you.
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04:50
Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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I er alle de bevægende og de urolige,
I ved, tanke-lederne:
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you know, the thought leaders:
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Hvad vil I gøre
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What are you gonna do
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med den gave, I er blevet givet,
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with the gifts that you've been given
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for at trække os væk fra frygten,
der binder os hver dag.
der binder os hver dag.
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to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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Fordi, ser I, jeg er bange hver dag.
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Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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Jeg husker ikke en tid,
hvor jeg ikke var det.
hvor jeg ikke var det.
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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Men da jeg indså, at den frygt
ikke var sat i mig for at lamme mig,
ikke var sat i mig for at lamme mig,
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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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05:11
it was there to protect me,
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det var der for at beskytte mig,
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and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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og da jeg indså,
hvordan man benytter den frygt
hvordan man benytter den frygt
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I found my power.
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fandt jeg min kraft.
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Thank you.
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Tak skal I have.
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(Applause)
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(Bifald)
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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