ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suzanne Barakat - Physician
With a voice amplified by unthinkable personal tragedy, Suzanne Barakat speaks out against bigotry and violence against those society deems "different."

Why you should listen

On February 10, 2015, San Francisco doctor Suzanne Barakat received shattering news -- that her brother, Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan, had been shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In spite of the noncommittal reaction of the police, Barakat recognized the shooting for what it really was -- a hate crime.

Since then, Barakat's mission has been to counter Islamophobia with her message of inclusivity, while sounding the alarm that unless we can stem the tide of hate, anyone who society marginalizes as “other” faces an increased risk of violence.

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Suzanne Barakat: Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate

Suzanne Barakat: Islamofobiak nire anaia hil zuen. Goazen gorrotoarekin amaitzera.

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2015eko otsailaren 10ean Suzanne Barakat-en neba Deah, koinata Yusor eta Yusor-en ahizpa Razan beren bizilagunaren eskuetan erailak izan ziren, Chapel Hill.en, Ipar Carolinan. Gaizkilearen bertsioa, trafiko liskar baten ondorioz erail zituela, inongo galderarik egin gabe zabaldu zen poliziaren eta komunikabideen eskutik. Barakat-ek prentsaurreko batean hitz egin zuen arte, eta gauzei bere izenez deitu zien arte: gorroto krimenak. Berak eta familiak istorioaren kontaketaren kontrola nola lortu zuten kontatzen digu, eta gorrotoz beteriko fanatismoaren aurrean hitz egiteko eta diskriminazioa jasaten dutenekiko gure laguntasuna erakusteko eskatzen digu.
- Physician
With a voice amplified by unthinkable personal tragedy, Suzanne Barakat speaks out against bigotry and violence against those society deems "different." Full bio

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Last year,
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Joan den urtean,
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three of my family members
were gruesomely murdered
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familiako hiru kide
modu basatian erailak izan ziren
00:17
in a hate crime.
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gorrotozko krimen batean.
00:20
It goes without saying
that it's really difficult
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Argi dago, niretzat oso zaila dela
00:22
for me to be here today,
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gaur hemen egotea,
00:24
but my brother Deah,
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baina Deah, nire nebak,
00:25
his wife Yusor,
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Yusor, bere emazteak
00:27
and her sister Razan
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eta Rizan bere ahizpak
00:28
don't give me much of a choice.
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ez didate aukerarik eman.
00:31
I'm hopeful that by the end
of this talk you will make a choice,
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Itxaropena dut, hitzaldi hau amaitzerako
00:34
and join me in standing up against hate.
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gorrotoaren aurka altxatzera batuko zaretela.
00:38
It's December 27, 2014:
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2014ko abenduaren 27a da:
00:41
the morning of my brother's wedding day.
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nire nebaren ezkontza eguneko goiza.
00:44
He asks me to come over and comb his hair
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Etortzeko eta ilea orrazteko eskatzen dit
00:46
in preparation
for his wedding photo shoot.
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ezkontzako argazki saiorako prestatzeko.
00:48
A 23-year-old, six-foot-three basketball,
particularly Steph Curry, fanatic --
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23 urte, 1,90m, saskibaloi -batez ere Steph Curry- zalea.
00:53
(Laughter)
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(Barreak)
00:57
An American kid in dental school
ready to take on the world.
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Haur amerikar bat, odontologia eskolan, mundua bereganatzeko prest.
01:01
When Deah and Yusor
have their first dance,
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Deah-n eta Yusor-en lehen dantzan,
01:04
I see the love in his eyes,
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maitasuna ikusten nuen haien begietan,
01:06
her reciprocated joy,
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elkarrekiko poza,
01:07
and my emotions begin to overwhelm me.
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eta nire emozioak kontrolaezin bihurtu ziren.
01:11
I move to the back of the hall
and burst into tears.
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Gelaren atzeko aldera joan eta negarrez hasi nintzen.
01:14
And the second the song finishes playing,
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Eta kantua amaitu bezain laster,
01:16
he beelines towards me,
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nigana etorri zen,
01:17
buries me into his arms
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besarkada bat eman eta
01:19
and rocks me back and forth.
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aurrera eta atzera kulunkatu ninduen.
01:20
Even in that moment,
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Une horretan ere,
01:22
when everything was so distracting,
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hainbeste distrazioren artean,
01:24
he was attuned to me.
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nik egiten nuenari adi zegoen.
01:25
He cups my face and says,
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Nire masailean eskua jarri eta esan zidan,
01:27
"Suzanne,
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"Suzanne,
01:28
I am who I am because of you.
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naizena naiz zuri esker.
01:35
Thank you for everything.
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Mila esker guztiagatik.
01:36
I love you."
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Maite zaitut."
01:39
About a month later, I'm back home
in North Carolina for a short visit,
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Hilabete beranduago, berriz etxean nintzen
ipar Carolinan, bisita motz batean
01:42
and on the last evening,
I run upstairs to Deah's room,
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eta azken arratsaldean, eskailerak igo
eta Deah-ren gelara joan nintzen,
01:45
eager to find out how he's feeling
being a newly married man.
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ezkonberri bezala nola sentitzen zen jakin nahirik.
01:48
With a big boyish smile he says,
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Eta mutiko baten irribarre zabalarekin, dio:
01:51
"I'm so happy. I love her.
She's an amazing girl."
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"Hain pozik nago. Maite dut. Neska ikaragarria da"
01:55
And she is.
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Eta hala da.
01:56
At just 21, she'd recently
been accepted to join Deah
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21 urte betetzean Deah-rekin batera UNC-ko
01:59
at UNC dental school.
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odontologia eskolan onartua izan zen.
02:01
She shared his love for basketball,
and at her urging,
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Saskibaloiarekiko zaletasuna partekatzen dute,
eta berak eskatuta,
02:05
they started their honeymoon off
attending their favorite team of the NBA,
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eztei bidaia
euren NBA-ko talde gustokoena ikusten hasi zuten,
02:09
the LA Lakers.
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LA Lakers.
02:10
I mean, check out that form.
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Ikusi hau.
02:12
(Laughter)
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(Barreak)
02:19
I'll never forget that moment
sitting there with him --
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Ez dut sekula ahaztuko, han eserita geunden unea
02:22
how free he was in his happiness.
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zein libre zegoen bere zoriontasunean.
02:24
My littler brother,
a basketball-obsessed kid,
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Nire anaia txikia,
saskibaloiarekin obsesionatutako haurra,
02:27
had become and transformed
into an accomplished young man.
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gizon gazte duin bat bihurtu da.
02:31
He was at the top
of his dental school class,
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Bere odontologia klaseko onenen artean zen,
02:33
and alongside Yusor and Razan,
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eta Yusor eta Razan-ekin batera
02:35
was involved in local and international
community service projects
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komunitatearen aldeko proiektuetan hartzen zuen parte
02:39
dedicated to the homeless and refugees,
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errefuxiatuei eta etxerik gabekoei lagunduz,
02:41
including a dental relief trip
they were planning
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Turkiako Siriar errefuxiatuei laguntzeko
02:44
for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
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prestatzen ari ziren bidaia barne.
02:46
Razan, at just 19,
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Razan-ek, 19 urterekin,
02:48
used her creativity
as an architectural engineering student
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arkitektura ingenieri ikasle gisa, sormena erabili zuen
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to serve those around her,
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bere ingurukoei laguntzeko,
02:53
making care packages
for the local homeless,
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besteak beste, etxerik gabekoentzat
02:55
among other projects.
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zaintza poltsak egiten.
02:58
That is who they were.
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Horiek ziren.
03:01
Standing there that night,
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Gau hartan, arnasa sakon hartu
03:02
I take a deep breath
and look at Deah and tell him,
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Deah-ri begiratu eta esan nion,
03:05
"I have never been more proud of you
than I am in this moment."
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"ez naiz sekula zutaz hain harro egon".
03:09
He pulls me into his tall frame,
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Beragana erakarri ninduen,
03:11
hugs me goodnight,
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eta gabon esan.
03:12
and I leave the next morning
without waking him
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Hurrengo goizean bera esnatu gabe
03:14
to go back to San Francisco.
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San Franciscora itzuli nintzen.
03:16
That is the last time I ever hug him.
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Hura izan zen besarkatu nuen azken aldia.
03:22
Ten days later, I'm on call
at San Francisco General Hospital
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Hamar egun beranduago,
guardian nengoen San Franciscoko ospitale orokorrean
03:25
when I receive a barrage of vague
text messages expressing condolences.
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doluminak adierazten hainbat mezu jaso nituenean.
03:29
Confused, I call my father,
who calmly intones,
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Nahastuta, aitari deitu nion,
eta honek tonu lasaian esan zidan,
03:32
"There's been a shooting
in Deah's neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
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"Tiroketa bat egon da Deah-ren auzoan, Chapel Hill-en.
03:35
It's on lock-down. That's all we know."
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Guztia itxita dago. Hori da dakiguna."
03:37
I hang up and quickly Google,
"shooting in Chapel Hill."
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Eseki eta Google-n bilatu nuen: "tiroketa Chapel Hillen".
03:41
One hit comes up.
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Emaitza bat.
03:42
Quote:
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Hau zioen:
03:44
"Three people were shot
in the back of the head
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"Hiru pertsonak tiro bat jaso dute buruan,
03:46
and confirmed dead on the scene."
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haien heriotza lekuan bertan egiaztatu dute."
03:48
Something in me just knows.
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Nire barnean zerbaitek bazekien.
03:50
I fling out of my chair and faint
onto the gritty hospital floor,
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Aulkitik altxa eta ospitaleko lurrean erori nintzen,
03:53
wailing.
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negarrez.
03:55
I take the first red-eye
out of San Francisco,
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San Franciscotik
ateratzen zen lehen hegazkina hartu nuen,
03:57
numb and disoriented.
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nahastuta eta galduta.
03:59
I walk into my childhood home
and faint into my parents' arms,
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Nire txikitako etxean sartu
eta gurasoen besoetara jo nuen,
04:02
sobbing.
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negarrez.
04:04
I then run up to Deah's room
as I did so many times before,
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Deah-ren gelara joan nitzen, hainbestetan bezala,
04:07
just looking for him,
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bere bila, eta,
04:09
only to find a void
that will never be filled.
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sekula beteko ez den hutsune bat aurkitu nuen.
04:15
Investigation and autopsy reports
eventually revealed
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Ikerketak eta autopsiaren txostenak
04:19
the sequence of events.
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gertaeren sekuentzia argitu zuten.
04:22
Deah had just gotten
off the bus from class,
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Deah eskolatik bueltako autobusetik jetsi berria zen,
04:24
Razan was visiting for dinner,
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Razan afaltzera etorria zen,
04:26
already at home with Yusor.
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eta Yusor-ekin etxean zen.
04:28
As they began to eat,
they heard a knock on the door.
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Afaltzen hasi zirenean, norbaitek atea jo zuen.
04:31
When Deah opened it,
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Deah-k ireki zuenean,
04:33
their neighbor proceeded
to fire multiple shots at him.
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bizilagunak hainbat tiro bota zizkion.
04:38
According to 911 calls,
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911-era egindako deiek diotenez,
04:40
the girls were heard screaming.
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nesken oihuak entzun ziren.
04:43
The man turned towards the kitchen
and fired a single shot into Yusor's hip,
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Gizona sukaldera joan
eta Yusor-en gerrira tirokatu zuen,
04:47
immobilizing her.
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mugitu ezinik utziaz.
04:48
He then approached her from behind,
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Orduan atzetik gerturatu,
04:50
pressed the barrel of his gun
against her head,
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pistola bere buruaren aurka ipini,
04:52
and with a single bullet,
lacerated her midbrain.
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eta bala bakarrarekin bere garuna zauritu zuen.
04:56
He then turned towards Razan,
who was screaming for her life,
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Orduan, bere bizitzaren alde
oihuka zegoen Razan-engana itzuli,
04:59
and, execution-style, with a single bullet
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eta, exekuzioa balitz bezala, buruaren atzeko aldean
05:03
to the back of the head,
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bala batekin,
05:05
killed her.
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hil zuen.
05:07
On his way out,
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Kanpora bidean,
05:08
he shot Deah one last time --
a bullet in the mouth --
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Deah beste behin tirokatu zuen -ahoan bala bat-
05:12
for a total of eight bullets:
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guztira zortzi bala:
05:14
two lodged in the head,
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bi buruan,
05:15
two in his chest
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bi bularrean
05:17
and the rest in his extremities.
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eta besteak gorputz adarretan.
05:21
Deah, Yusor and Razan were executed
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Deah, Yusor eta Razan exekutatuak izan ziren
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in a place that was meant
to be safe: their home.
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segurua izan beharko lukeen lekuan: etxean.
05:27
For months, this man
had been harassing them:
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Hilabeteetan gizon horren jazarpena jasan zuten:
05:30
knocking on their door,
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ate-joka,
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brandishing his gun
on a couple of occasions.
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bere pistola erakutsiz pare bat aldiz.
05:34
His Facebook was cluttered
anti-religion posts.
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Bere Facebook-a
erlijioaren aurkako mezuz betea zegoen.
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Yusor felt particularly threatened by him.
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Yusor bereziki bildurtuta zegoen.
05:41
As she was moving in,
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Etxe horretara joatean,
05:44
he told Yusor and her mom
that he didn't like the way they looked.
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Yusor-i eta bere amari esan zien
ez zitzaiola gustatzen haien itxura.
05:48
In response, Yusor's mom told her
to be kind to her neighbor,
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Yusor-en amak
bizilagunarekin atsegina izateko esan zion,
05:52
that as he got to know them,
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ezagutzen ziren heinean,
05:53
he'd see them for who they were.
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benetan zein ziren ikusiko zutela.
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I guess we've all become
so numb to the hatred
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Guztiok gorrotora ohitu gara,
05:59
that we couldn't have ever imagined
it turning into fatal violence.
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sekula ez genuen imaginatuko hau gertatuko zenik.
06:05
The man who murdered my brother
turned himself in to the police
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Nire anaia hil zuen gizona poliziara joan zen,
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shortly after the murders,
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hilketak egin ostean,
06:10
saying he killed three kids,
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hiru haur erail zituela esanez,
06:12
execution-style,
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exekuzio moduan,
06:14
over a parking dispute.
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aparkalekuko liskar baten ostean.
06:17
The police issued a premature
public statement that morning,
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Goiz horretan,
poliziak adierazpen publiko goiztiar bat egin zuen,
06:20
echoing his claims
without bothering to question it
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gizonak esandakoa esanez, gehiago galdetu edo
06:22
or further investigate.
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ikertu gabe.
06:24
It turns out there was no parking dispute.
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Gauza da ez zegoela aparkalekuko liskarrik.
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There was no argument.
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Ez zegoen argudiorik.
06:29
No violation.
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Ez arau-hausterik.
06:31
But the damage was already done.
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Baina mina egina zegoen.
06:33
In a 24-hour media cycle,
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24 orduko medioen ziklo batean,
06:35
the words "parking dispute" had already
become the go-to sound bite.
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"aparkalekuko liskarra" esaldia jada ekidin ezina zen.
06:41
I sit on my brother's bed
and remember his words,
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Anaiaren ohean eseri eta bere hitzak oroitzen ditut,
06:44
the words he gave me
so freely and with so much love,
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hain aske eta maitasunez esan zidana,
06:48
"I am who I am because of you."
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"naizena naiz zuri esker".
06:50
That's what it takes for me
to climb through my crippling grief
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Horretxek ematen dit indarra nire mina gainditu
06:53
and speak out.
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eta hitz egiteko.
06:55
I cannot let my family's deaths
be diminished to a segment
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Ezin dut nire familiaren heriotzak,
06:57
that is barely discussed on local news.
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herriko albisteetara mugatzea onartu.
07:00
They were murdered by their neighbor
because of their faith,
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Euren fedeagatik erail zituen bizilagunak,
07:04
because of a piece of cloth
they chose to don on their heads,
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buruan ipintzea erabaki zuten zapi batengatik,
07:07
because they were visibly Muslim.
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musulmanak zirelako.
Une hartan nuen amorruaren zati bat zera zen,
paperak alderantziz balira,
07:13
Some of the rage I felt at the time
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07:15
was that if roles were reversed,
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07:17
and an Arab, Muslim
or Muslim-appearing person
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eta arabe, musulman edo musulman itxurako batek
07:21
had killed three white American
college students execution-style,
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hiru amerikar unibertsitario hil balitu
exekuzio bat balitz bezala,
07:26
in their home,
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euren etxean,
07:27
what would we have called it?
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nola deituko genion?
07:30
A terrorist attack.
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Eraso terrorista.
07:32
When white men commit
acts of violence in the US,
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AEBetan gizon zuriek ekintza biolentoak egitean,
07:35
they're lone wolves,
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otso bakartiak dira,
07:36
mentally ill
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arazo mentaldunak
07:37
or driven by a parking dispute.
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edo aparkalekuko liskarren ondoriozkoak.
07:43
I know that I have to give
my family voice,
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Badakit nire familiari ahotsa jarri behar diodala,
07:45
and I do the only thing I know how:
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eta egiten nekien bakarra egin nuen:
07:48
I send a Facebook message
to everyone I know in media.
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komunikabideetan lan egiten zuten ezagun guztiei
Facebooketik mezu bat bidali nien.
07:53
A couple of hours later,
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Pare bat ordu geroago,
07:54
in the midst of a chaotic house
overflowing with friends and family,
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etxe kaotiko batean, lagun eta familiakidez gainezka,
07:58
our neighbor Neal comes over,
sits down next to my parents
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gure bizilagun Neal agertu zen, gurasoen ondoan eseri
08:01
and asks, "What can I do?"
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eta galdetu zuen "zer egin dezaket?"
08:04
Neal had over two decades
of experience in journalism,
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Neal-ek 20 urteko esperientzia zuen kazetaritzan,
08:08
but he makes it clear that he's not
there in his capacity as journalist,
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baina argi utzi zuen ez zela kazetari bezala etorri,
08:11
but as a neighbor who wants to help.
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lagundu nahi zuen bizilagun bezala baizik.
08:14
I ask him what he thinks we should do,
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Egin behar genuenari buruzko iritzia eskatu nion,
08:16
given the bombardment
of local media interview requests.
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gertuko komunikabideen
elkarrizketa eskaeren inguruan.
08:19
He offers to set up a press conference
at a local community center.
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Herriko lokal batean
prentsa konferentzia bat antolatzera eskeini zen.
08:25
Even now I don't have
the words to thank him.
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Oraindik ez daukat bera eskertzeko hitzik.
08:28
"Just tell me when, and I'll have
all the news channels present," he said.
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"Esan noiz eta han izango ditut
berri emaile kate guztiak" esan zuen.
08:32
He did for us what we
could not do for ourselves
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Guk egin ezin genuena egin zuen guretzat,
08:35
in a moment of devastation.
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oso une gogor hartan.
08:37
I delivered the press statement,
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Prentsaurrekoa eman nuen,
08:39
still wearing scrubs
from the previous night.
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oraindik aurreko eguneko blusa soinean.
08:41
And in under 24 hours from the murders,
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Eta hilketak gertatu eta 24 ordu baino lehen,
08:43
I'm on CNN being interviewed
by Anderson Cooper.
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CNN-n nengoen,
Anderson Cooper elkarrizketatzen ari zitzaidan.
08:47
The following day, major newspapers --
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Hurrengo egunean, egunkari garrantzitsuek -
08:48
including the New York Times,
Chicago Tribune --
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New York Times, Chicago Tribune -
08:51
published stories about Deah,
Yusor and Razan,
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Deah, Yusor eta Razan-en berriak zituzten,
08:54
allowing us to reclaim the narrative
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narrazioa egitea ahalbideratuz, eta
08:56
and call attention the mainstreaming
of anti-Muslim hatred.
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musulmanen aurkako gorrotoa salatuz.
09:03
These days,
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Egun haietan, bazirudien
09:04
it feels like Islamophobia
is a socially acceptable form of bigotry.
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islamofobia sozialki onartu zitekeen
fanatismo mota bat zela.
09:09
We just have to put up with it and smile.
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Onartu egin behar genuen, eta irribarre egin.
09:12
The nasty stares,
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Begirada txarrak,
09:14
the palpable fear when boarding a plane,
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besteen beldurra hegazkinera igotzean,
09:16
the random pat downs at airports
that happen 99 percent of the time.
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zorizko miaketak aireportuetan, denboraren %99an.
09:22
It doesn't stop there.
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Ez da hor geratzen.
09:24
We have politicians reaping political
and financial gains off our backs.
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Politikoek onura ekonomiko eta politikoak
ateratzen dituzte gure kontura.
09:28
Here in the US,
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Hemen AEBetan,
09:29
we have presidential candidates
like Donald Trump,
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Donald Trump bezalako hautagaiak ditugu,
09:31
casually calling to register
American Muslims,
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amerikar musulmanei erregistratzeko eskatuz,
09:34
and ban Muslim immigrants and refugees
from entering this country.
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eta musulman inmigrante eta errefuxiatuei
herrialdean sartzea eragotziz.
09:38
It is no coincidence that hate crimes rise
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Ez da kointzidentzia gorroto krimenen tasak
09:41
in parallel with election cycles.
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hauteskunde zikloekin batera handitzea.
09:46
Just a couple months ago, Khalid Jabara,
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Duela pare bat hilabete, Khalid Jabara,
09:49
a Lebanese-American Christian,
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Amerikar-liberiar Kristau bat,
09:50
was murdered in Oklahoma
by his neighbor --
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bere bizilagunak erail zuen, Oklahoman -
09:53
a man who called him a "filthy Arab."
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"Arabe zikina" deitu zion gizon batek.
09:56
This man was previously jailed
for a mere 8 months,
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Gizon hau aurretik 8 hilabetez gartzelan egon zen,
09:59
after attempting run over
Khalid's mother with his car.
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Khalid-en ama kotxez harrapatzen saiatu ostean.
10:03
Chances are you haven't heard
Khalid's story,
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Posible da Khalid-en berririk ez izatea,
10:06
because it didn't make it
to national news.
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ez zelako berri nazionaletara iritsi.
10:09
The least we can do is call it what it is:
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Gutxienez bere izenez deitu behar dugu:
10:12
a hate crime.
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Gorroto krimena.
10:13
The least we can do is talk about it,
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Gutxienez horri buruz hitz egin behar dugu,
10:16
because violence and hatred
doesn't just happen in a vacuum.
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biolentzia eta gorrotoa ez baitira hutsetik sortzen.
10:23
Not long after coming back to work,
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Lanera bueltatu eta gutxira,
10:25
I'm the senior on rounds in the hospital,
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ospitalean errondak egiten dituen
esperientziadunena naiz,
10:27
when one of my patients
looks over at my colleague,
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nire gaixoetako batek lankide bati begiratu,
10:30
gestures around her face
and says, "San Bernardino,"
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keinuak egin eta esan zuen "San Bernardino",
10:33
referencing a recent terrorist attack.
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eraso terrorista bati erreferentzi eginez.
10:36
Here I am having just lost three
family members to Islamophobia,
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Hemen nago,
islamofobiagatik familiako hiru kide galdu berritan,
10:40
having been a vocal advocate
within my program
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mikroerasoen aurrean nola jokatu
10:42
on how to deal with such microaggressions,
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lantzen den nire programako, bozeramaile,
10:44
and yet --
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eta hala ere -
10:45
silence.
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isiltasuna.
10:47
I was disheartened.
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Gogorik gabe nengoen.
10:49
Humiliated.
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Umiliatuta.
10:51
Days later rounding on the same patient,
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Egun batzuk beranduago, gaixo berak
10:53
she looks at me and says,
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begiratu eta esan zidan,
10:54
"Your people are killing
people in Los Angeles."
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"Zure jendea Los Angelesen jendea hiltzen ari da."
10:59
I look around expectantly.
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Ingurura begiratu nuen, adi-adi.
11:01
Again:
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Berriro:
11:02
silence.
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isiltasuna.
11:04
I realize that yet again,
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Konturatu nintzen berriro ere,
11:06
I have to speak up for myself.
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niregatik hitz egin behar nuela.
11:09
I sit on her bed and gently ask her,
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Bere ohean eseri eta modu atseginean galdetu nion,
11:12
"Have I ever done anything
but treat you with respect and kindness?
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"Zu errespetuz eta goxotasunez
tratatzea ez den zerbait egin dut inoiz?"
11:17
Have I done anything but give
you compassionate care?"
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"Modu errukiorrean
zaintzea ez den zerbait egin dut inoiz?"
11:21
She looks down and realizes
what she said was wrong,
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Burua makurtu
eta esan zuena oker zegoela konturatu zen,
11:23
and in front of the entire team,
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eta talde osoaren aurrean,
11:25
she apologizes and says,
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barkamena eskatu eta esan zuen:
11:26
"I should know better.
I'm Mexican-American.
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"Hobeto jokatu behar nuen. Mexikar amerikarra naiz,
11:29
I receive this kind
of treatment all the time."
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horrelako tratua jasaten dut beti."
11:35
Many of us experience
microaggressions on a daily basis.
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Gutako askok jasaten ditugu mikroerasoak egunero.
11:39
Odds are you may have experienced it,
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Baliteke zuek ere jasan izana,
11:41
whether for your race,
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arrazagatik,
11:42
gender,
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generoagatik,
11:44
sexuality
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sexualitateagatik
11:45
or religious beliefs.
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edo erlijio sinesmenengatik.
11:46
We've all been in situations
where we've witnessed something wrong
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Guztiok izan gara egoera okerren testigu,
11:49
and didn't speak up.
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eta ez dugu hitz egin.
11:51
Maybe we weren't equipped
with the tools to respond in the moment.
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Agian ez genituen hitz egin ahal izateko tresnak.
11:54
Maybe we weren't even aware
of our own implicit biases.
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Agian ez ginen geure alborapenez kontziente.
11:59
We can all agree that bigotry
is unacceptable,
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Guztiok ados gaude fanatismoa onartezina dela,
12:02
but when we see it,
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baina hura ikustean,
12:03
we're silent,
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isilik egoten gara,
12:05
because it makes us uncomfortable.
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ezeroso sentiarazten gaituelako.
12:07
But stepping right into that discomfort
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Baina ezerosotasun horretan sartzeak
12:10
means you are also stepping
into the ally zone.
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zona aliatuan sartzea ere esan nahi du.
12:13
There may be over three million
Muslims in America.
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Ameriketan 3 milioi musulman inguru daude.
12:16
That's still just one percent
of the total population.
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Populazio osoaren ehuneko bat da hori.
12:20
Martin Luther King once said,
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Martin Luther King-ek esan zuen,
12:22
"In the end,
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"Azkenean,
12:23
we will remember not
the words of our enemies,
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ez ditugu etsaien hitzak gogoratuko,
12:27
but the silence of our friends."
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lagunen isiltasuna baizik."
12:33
So what made my neighbor
Neal's allyship so profound?
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Zerk egin zuen
nire bizilagun Neal-en laguntza hain garrantzitsua?
12:37
A couple of things.
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Gauza pare batek.
12:39
He was there as a neighbor who cared,
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Hor zegoen arduratzen zen bizilagun gisa,
12:41
but he was also bringing in
his professional expertise and resources
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baina bere esperientzia
eta gaitasun profesionala ere eskeini zuen,
12:44
when the moment called for it.
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hura behar zenean.
12:46
Others have done the same.
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Beste batzuek berdina egin dute.
12:49
Larycia Hawkins drew on her platform
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Larycia Hawkins-ek bere oholtza erabili du,
12:51
as the first tenured African-American
professor at Wheaton College
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Wheaton College-eko
lehen irakasle titular Afrikar Amerikar bezala,
12:55
to wear a hijab in solidarity
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egunero diskriminatuak diren emakumeekiko
12:56
with Muslim women who face
discrimination every day.
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solidaritatez, hijab bat jazteko.
13:00
As a result, she lost her job.
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Ondorioz, bere lana galdu zuen.
13:03
Within a month,
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Hilabetean
13:04
she joined the faculty
at the University of Virginia,
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Virginiako Unibertsitateko fakultatean zen
13:07
where she now works on pluralism,
race, faith and culture.
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pluralitatea, arraza, fedea eta kultura
lantzen ditu bertan.
13:12
Reddit cofounder, Alexis Ohanian,
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Alexis Ohanian-ek, Reddit-en kofundatzaileak,
13:14
demonstrated that not all active
allyship needs to be so serious.
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laguntza aktibo guztiak
hain serioak izan beharrik ez dutela erakutsi zuen.
13:19
He stepped up to support
a 15-year-old Muslim girl's mission
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15 urteko neska musulman baten
ideiaren alde egin zuen,
13:21
to introduce a hijab emoji.
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hijabdun emoji bat sortzeko.
13:24
(Laughter)
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(Barreak)
13:26
It's a simple gesture,
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Keinu sinple bat da,
13:27
but it has a significant
subconscious impact
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baina inpaktu subkontziente esanguratsu bat du
13:30
on normalizing and humanizing Muslims,
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musulmanen humanizazioan eta normalizazioan,
13:33
including the community
as a part of an "us"
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komunitatean "gure" zati bihurtzean
13:36
instead of an "other."
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"haien" zati izan beharrean.
13:39
The editor in chief
of Women's Running magazine
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Women's Running aldizkariaren editore nagusiak
13:41
just put the first hijabi to ever be
on the cover of a US fitness magazine.
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AEBetako fitness aldizkari bateko azalean
hijab bat jarri zuen lehen aldiz.
13:47
These are all very different examples
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Hauek beraien plataformak eta baliabideak
erabili dituztenen hainbat adibide dira,
13:48
of people who drew upon
their platforms and resources
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13:51
in academia, tech and media,
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akademian, teknologian eta komunikabideetan,
13:54
to actively express their allyship.
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euren laguntza aktiboki adieraziz.
13:57
What resources and expertise
do you bring to the table?
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Zein baliabide eta gaitasun jarriko duzu zuk?
14:01
Are you willing to step
into your discomfort
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Zure ezerosotasunean sartuko zara
14:03
and speak up when you witness
hateful bigotry?
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eta hitz egingo duzu
gorrotoz beteriko fanatismoaren testigu izatean?
14:06
Will you be Neal?
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Neal izango zara?
14:09
Many neighbors appeared in this story.
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Hainbat bizilagun agertu da istorio honetan.
14:11
And you, in your respective communities,
all have a Muslim neighbor,
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Zuek, zuen komunitateetan
bizilagun musulmanak dituzue,
14:15
colleague
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lankideak,
14:16
or friend your child plays with at school.
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edo zuen haurren ikaskideak.
14:18
Reach out to them.
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Joan beraiengana.
14:20
Let them know you stand
with them in solidarity.
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Jakinarazi haiekin solidarioak zaretela.
14:23
It may feel really small,
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Gauza txikia iruditu daiteke,
14:24
but I promise you it makes a difference.
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baina zin dagizuet diferentzia egiten duela.
14:29
Nothing will ever bring back
Deah, Yusor and Razan.
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Ezerk ez dizkigu Deah, Yusor eta Razan itzuliko.
14:33
But when we raise our collective voices,
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Baina gure ahots kolektiboa altxatzean,
14:36
that is when we stop the hate.
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orduan geldituko dugu gorrotoa.
14:38
Thank you.
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Mila esker.
14:39
(Applause)
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(Txaloak)
Translated by Jone Aliri
Reviewed by Maider Lizoain Cotanda

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suzanne Barakat - Physician
With a voice amplified by unthinkable personal tragedy, Suzanne Barakat speaks out against bigotry and violence against those society deems "different."

Why you should listen

On February 10, 2015, San Francisco doctor Suzanne Barakat received shattering news -- that her brother, Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan, had been shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In spite of the noncommittal reaction of the police, Barakat recognized the shooting for what it really was -- a hate crime.

Since then, Barakat's mission has been to counter Islamophobia with her message of inclusivity, while sounding the alarm that unless we can stem the tide of hate, anyone who society marginalizes as “other” faces an increased risk of violence.

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