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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: 在弗得森抗议中我所看到的
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在2014年警察杀了Michael后，Damon参与了密苏里州的弗得森抗议，他感觉到的不只是愤怒，还有对自己和整个团体的爱。他的纪录片‘’谁的街道‘’从那些敢于对抗利用权力传播恐惧和憎恨的人的积极分子的角度讲述了反抗中的故事。
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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没错，我很害怕。
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Right now,
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现在，
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on this stage,
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在舞台上。
我感到恐惧，
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I feel fear.
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00:21
In my life, I ain't met many people
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生活中，其实我并没有遇到过很多
敢于真正表达自己的恐惧的人。
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that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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00:25
And I think that's because deep down,
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大概是因为
他们很明白恐惧可以传染。
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they know how easy it spreads.
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00:30
See, fear is like a disease.
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看到了吧，恐惧就像疾病。
00:32
When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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它可以像烈火一样侵蚀移动。
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But what happens when,
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但是在这种情况下，
00:37
even in the face of that fear,
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即使面临着恐惧，
你会做你该做的事情吗？
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you do what you've got to do?
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00:41
That's called courage.
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这就是勇气了。
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And just like fear,
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也像恐惧一样，
00:45
courage is contagious.
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勇气也可以传染。
00:47
See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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我来自伊利诺斯州的东圣路易斯。
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That's a small city
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是个小地方，
在密苏里州圣路易斯的密西西比河对岸。
00:51
across the Mississippi River
from St. Louis, Missouri.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
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我一生都住在圣路易斯及其附近。
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I have lived in and around
St. Louis my entire life.
St. Louis my entire life.
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01:00
When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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当这个普通的少年，
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an ordinary teenager,
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Michael Brown, Jr，
2014年在密苏里的弗得森被警察枪杀——
01:03
was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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弗得森是圣路易斯的北边的另一个市郊——
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another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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我不禁思考，
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I remember thinking,
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他并不是第一个，
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he ain't the first,
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也不会是最后一个在强制执法
面前失去生命的年轻孩子。
面前失去生命的年轻孩子。
01:14
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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01:18
But see, his death was different.
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但是他的死亡很不同。
01:21
When Mike was killed,
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我记得Mike被杀时，
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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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我记得有权力的人想要把恐惧当成武器。
01:27
The police response to a community
in mourning was to use force
in mourning was to use force
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警察对这个在哀悼的群体的回答，
就是利用权力施与恐惧：
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to impose fear:
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01:32
fear of militarized police,
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对警察，
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imprisonment,
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监禁，
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fines.
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惩罚的恐惧。
媒体通过宣传这个故事
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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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想让我们都彼此害怕。
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by the way they spun the story.
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这些事情都在以前发生过并且很管用。
01:41
And all of these things
have worked in the past.
have worked in the past.
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但就像我说的，时代变了。
01:43
But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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01:47
Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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Michael的死亡和之后对待我们群体的态度
是弗得森和圣路易斯抗议的导火索。
01:51
led to a string of protests in and around
Ferguson and St. Louis.
Ferguson and St. Louis.
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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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当我第四、五天去参加这些抗议时，
已不再是出于勇气；
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it was not out of courage;
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02:01
it was out of guilt.
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而是出于罪恶感。
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See, I'm black.
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我是黑人。
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I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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不知道你们注意到了没有。
02:06
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
但我不能安静的呆在距弗得森
只有几分钟车程的圣路易斯，
只有几分钟车程的圣路易斯，
02:08
But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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而不动身前往。
02:13
and not go see.
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所以我起身前往。
02:15
So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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我到达的时候，
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When I got out there,
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我看到一些让我吃惊的东西。
02:18
I found something surprising.
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02:22
I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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我看到了愤怒，很多愤怒。
02:25
But what I found more of was love.
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但是更多的我发现了爱。
02:28
People with love for themselves.
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人们对自己的爱。
02:30
Love for their community.
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对群体的爱。
很感人——
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And it was beautiful --
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直到警察出现。
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until the police showed up.
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02:36
Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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然后新的情绪被注入对话中：
02:40
fear.
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那就是恐惧。
02:42
Now, I'm not going to lie;
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我不撒谎的说；
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when I saw those armored vehicles,
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当我看到那些装甲的车子，
那些装备，
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and all that gear
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手枪，
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and all those guns
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包括警察，
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and all those police
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就我个人而言——
02:51
I was terrified --
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我很害怕。
02:53
personally.
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02:55
And when I looked around that crowd,
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而我看看周围的人群，
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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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我发现他们和我一样。
但是我也看到了另一些人。
03:00
But I also saw people
with something else inside of them.
with something else inside of them.
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03:04
That was courage.
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他们有勇气。
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See, those people yelled,
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他们呼喊着，
大叫着，
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and they screamed,
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他们没有因为警察而退缩。
03:08
and they were not about
to back down from the police.
to back down from the police.
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他们已经经历过这个点。
03:11
They were past that point.
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我感受到了我内心的变化，
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And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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于是我也开始呼喊，
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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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我注意到我周围的人也在呼喊着。
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And there was nothing like that feeling.
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从没有过那样的感觉。
03:25
So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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我决定我要做更多的事。
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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回到家我想，我是个作家，我写文章。
所以我便开始写关于抗议的很具体的事，
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So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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03:36
things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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不仅在精神战斗中可以作为武器，
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things that would give people voice
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也可以让人们发声，
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and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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还可以帮助人们构筑前方的路。
03:47
I did a project where I took pictures
of the hands of protesters
of the hands of protesters
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我拍了一张抗议者们的手的照片，
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and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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张贴到用木板封住的建筑和
社区的商店上。
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and community shops.
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My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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我的目标就是宣扬这种意识和士气。
04:00
And I think, for a minute at least,
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我认为至少有一分钟，
我做到了。
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it did just that.
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04:05
Then I thought, I want to uplift
the stories of these people
the stories of these people
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然后我想宣扬那些当时我觉得勇敢的人，
他们的故事。
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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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于是我和我朋友，
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and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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电影制片人和伙伴Sabaah Folayan，
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did just that with our documentary,
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利用纪录片‘’谁的街道？‘’，
完成了它。
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"Whose Streets?"
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I kind of became a conduit
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我感觉对于给我的所有勇气，
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for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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我完成了传递。
我认为这也是我们艺术家工作的一部分。
04:29
And I think that's part
of our job as artists.
of our job as artists.
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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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在工作中我们都要成为勇气的传播者。
04:37
And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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我们是在普通人和
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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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利用权力传播恐惧和
憎恨的人之间的一堵墙，
憎恨的人之间的一堵墙，
尤其是这种时刻。
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especially in times like these.
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04:48
So I'm going to ask you.
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所以我要问大家。
所有的行动者和动摇者，
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Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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you know, the thought leaders:
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思想的领导者：
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What are you gonna do
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拥有着可以使我们不再恐惧的
天赋的你们，
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with the gifts that you've been given
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打算怎么做？
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to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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05:01
Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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因为看到了吧，我每天都很害怕。
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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我完全想不到哪个时候我不害怕。
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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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但是想到恐惧并不是来打倒我的，
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it was there to protect me,
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而是保护我，
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and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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当我明白了怎么利用恐惧，
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I found my power.
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我就找到了我的力量。
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
05:20
(Applause)
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（掌声）
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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