TED2019
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: "You Have the Rite"
马克·巴姆提·约瑟夫: “你有仪式”
Filmed:
Readability: 4
1,713,613 views
TED成员马克·巴姆提·约瑟夫（Marc Bamuthi Joseph）在一场激动人心、带有爵士乐背景的演讲中，与我们分享了一位黑人父亲看到自己的儿子长大成人后内心的骄傲和恐惧。
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artist
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
00:14
Me and the boy wear the same shoe size.
0
2023
3758
我和我儿子的鞋码是一样的。
00:18
He wants a pair of
Air Jordan 4s for Christmas.
Air Jordan 4s for Christmas.
1
6343
2929
他想要一双Air Jordan 4s
的鞋作为圣诞礼物。
的鞋作为圣诞礼物。
00:22
I buy them,
2
10094
1790
于是我买了一双，
00:23
and then I steal them from his closet,
3
11908
2629
但又从他的衣柜里偷出了这双鞋，
00:26
like a twisted Grinch-themed
episode of "Black-ish."
episode of "Black-ish."
4
14561
3532
就像黑人家庭剧里出现了
偷走圣诞礼物的绿毛鬼精灵。
偷走圣诞礼物的绿毛鬼精灵。
00:30
(Laughter)
5
18117
1787
（笑声）
00:31
The kicks are totems to my youth.
6
19928
2036
在我年轻时，这些鞋就像图腾一般。
00:34
I wear them like mercury
on my Black man feet.
on my Black man feet.
7
22521
2942
我穿上它们就像踩着福特水星汽车，
00:38
I can't get those young
freedom days back fast enough.
freedom days back fast enough.
8
26352
3509
但跑得再快也找不回那些
年轻的自由时光。
年轻的自由时光。
00:42
Last time I was really fast I was 16,
9
30785
1852
16岁的我跑得飞快，
有一次我狂奔着
有一次我狂奔着
00:44
outrunning a doorman
on the Upper East Side.
on the Upper East Side.
10
32661
2282
想甩掉上东区的一个看门人。
00:46
He caught me vandalizing his building,
11
34967
2423
他抓到我在破坏他看守的建筑，
00:49
not even on some artsy stuff,
12
37414
1511
甚至是点儿艺术品也不行，
00:50
just ... stupid.
13
38949
1768
我那时候太傻了。
00:53
Of all the genders,
boys are the stupidest.
boys are the stupidest.
14
41345
3687
在所有性别中，男孩是最傻的。
00:57
(Laughter)
15
45056
2080
（笑声）
00:59
Sixteen was a series of
barely getting away
barely getting away
16
47160
3241
16岁时，我好几次差点被警察抓到，
01:02
and never telling my parents.
17
50425
2020
而我从不告诉我的父母。
01:04
I assume that my son
is stewarding this tradition well.
is stewarding this tradition well.
18
52469
2958
我觉得我的儿子
也很好继承了这一传统。
也很好继承了这一传统。
01:08
Sixteen was "The Low End Theory"
and Marvin Gaye on repeat.
and Marvin Gaye on repeat.
19
56042
4058
16岁是循环播放《低端理论》专辑
和沉浸在马文·盖伊歌声的年纪。
和沉浸在马文·盖伊歌声的年纪。
01:12
Sixteen is younger than Trayvon
and older than Emmett Till.
and older than Emmett Till.
20
60124
4840
16岁比被警察枪杀的特拉伊冯年轻，
比无辜被残害致死的艾默特·蒂尔年长。
比无辜被残害致死的艾默特·蒂尔年长。
01:17
At the DMV, my boy's in line to officially
enter his prime suspect years:
enter his prime suspect years:
21
65448
5578
在车管所，我儿子在排队领取驾照，
等待正式迈入“头号犯罪嫌疑人”生涯：
等待正式迈入“头号犯罪嫌疑人”生涯：
01:23
young, brown and behind the wheel,
22
71050
1771
年纪轻轻，棕色皮肤，可以驾车，
01:24
a moving semaphore, signaling
the threat of communities from below.
the threat of communities from below.
23
72845
4057
他如同一个移动的标识，
是从下层社区发出的威胁信号。
是从下层社区发出的威胁信号。
01:28
On top of the food chain,
humans have no natural predator,
humans have no natural predator,
24
76926
3000
在食物链的顶端，人类没有天敌，
01:31
but America plays out something
genetically embedded and instinctual
genetically embedded and instinctual
25
79950
4145
但美国人对黑人的“兴趣”
01:36
in its appetite for the Black body.
26
84119
2425
却是与生俱来的。
01:38
America guns down Black bodies
and then walks around them,
and then walks around them,
27
86568
3528
美国人枪杀黑人，
然后从他们身边走过，
然后从他们身边走过，
01:42
bored,
28
90120
1181
百无聊赖，
01:43
like laconic lions next to
half-eaten gazelles,
half-eaten gazelles,
29
91325
3540
就像在瞪羚被啃食过的尸体旁
悄无声息的狮子，
悄无声息的狮子，
01:46
bloody lips ...
30
94889
1575
满嘴鲜血——
01:48
"America and the Black Body"
on some Nat Geo shit.
on some Nat Geo shit.
31
96488
3564
仿佛活生生就出自
国家地理的《美国与黑体》。
国家地理的《美国与黑体》。
01:53
Well, he passes his road test at the DMV.
32
101433
2942
他通过了车管所的路考。
01:56
He does this strut C-Walk
broken "Fortnite" thing
broken "Fortnite" thing
33
104399
2716
在去完成相关手续的上，
01:59
on the way in to finish his paperwork,
34
107139
1927
他得意洋洋的扭着欢快的舞步，
02:01
true joy and calibrated cool
under the eye of my filming iPhone,
under the eye of my filming iPhone,
35
109090
3366
我手机镜头中的他
是那么快乐无比，朝气蓬勃，
是那么快乐无比，朝气蓬勃，
02:04
the victory dance of someone
who has just salvaged a draw.
who has just salvaged a draw.
36
112480
3440
如同跳着刚刚扳回一球
的胜利之舞。
的胜利之舞。
02:07
He's earned this win, but he's so 16
37
115944
2440
他赢了，但他才16岁，
02:10
he can't quite let his body be fully free.
38
118408
2933
身体还不能完全放开。
02:13
When he's three,
39
121902
1549
当他3岁时，
02:15
I'm in handcuffs in downtown Oakland.
40
123475
2460
我在奥克兰市中心被捕了。
02:18
Five minutes ago, I was illegally parked.
41
126530
2445
5分钟前，我非法停车。
02:20
Now I'm in the back of a squad car,
considering the odds that I'm going to die
considering the odds that I'm going to die
42
128999
3962
现在我坐在警车的后面，
想着自己可能要完蛋了，
想着自己可能要完蛋了，
02:24
here, 15 minutes away from my son
who expects that in 18 minutes,
who expects that in 18 minutes,
43
132985
3956
这里离我儿子的幼儿园
只有15分钟的路程，
只有15分钟的路程，
02:28
daddy's gonna pick him up from preschool.
44
136965
1996
他还在期待18分钟后爸爸会去接他。
那时候还没有口袋大小
的相机来捕捉这一刻。
的相机来捕捉这一刻。
02:30
There are no pocket-size cameras
to capture this moment, so.
to capture this moment, so.
45
138985
3081
02:34
I learned a lot of big words
when I was 16 getting ready for the SAT,
when I was 16 getting ready for the SAT,
46
142727
3305
当我16岁准备SAT的时候，
我学到了很多重要的单词，
我学到了很多重要的单词，
02:38
but none of them come to me now.
47
146056
1791
但现在我一个都不记得了。
02:40
In the police car, the only thing
that really speaks is my skin.
that really speaks is my skin.
48
148872
3759
在警车上，我的肤色
仿佛说明了一切。
仿佛说明了一切。
02:45
I know this:
49
153212
1164
我只知道：
02:46
I was parked on a bus zone
on 12th and Broadway,
on 12th and Broadway,
50
154400
4282
我把车停在12街和百老汇大街
的公共汽车站上，
的公共汽车站上，
02:50
running to the ATM on the corner.
51
158706
1584
跑向拐角处的自动取款机。
02:52
I pull the cash out just as
a police car pulls up behind me,
a police car pulls up behind me,
52
160314
2964
警察把车停到我后面时，
我正好把钱掏出来，
我正好把钱掏出来，
02:55
give him the "Aw shucks, my bad,"
that earnest Black man face.
that earnest Black man face.
53
163302
2954
我那黑色的面孔仿佛给了他
一种“哎呀，被抓到了。”的表情，
一种“哎呀，被抓到了。”的表情，
02:58
He waits till I'm back in the car
and then hits the siren,
and then hits the siren,
54
166280
3279
他一直等我回到车上，
然后按响了警铃，
然后按响了警铃，
03:01
takes my license with his hand on the gun,
55
169583
2519
他手握着枪拿走了我的驾照，
03:04
comes back two minutes later, gun drawn,
another patrol car now, four cops now,
another patrol car now, four cops now,
56
172126
4985
两分钟后回来，拔出了枪，
又来了一辆巡逻车，现在是四个警察了，
又来了一辆巡逻车，现在是四个警察了，
03:09
my face on the curb,
hands behind my back, shackled.
hands behind my back, shackled.
57
177135
3073
我的脸被按在路边，双手
被扭在身后，戴上了镣铐。
被扭在身后，戴上了镣铐。
03:12
I'm angry and humiliated,
only until I'm scared and then sad.
only until I'm scared and then sad.
58
180232
4634
我感到愤怒和羞辱，
后来又变成害怕和悲伤，
后来又变成害怕和悲伤，
03:16
I smell like the last gasp
before my own death.
before my own death.
59
184890
3878
觉得自己马上就要一命呜呼了。
03:20
I think how long the boy will wait
before he realizes
before he realizes
60
188792
2675
我在想，儿子要等多久才知道
03:23
that daddy is not on his way.
61
191491
2056
爸爸不会来了。
03:25
I think his last barely
formed memory of me
formed memory of me
62
193571
3652
我想，他对我的最后模糊记忆
03:29
will be the story of how
I never came for him.
I never came for him.
63
197247
2979
将会是我没有如约而来，
让他失望至极。
让他失望至极。
03:32
I try to telepathically say goodbye.
64
200250
2308
我试着用心灵感应的方式说再见。
03:35
The silence brings me no peace.
65
203098
2108
沉默没给我带来平静。
03:37
The quiet makes it hard to rest.
66
205230
2098
寂静更让我如坐针毡。
03:39
In the void there is anger mushrooming
in the moss at the base of my thoughts,
in the moss at the base of my thoughts,
67
207352
3980
我的大脑一片空白，而思绪深处
的愤怒却如雨后春笋般不断涌现，
的愤怒却如雨后春笋般不断涌现，
03:43
a fungus growing on the spine
of my freedom attempts.
of my freedom attempts.
68
211356
2680
我在争取自由的路上举步维艰。
03:46
I'm free from all except contempt,
69
214060
2811
除了蔑视之外，我什么都没有，
03:48
the spirit of an unarmed civilian
in the time of civil unrest,
in the time of civil unrest,
70
216895
4191
这是一个手无寸铁的平民
在社会动荡时期的精神，
在社会动荡时期的精神，
03:53
no peace, just Marvin Gaye falsettos
arching like a broken-winged sparrow,
arching like a broken-winged sparrow,
71
221110
4695
没有平静，只有马文·盖伊的假音
如断翅的麻雀在空中飘荡，
如断翅的麻雀在空中飘荡，
03:57
competing against the empty sirens,
72
225829
2545
对抗苍白的
04:00
singing the police.
73
228398
1755
警笛声。
04:03
Apparently some cat from Richmond
had a warrant out on him,
had a warrant out on him,
74
231343
2833
显然里士满市有人吃了张搜查令，
04:06
and when the cop says my name to dispatch,
dude doesn't hear "Marc Joseph,"
dude doesn't hear "Marc Joseph,"
75
234200
3750
当警察叫我的名字时，
这家伙没听见“马克·约瑟夫”，
这家伙没听见“马克·约瑟夫”，
04:09
he hears "Mike Johnson."
76
237974
1269
而是听成了“迈克·约翰逊。”
04:11
I count seven cars and 18 cops
on the corner now,
on the corner now,
77
239749
3613
我数到现在，街角一共有
7辆车和18个警察，
7辆车和18个警察，
04:15
a pride around a pound of flesh.
78
243386
3006
对着我这囊中之物得意洋洋。
04:18
By the grace of God,
I'm not fed to the beast today.
I'm not fed to the beast today.
79
246777
2944
感谢上帝，我今天逃过一劫。
04:22
Magnanimously, the first cop
makes sure to give me a ticket
makes sure to give me a ticket
80
250412
2997
第一个警察高抬贵手，
给我开了张公交车区
给我开了张公交车区
违规停车的罚单，
04:25
for parking in a bus zone,
81
253433
1328
然后就让我走了。
04:26
before he sets me free.
82
254785
1218
04:29
The boy is 16.
83
257076
1778
孩子16岁了。
04:31
He has a license to drive
in the hollow city,
in the hollow city,
84
259573
2908
他有了驾照，可以
在这座空空荡荡的城里开车,
在这座空空荡荡的城里开车,
04:34
enough body to fill my shoes.
85
262505
1899
个子高到能穿得上我的鞋。
04:36
I have grey in my beard,
86
264428
2107
我的胡子开始变白了，
04:38
and it tells the truth.
87
266559
1863
暴露了我日渐苍老的真相。
04:40
He can navigate traffic
in the age of autonomous vehicles.
in the age of autonomous vehicles.
88
268446
3620
在自动驾驶时代，
他能在车流中自由穿行。
他能在车流中自由穿行。
04:44
You know, people say "the talk,"
89
272090
2480
人们说的“谈话”，
04:46
like the thing happens just once,
90
274594
2262
就像事情只发生一次，
04:48
like my memory's been erased
and my internet is broken,
and my internet is broken,
91
276880
2662
好像我的记忆被抹去了，
好像我的互联网掉线了，
好像我的互联网掉线了，
04:51
like I can't read today's martyred name,
92
279566
2098
好像我读不懂
今天的殉道者名字一样，
今天的殉道者名字一样，
04:53
like today's the day
that I don't love my son enough
that I don't love my son enough
93
281688
2491
好像今天我不够爱孩子，
04:56
to tell him, "Bro, I really
don't care about your rights, yo.
don't care about your rights, yo.
94
284203
2862
无法告诉他，“小伙子，
我真不在乎你的权利，
我真不在乎你的权利，
04:59
Your mission is to get home to me.
95
287089
2407
你的任务是安全回家。
05:01
Live to tell me the story, boy.
96
289520
2141
活着告诉我你的故事，孩子，
05:03
Get home to me."
97
291685
2298
安全回家，回到我身边。”
05:06
Today's talk is mostly
happening in my head
happening in my head
98
294007
2478
今天，当他把车开上高速公路，
马文·盖伊的声音从收音机里传出，
马文·盖伊的声音从收音机里传出，
05:08
as he pulls onto the freeway
and Marvin Gaye comes on the radio.
and Marvin Gaye comes on the radio.
99
296509
4096
这段谈话就在我的脑海里浮现。
05:12
I'm wearing the boy's shoes,
100
300629
1973
我穿着这孩子的鞋子，
05:14
and the tune in my head is the goodbye
that I almost never said,
that I almost never said,
101
302626
3509
脑海中的旋律是我
几乎从未说过的再见，
几乎从未说过的再见，
05:18
a goodbye the length of a requiem,
102
306159
2181
如安魂曲般绵长，
05:20
a kiss, a whiff of his neck,
103
308364
2258
如同一个吻，
他脖子上的一缕气味，
他脖子上的一缕气味，
05:22
the length of a revelation
104
310646
1557
又长如启示录,
05:24
and a request flying high
in the friendly sky
in the friendly sky
105
312227
3170
带着在亲切宁静的天空中
高高飞翔的一个请求，
高高飞翔的一个请求，
05:27
without ever leaving the ground.
106
315421
1741
却没有离开地面。
05:29
My pain is a walking bass line,
107
317186
2005
我的痛苦低沉的徘徊着，
05:31
a refrain, placated stress
against the fading baseline.
against the fading baseline.
108
319215
3396
如同一段旋律在缓解压力，
对抗不断消逝的底线。
对抗不断消逝的底线。
05:34
Listen, this is not to be romantic,
109
322635
3220
各位，这毫无浪漫可言，
05:37
but to assert a plausible scenario
for the existential moment.
for the existential moment.
110
325879
4248
而是为当下找到一个合理的解释。
05:42
Driving while Black
is its own genre of experience.
is its own genre of experience.
111
330151
4209
黑人驾驶是一种独特的体验。
05:46
Ask Marvin.
112
334384
1540
问一问马文。
05:47
It may not be the reason
why you sing like an angel,
why you sing like an angel,
113
335948
2921
这可能不是你有天使般嗓音的原因，
05:50
but it surely has something to do with
why heaven bends to your voice.
why heaven bends to your voice.
114
338893
5071
但肯定与上天为什么
俯听你的声音有关。
俯听你的声音有关。
05:55
The boy driving,
the cop in the rearview mirror
the cop in the rearview mirror
115
343988
3468
男孩在前面开车，
后视镜里的警察
后视镜里的警察
05:59
is a ticket to ride or die.
116
347480
2444
可能随时开出一张
生死攸关的罚单。
生死攸关的罚单。
06:01
When you give a Black boy "the talk,"
117
349948
1798
当你跟一个黑人男孩“交谈”时，
06:03
you pray he is of the faction
of the fraction that survives.
of the fraction that survives.
118
351750
3232
你祈祷他是幸存下来
的那一小部分人。
的那一小部分人。
06:07
You pitch him the frequency
of your telepathic goodbye,
of your telepathic goodbye,
119
355006
3386
你不断向他投去
你心灵感应式的告别，
你心灵感应式的告别，
06:10
channel the love sustained
in Marvin's upper register
in Marvin's upper register
120
358416
3434
通过马文无边帽檐下的上音区
06:13
under his skullcap.
121
361874
1586
把持续的爱传递给他。
06:15
Black music at its best
122
363484
2043
最好的黑人音乐
06:17
is an exploded black hole
123
365551
1926
是一个爆炸的黑洞，
06:19
responding to the call
of America at its worst.
of America at its worst.
124
367501
3569
回应着美国在最糟情况下的号召。
06:23
Strike us down, the music lives,
125
371094
2778
我们会倒下，但音乐永存，
06:25
dark, like tar or tobacco
126
373896
2680
深色如焦油或烟草，
06:28
or cotton in muddy water.
127
376600
2179
或在泥水中的棉花。
06:30
Get home to me, son.
128
378803
2798
安全回家，孩子。
06:33
Like a love supreme, a god as love,
129
381625
3504
像至高无上的爱，神之爱，
06:37
a love overrules,
130
385153
2000
压倒一切的爱，
06:39
feathers for the angelic lift
of the restless dead,
of the restless dead,
131
387177
3119
像帮助不安的亡灵
升入天国的羽毛，
升入天国的羽毛，
06:42
like a theme for trouble man,
132
390320
1772
像一个马文的《麻烦者》主题，
06:44
or a 16-year-old boy, free to make
mistakes and live through them,
mistakes and live through them,
133
392116
5325
或一个16岁的男孩，
可以自由地犯错误，并在错误中生活，
可以自由地犯错误，并在错误中生活，
06:49
grow from them,
134
397465
1701
在错误中成长，
06:51
holy, holy, mercy, mercy me,
135
399190
4814
上帝，上帝，怜悯我，宽恕我，
06:56
mercy,
136
404028
1258
怜悯我，
06:57
mercy.
137
405310
1403
宽恕我吧。
07:02
Thank you.
138
410656
1170
谢谢。
07:03
(Applause)
139
411850
6807
（鼓掌）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artistTED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity.
Why you should listen
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a steadfast believer in empathy as the most valuable currency in building community, and he seeks to spark curiosity and dialogue about freedom, compassion and fearlessness through pioneering arts stewardship and education. A 2017 TEDGlobal Fellow, Bamuthi graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine as one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences; artistically directed HBO's "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices"; and is an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s greatest living artists. Dance Magazine named him a Top Influencer in 2017.
Bamuthi's evening-length work, red black and GREEN: a blues, was nominated for a 2013 Bessie Award for "Outstanding Production (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form)" and he has won numerous grants including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. His noted work /peh-LO-tah/ is inspired by soccer and Bamuthi's first generation American experience, intersecting global economics, cross-border fan culture and the politics of joy.
Bamuthi is the founding Program Director of the non-profit Youth Speaks, and he is a co-founder of Life is Living, a national series of one-day festivals which activate under-resourced parks and affirm peaceful urban life. His essays have been published in Harvard Education Press; he has lectured at more than 200 colleges, has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford and Lehigh, among others, and currently serves as Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph | Speaker | TED.com