Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants | TED

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: Kowthar Alasady ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: Eman Hassan
00:12
I remember one morning when I was in the third grade,
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ุฃุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฐุงุช ุตุจุงุญ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ููŠ ุงู„ุตู ุงู„ุซุงู„ุซุŒ
00:16
my mom sent me to school with a Ghanaian staple dish called "fufu."
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ุฃุฑุณู„ุชู†ูŠ ุฃู…ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ู…ุน ุทุจู‚ ุฃุณุงุณูŠ ู…ู† ุบุงู†ุง ูŠูุฏุนู‰ "ููˆููˆ."
00:20
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
00:22
Fufu is this white ball of starch made of cassava,
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ููˆููˆ ูƒุฑุฉ ู†ุดุงุก ุจูŠุถุงุก ู…ุตู†ูˆุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒุงุณุงูุงุŒ
00:26
and it's served with light soup, which is a dark orange color,
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ูˆูŠู‚ุฏู… ู…ุน ุญุณุงุก ุฎููŠูุŒ ุจุฑุชู‚ุงู„ูŠ ุฏุงูƒู†ุŒ
00:31
and contains chicken and/or beef.
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ูˆูŠุญุชูˆูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ู„ุญู… ุฏุฌุงุฌ ูˆู„ุญู… ุจู‚ุฑ.
00:33
It's a savory, flavorful dish
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ุฅู†ู‡ ุทุจู‚ ุดู‡ูŠ ูˆู„ุฐูŠุฐ
00:35
that my mom thought would keep me warm on a cold day.
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ูƒุงู†ุช ุฃู…ูŠ ุชุธู† ุฃู†ู‡ ุณูŠูˆูุฑ ู„ูŠ ุงู„ุฏูุก ุฎู„ุงู„ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุจุงุฑุฏ.
00:39
When I got to lunch and I opened my thermos,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฌุงุก ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ุบุฏุงุก ูˆูุชุญุช ุงู„ุชุฑู…ุณุŒ
00:42
releasing these new smells into the air,
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ูุงุญุช ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุกุŒ
00:45
my friends did not react favorably.
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ู„ู… ุชูƒู† ุฑุฏุฉ ูุนู„ ุฃุตุฏู‚ุงุฆูŠ ุฅูŠุฌุงุจูŠุฉ.
00:47
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
00:49
"What's that?" one of them asked.
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ุณุฃู„ู†ูŠ ุฃุญุฏู‡ู… "ู…ุง ู‡ุฐุงุŸ"
00:52
"It's fufu," I responded.
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ูุฃุฌุจุชู‡ "ุฅู†ู‡ ููˆููˆ"
00:54
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
00:55
"Ew, that smells funny. What's a fufu?" they asked.
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ุฃูˆู‡ุŒ ุฑุงุฆุญุชู‡ ุบุฑูŠุจุฉ ูˆุณุฃู„ูˆู†ูŠ "ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ููˆููˆุŸ"
00:59
Their reaction made me lose my appetite.
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ุฑุฏุฉ ูุนู„ู‡ู… ุฃูู‚ุฏุชู†ูŠ ุดู‡ูŠุชูŠ.
01:02
I begged my mother to never send me to school with fufu again.
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ุชูˆุณู„ุช ู„ุฃู…ูŠ ุฃู„ุง ุชุนุฏู‘ ู„ูŠ ุงู„ููˆููˆ ู…ุฌุฏุฏู‹ุง.
01:06
I asked her to make me sandwiches or chicken noodle soup
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ุทู„ุจุช ู…ู†ู‡ุง ุฃู† ุชุตู†ุน ู„ูŠ ุดุทูŠุฑุฉ ุฃูˆ ุญุณุงุก ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌ
01:10
or any of the other foods that my friends were eating.
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ุฃูˆ ุฃูŠ ู†ูˆุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุทุนู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุฃูƒู„ู‡ุง ุฃุตุฏู‚ุงุฆูŠ.
01:12
And this is one of the first times
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ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ุฃูˆู„ ู…ุฑุฉ
01:14
I began to notice the distinction between what was unique to my family
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ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠู‡ุง ุฃู„ุญุธ ุงู„ูุฑู‚ ุจูŠู† ู…ุง ุชุชู…ูŠุฒ ุจู‡ ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ
01:20
and what was common for everyone else,
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ูˆุจูŠู† ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุดุงุฆุน ู„ุฏู‰ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุนุŒ
01:22
what was Ghanaian and what was African
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ูˆุจูŠู† ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุบุงู†ูŠ ูˆุจูŠู† ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠ
01:26
and what was American.
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ูˆุจูŠู† ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠ.
01:28
I'm a first-generation American.
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ุฃู†ุง ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„.
01:30
Both of my parents are immigrants.
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ูˆูƒู„ุง ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑุงู†.
01:32
In fact, my father, Gabriel, came to the US almost 50 years ago.
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ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ุฌุงุก ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠุŒ ุบุงุจุฑูŠูŠู„ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ู‚ุจู„ ุฎู…ุณูŠู† ุนุงู…ู‹ุง ุชู‚ุฑูŠุจู‹ุง.
01:37
He arrived in New York
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ูˆุตู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ
01:39
from a city called Kumasi in a northern region of Ghana,
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ู…ู† ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุชุฏุนู‰ ูƒูˆู…ุงุณูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุดู…ุงู„ูŠุฉ ู…ู† ุบุงู†ุงุŒ
01:42
in West Africa.
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ููŠ ุบุฑุจ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง.
01:44
He came for school, earning his bachelor's degree in accounting
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ุฌุงุก ู„ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุฏุฑุงุณุฉุŒ ู„ูŠุญุตู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุดู‡ุงุฏุฉ ุจูƒุงู„ูˆุฑูŠูˆุณ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุญุงุณุจุฉ
01:47
and eventually became an accountant.
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ูˆุฃุตุจุญ ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุทุงู ู…ุญุงุณุจู‹ุง.
01:50
My mother, Georgina, joined him years later.
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ุฃู…ูŠุŒ ุฌูˆุฑุฌูŠู†ุงุŒ ู„ุญู‚ุช ุจู‡ ุจุนุฏ ุนุงู….
01:53
She had a love of fashion
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ูƒุงู†ุช ุดุบูˆูุฉ ุจุงู„ู…ูˆุถุฉ
01:55
and worked in a sewing factory in lower Manhattan,
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ูˆุนู…ู„ุช ููŠ ู…ุนู…ู„ ุฎูŠุงุทุฉ ููŠ ุฌู†ูˆุจ ู…ู†ู‡ุงุชู†ุŒ
01:58
until she saved up enough to open her own women's clothing store.
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ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุงุฏุฎุฑุช ู…ุง ูŠูƒููŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ู„ูุชุญ ู…ุชุฌุฑู‡ุง ุงู„ุฎุงุต ู„ู„ู…ู„ุงุจุณ ุงู„ู†ุณุงุฆูŠุฉ.
02:03
I consider myself an American
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ุฃุนุชุจุฑ ู†ูุณูŠ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠู‹ุง
02:06
and an African
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ูˆุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠู‹ุง
02:07
and a Ghanaian.
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ูˆุบุงู†ูŠู‹ุง.
02:09
And there's millions of people around the world
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ูˆู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุงู„ุจุดุฑ ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…
02:11
who are juggling these different classifications.
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ูŠุฎู„ุทูˆู† ุจูŠู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุตู†ูŠูุงุช ุงู„ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ.
02:15
They might be Jamaican-Canadians or Korean-Americans or Nigerian-Brits.
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ู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆู† ูƒู†ุฏูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ุฌุงู…ุงูŠูƒูŠ ุฃูˆ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ูƒูˆุฑูŠ ุฃูˆ ุจุฑูŠุทุงู†ูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ู†ูŠุฌูŠุฑูŠ.
02:22
But what makes our stories and experiences different
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ู„ูƒู† ู…ุง ูŠุนุทูŠ ู‚ุตุตู†ุง ูˆุชุฌุงุฑุจู†ุง ุทุงุจุนู‹ุง ู…ุฎุชู„ูู‹ุง
02:25
is that we were born and raised in a country different than our parents,
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ู‡ูˆ ูƒูˆู†ู†ุง ูˆู„ุฏู†ุง ูˆุชุฑุนุฑุนู†ุง ููŠ ุจู„ุฏ ูŠุฎุชู„ู ุนู† ุจู„ุฏ ุขุจุงุฆู†ุงุŒ
02:30
and this can cause us to be misunderstood
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุณุจุจู‹ุง ููŠ ุฃู† ูŠุณูŠุก ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูˆู† ูู‡ู…ู†ุง
02:33
when being viewed through a narrow lens.
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠู†ุธุฑูˆู† ุฅู„ูŠู†ุง ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุนุฏุณุฉ ุถูŠู‚ุฉ.
02:37
I grew up in New York, which is home to the largest number of immigrants
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุชุฑุนุฑุนุช ููŠ ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ ูˆู‡ูŠ ู…ูˆุทู† ู„ุฃุถุฎู… ุนุฏุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู†
02:41
anywhere in the United States.
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ููŠ ุฃูŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ.
02:43
And you would think growing up in a place like New York,
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ูˆู‚ุฏ ุชููƒุฑูˆู† ุจุฃู† ุงู„ุชุฑุนุฑุน ููŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ู…ุซู„ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒุŒ
02:46
it would be easy for a first-generation person to find their place.
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ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ูˆุงุทู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ุฃู† ูŠุฌุฏ ู„ู‡ ู…ูƒุงู†ุงู‹.
02:50
But all throughout my childhood,
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ู„ูƒู† ุทูŠู„ุฉ ูุชุฑุฉ ุทููˆู„ุชูŠุŒ
02:53
there were these moments that formed my understanding
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุดูƒู„ุช ูู‡ู…ูŠ
02:56
of the different worlds I belonged to.
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ุนู† ู…ุฎุชู„ู ุงู„ุนูˆุงู„ู… ุงู„ุชูŠ ุงู†ุชู…ูŠุช ู„ู‡ุง.
02:59
When I was in the fifth grade, a student asked me
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ููŠ ุงู„ุตู ุงู„ุฎุงู…ุณุŒ ุณุฃู„ู†ูŠ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ
03:02
if my family was refugees.
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ู…ุง ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุงุฌุฆูŠู†.
03:05
I didn't know what that word meant.
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ุญูŠู†ู‡ุง ูƒู†ุช ุฃุฌู‡ู„ ู…ุนู†ู‰ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ.
03:07
He explained to me that his parents told him
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ูู‚ุงู„ ู„ูŠ ุจุฃู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุฃุฎุจุฑูˆู‡
03:09
that refugees are people from Africa who come to the US
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ุจุฃู† ุงู„ู„ุงุฌุฆูŠู† ู‡ู… ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูŠู†ุญุฏุฑูˆู† ู…ู† ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฌุงุคูˆุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ
03:14
to escape death, starvation and disease.
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ู‡ุฑุจู‹ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ูˆุงู„ุฌูˆุน ูˆุงู„ู…ุฑุถ.
03:17
So I asked my parents, and they laughed a bit,
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ู„ุฐุง ุณุฃู„ุช ูˆุงู„ุฏุงูŠ ูˆุถุญูƒุง ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ุŒ
03:20
not because it was funny but because it was a generalization.
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ู„ูŠุณ ุจุณุจุจ ุฃู† ุณุคุงู„ูŠ ูƒุงู† ู…ุถุญูƒุงู‹ ุจู„ ู„ุฅู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ุชุนู…ูŠู…ุงู‹.
03:24
And they assured me that they had enough to eat in Ghana
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ูˆุฃูƒุฏูˆุง ู„ูŠ ุจุฃู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ู…ุง ูŠูƒููŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทุนุงู… ููŠ ุบุงู†ุง
03:27
and came to the US willingly.
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ูˆุฌุงุคูˆุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ุจู…ู„ุก ุฅุฑุงุฏุชู‡ู….
03:29
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
03:31
These questions became more complex as I got older.
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ุงุฒุฏุงุฏุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุณุงุคู„ุงุช ุชุนู‚ูŠุฏุงู‹ ู…ุน ุชู‚ุฏู…ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุณู†.
03:34
Junior high school was the first time
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ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุฅุนุฏุงุฏูŠุฉ ูƒุงู†ุช ุงู„ู…ุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰
03:36
I went to school with a large number of black American students,
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ุฐู‡ุจุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ู…ุน ุนุฏุฏ ูƒุจูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠู† ุงู„ุณูˆุฏุŒ
03:40
and many of them couldn't understand why I sounded differently than they did
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ูˆุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠูู‡ู… ุณุจุจ ุงุฎุชู„ุงู ู„ู‡ุฌุชูŠ ุนู†ู‡ู…
03:44
or why my parents seemed different than theirs.
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ุฃูˆ ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠุจุฏูˆ ูˆุงู„ุฏุงูŠ ู…ุฎุชู„ููŠู† ุนู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠู‡ู….
03:48
"Are you even black?" a student asked.
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ุณุฃู„ู†ูŠ ุทุงู„ุจ "ู‡ู„ ุฃู†ุช ุฃุณูˆุฏ ุฃุตู„ุงู‹ุŸ"
03:51
I mean, I thought I was black.
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ุฃุนู†ูŠุŒ ุงุนุชู‚ุฏุช ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุณูˆุฏ
03:53
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
03:54
I thought my skin complexion settled that.
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ุงุนุชู‚ุฏุช ุฃู† ู„ูˆู† ุจุดุฑุชูŠ ูŠุดูŠุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ
03:57
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
03:58
I asked my father about it, and he shared his own confusion
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ุณุฃู„ุช ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูุดุงุฑูƒู†ูŠ ุญูŠุฑุชู‡
04:01
over the significance of that when he first came to the US.
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ุญูˆู„ ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฌุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ุฑุฉ.
04:06
He explained to me that, when he was in Ghana, everyone was black,
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ูุณู‘ุฑ ู„ูŠ ุจุฃู†ู‡ ุญูŠู†ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุบุงู†ุงุŒ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฐูˆ ุจุดุฑุฉ ุณูˆุฏุงุกุŒ
04:10
so he never thought about it.
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ู„ุฐุง ู…ุง ุฎุทุฑ ู‡ุฐุง ููŠ ุจุงู„ู‡ ู‚ุท.
04:12
But in the US, it's a thing.
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ู„ูƒู† ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ ุดูŠุก.
04:14
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
04:16
But he would say, "But you're African.
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ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ู„ูŠู‚ูˆู„ุŒ "ู„ูƒู†ูƒ ุฅูุฑูŠู‚ูŠ.
04:19
Remember that."
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ุชุฐูƒุฑ ู‡ุฐุง."
04:21
And he would emphasize this,
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ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ูŠุดุฏุฏ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุŒ
04:22
even though many Africans in the continent would only consider me to be
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ุญุชู‰ ู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฑุฉ ูŠุนุชุจุฑูˆู†ู†ูŠ
04:27
just an American.
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ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠ ูˆุญุณุจ.
04:29
These misconceptions and complex cultural issues
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุตูˆุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฎุงุทุฆุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุงุฆู„ ุงู„ุซู‚ุงููŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนู‚ุฏุฉ
04:32
are not just the inquiries of children.
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ู„ูŠุณุช ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุชุณุงุคู„ุงุช ูŠุทุฑุญู‡ุง ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„.
04:35
Adults don't know who immigrants are.
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ุงู„ุจุงู„ุบูˆู† ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑููˆู† ู…ู† ู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูˆู†.
04:38
If we look at current trends,
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ุฅุฐุง ู†ุธุฑู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุฌุงู‡ุงุช ุงู„ุณุงุฆุฏุฉุŒ
04:40
if I asked you: What's the fastest-growing
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ุฅู† ุณุฃู„ุชูƒ: ุฃูŠ ุฏูŠู…ูˆุบุฑุงููŠุฉ ุฃุณุฑุน
04:42
immigrant demographic in the United States,
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ู†ู…ูˆุงู‹ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ
04:45
who would you think it was?
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ู…ู† ุจุงุนุชู‚ุงุฏูƒู…ุŸ
04:47
Nine out of 10 people tell me it's Latinos,
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9 ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ 10 ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุฃุฎุจุฑูˆู†ูŠ ุฅู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ู„ุงุชูŠู†ูŠูˆู†ุŒ
04:49
but it's actually African immigrants.
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ุฅู„ุง ุฅู†ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ.
04:52
How about in academics?
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ู…ุง ุจุงู„ูƒู… ุจุงู„ู†ุงุญูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃูƒุงุฏูŠู…ูŠุฉุŸ
04:54
What's the most educated immigrant demographic?
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ู…ุง ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุฏูŠู…ูˆุบุฑุงููŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุชุซู‚ูŠูุงู‹ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู†ุŸ
04:57
A lot of people presume it to be Asians, but it's actually African immigrants.
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ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ูŠูุชุฑุถ ุฃู† ุงู„ุขุณูŠูˆูŠูŠู† ู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุชุซู‚ูŠูุงู‹ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ.
05:02
Even in matters of policy,
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ุญุชู‰ ููŠ ุงู„ุดุคูˆู† ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉุŒ
05:04
did you know that three out of the eight countries
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ู‡ู„ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ุจุฃู† ุซู„ุงุซ ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ุซู…ุงู† ุฏูˆู„
05:06
in the so-called "travel ban"
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ุถู† ู…ุง ูŠูุณู…ู‰ "ุจุญุธุฑ ุงู„ุณูุฑ"
05:08
are African countries?
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ู‡ูŠ ุฏูˆู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุฉุŸ
05:09
A lot of people assume those targeted Muslims only live in the Middle East,
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ูŠูุชุฑุถ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑูˆู† ุจุฃู† ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ู…ุณู„ู…ูŠู† ุงู„ู…ุณุชู‡ุฏููŠู† ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ูู‚ุท ููŠ ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ ุงู„ุงูˆุณุทุŒ
05:14
but a lot of those banned people are Africans.
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ุฅู„ุง ุฅู† ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ูˆู„ุงุก ุงู„ู…ุดู…ูˆู„ูŠู† ุจุงู„ุญุธุฑ ู‡ู… ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ.
05:17
So on these issues of education and policy and religion,
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ู„ุฐุง ุจุฎุตูˆุต ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุถุงูŠุง ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุชุนู„ู‚ ุจุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู… ูˆุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠู†ุŒ
05:22
a lot of things we presume about immigrants are incorrect.
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ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ูุชุฑุถู‡ุง ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ุบูŠุฑ ุตุญูŠุญุฉ.
05:26
Even if we look at something like workplace diversity and inclusion,
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ุญุชู‰ ูˆุฅู† ู†ุธุฑู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุดูŠุก ู…ุง ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ุชู†ูˆุน ูˆุงู„ุดู…ูˆู„ ููŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุนู…ู„ุŒ
05:31
if I asked you what gender-ethnicity combination
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ุฅู† ุณุฃู„ุชูƒู… ุฃูŠ ุฎู„ูŠุท ุนุฑู‚ูŠ ุฌู†ุณูŠ
05:34
is least likely to be promoted to senior managerial positions,
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ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฃู‚ู„ ุงู„ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ุงู‹ ุจุฃู† ูŠุชุฑู‚ู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุงุตุจ ุฅุฏุงุฑูŠุฉ ุนู„ูŠุงุŒ
05:38
who would you think it was?
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ู…ู† ุจุงุนุชู‚ุงุฏูƒู…ุŸ
05:40
The answer is not Africans this time.
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ุงู„ุฌูˆุงุจ ู‡ูˆ ู„ูŠุณ ุงู„ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฉ.
05:42
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
05:43
And it's not black women or men,
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ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ุงู„ู†ุณุงุก ูˆุงู„ุฑุฌุงู„ ุงู„ุณูˆุฏุŒ
05:46
and it's not Latin women or men.
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ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ุงู„ู†ุณุงุก ูˆุงู„ุฑุฌุงู„ ุงู„ู„ุงุชูŠู†ูŠูˆู†.
05:48
It's Asian women who are least likely to be promoted.
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ุจู„ ุงู„ู†ุณุงุก ุงู„ุฃุณูŠูˆูŠุงุช ู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃู‚ู„ ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ุงู‹ ุจุฃู† ูŠุชุฑู‚ูˆุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุงุตุจ ุนู„ูŠุง.
05:53
Capturing these stories and issues is part of my work
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ุฅู† ู†ู‚ู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุตุต ูˆุงู„ู‚ุถุงูŠุง ู‡ูŠ ุฌุฒุก ู…ู† ุนู…ู„ูŠ
05:56
as a digital storyteller
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ูƒุฑุงูˆูŠ ู‚ุตุต ุฑู‚ู…ูŠ
05:58
that uses tech to make it easier for people to find these stories.
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ูŠุณุชุนูŠู† ุจุงู„ุชู‚ู†ูŠุฉ ู„ุชุณู‡ูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุนู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุตุต.
06:02
This year, I launched an online gallery of portraits and firsthand accounts
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ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุนุงู…ุŒ ุฃุทู„ู‚ุช ู…ุนุฑุถ ุตูˆุฑ ูˆู‚ุตุต ุจุงู„ุฅู†ุชุฑู†ุช
06:07
for a project called Enodi.
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ู„ุฃุฌู„ ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ูŠุฏุนู‰ Enodi.
06:10
The goal of Enodi is to highlight first-generation immigrants just like me
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ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู…ู†ู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุชุณู„ูŠุท ุงู„ุถูˆุก ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ุฃู…ุซุงู„ูŠุŒ
06:16
who carry this kinship for the countries we grew up in,
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ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุญู…ู„ูˆู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุตู„ุฉ ู„ู„ุจู„ุฏุงู† ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฑุนุฑุน ุจู‡ุงุŒ
06:21
for the countries of origin
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ู„ุจู„ุฏุงู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠุฉ
06:24
and for this concept called "blackness."
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูู‡ูˆู… ูŠูุณู…ู‰ "ุณูˆุงุฏ."
06:27
I created this space to be a cyberhome for many of us who are misunderstood
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุณุณุช ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ู„ูŠูƒูˆู† ู…ูˆุทู† ุงูุชุฑุงุถูŠ ู„ู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู†ุง ู†ุญู† ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠูุณุงุก ูู‡ู…ู†ุง
06:32
in our different home countries.
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ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุงู†ู†ุง ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠุฉ.
06:35
There are millions of Enodis
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ู‡ู†ุงู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ู…ู† Enodis
06:37
who use hyphens to connect their countries of origin
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ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุณุชุฎุฏู…ูˆู† ุงู„ูˆุงุตู„ุงุช ู„ุฑุจุท ุจู„ุฏุงู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃุตู„ูŠุฉ
06:40
with their various homes in the US
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ุจุฏูŠุงุฑู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ
06:43
or Canada or Britain or Germany.
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ุฃูˆ ูƒู†ุฏุง ุฃูˆ ุจุฑูŠุทุงู†ูŠุง ุฃูˆ ุงู„ู…ุงู†ูŠุง.
06:47
In fact, many people you might know are Enodi.
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ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู‚ุฏ ุชุนุฑูู‡ู… ูƒู€ Enodi.
06:50
Actors Issa Rae and Idris Elba are Enodi.
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ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ู…ู…ุซู„ุงู† ุนูŠุณู‰ ุฑุงูŠ ูˆุฅุฏุฑูŠุณ ุงู„ุจุง.
06:53
Colin Powell,
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ูƒูˆู„ูŠู† ุจูˆู„ุŒ
06:55
former Attorney General Eric Holder,
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ู…ุฏุนูŠ ุงู„ุนุงู… ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ ุงุฑูŠูƒ ู‡ูˆู„ุฏุฑุŒ
06:57
former President of the United States, Barack Obama,
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ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณ ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ ู„ู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ุจุงุฑุงูƒ ุฃูˆุจุงู…ุงุŒ
07:00
are all the children of African or Caribbean immigrants.
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ูƒู„ู‡ู… ุฃุจู†ุงุก ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู† ุฃูุงุฑู‚ุฉ ุฃูˆ ูƒุงุฑูŠุจูŠูŠู†.
07:03
But how much do you know about us?
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ู„ูƒู† ู…ุง ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑ ู…ุง ุชุนุฑููˆู†ู‡ ุนู†ุงุŸ
07:06
This complicated navigation
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนู‚ุฏุฉ
07:10
is not just the experience of first-generation folks.
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ู„ูŠุณุช ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ู…ุฑ ุจู‡ุง ุฃุจู†ุงุก ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„.
07:15
We're so intertwined
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ู†ุญู† ู…ุชุดุงุจูƒูˆู† ุฌุฏู‹ุง
07:17
in the lives and culture of people in North America and Europe,
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ุจุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆุซู‚ุงูุฉ ุฃู‡ู„ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒุง ุงู„ุดู…ุงู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุฃูˆุฑูˆุจุงุŒ
07:22
that you might be surprised how critical we are
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ู‚ุฏ ุชุณุชุบุฑุจูˆู† ูƒู… ู†ู†ุชู‚ุฏ
07:25
to your histories and future.
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ุชุงุฑูŠุฎูƒ ูˆู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ูƒู….
07:28
So, engage us in conversation;
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ุฅุฐุงุŒ ุดุงุฑูƒูˆู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุญุฏูŠุซุ›
07:31
discover who immigrants actually are,
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ุงูƒุชุดููˆุง ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู†ุŒ
07:33
and see us apart from characterizations
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ูˆุงู†ุธุฑ ู„ู†ุง ุจุนูŠุฏุงู‹ ุนู† ุงู„ุดุฎุตูŠุงุช
07:36
or limited media narratives
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ูˆุงู„ุฑูˆุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฅุนู„ุงู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุญุฏูˆุฏุฉ
07:38
or even who we might appear to be.
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ุฃูˆ ุญุชู‰ ู…ู† ู‚ุฏ ู†ุจุฏูˆ ุนู„ูŠู‡.
07:41
We're walking melting pots of culture,
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ู†ุญู† ุฎู„ูŠุท ุญูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุซู‚ุงูุงุชุŒ
07:44
and if something in that pot smells new or different to you --
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ูˆุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃุญุฏ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฎู„ูŠุท ูŠุจุฏูˆ ุบุฑูŠุจุงู‹ ุนู„ูŠูƒู… ุฃูˆ ูŠุฎุชู„ู ุนู†ูƒู…...
07:47
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
07:49
don't turn up your nose.
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ู„ุง ุชุฏูŠุฑูˆุง ุฃู†ูˆููƒู….
07:52
Ask us to share.
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ุงุณุฃู„ูˆู†ุง ู„ู†ุดุงุฑูƒูƒู…
07:53
Thank you.
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ุดูƒุฑุงู‹ ู„ูƒู….
07:55
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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