How we talk about sexual assault online | Ione Wells

Prevoditelj: Ivan Stamenković Recezent: Igor Pureta

It was April, last year.

Bio je travanj, prošle godine.

I was on an evening out with friends

Bila sam vani s prijateljima

to celebrate one of their birthdays.

kako bi proslavili nečiji rođendan.

We hadn't been all together for a couple of weeks;

Nismo bili svi skupa već nekoliko tjedana;

bila je to savršena večer, svi ponovno zajedno.

it was a perfect evening, as we were all reunited.

At the end of the evening,

Na kraju večeri,

I caught the last underground train back to the other side of London.

uhvatila sam posljednji vlak podzemne kako bih se vratila na drugu stranu grada.

The journey was smooth.

Putovanje je teklo glatko.

I got back to my local station

Vratila sam se na svoju stanicu

and I began the 10-minute walk home.

i počela desetominutnu šetnju kući.

As I turned the corner onto my street,

Kad sam skrenula za ugao moje ulice,

my house in sight up ahead,

moja kuća vidjela se u daljini,

I heard footsteps behind me

čula sam korake iza sebe

that seemed to have approached out of nowhere

koji su se pojavili niotkuda

and were picking up pace.

i ubrzavali su.

Before I had time to process what was happening,

Prije nego sam imala vremena shvatiti što se događa,

a hand was clapped around my mouth so that I could not breathe,

nečija ruka je bila oko mojih usta tako da ne mogu disati,

and the young man behind me dragged me to the ground,

i mladić koji je bio iza mene povukao me na tlo,

beat my head repeatedly against the pavement

lupio mi glavom o beton nekoliko puta

until my face began to bleed,

dok mi lice nije počelo krvariti,

kicking me in the back and neck

udarajući me u vrat i leđa,

while he began to assault me,

i počeo napastovati, kidajući

ripping off my clothes and telling me to "shut up,"

odjeću s mene i govoreći mi da "ušutim," dok sam se

as I struggled to cry for help.

borila pokušavajući dozvati pomoć.

With each smack of my head to the concrete ground,

Svakim udarcem moje glave u betonsko tlo,

a question echoed through my mind that still haunts me today:

kroz glavu mi je prošlo pitanje koje me i danas muči:

"Is this going to be how it all ends?"

"Hoće li se ovako sve završiti?"

Little could I have realized, I'd been followed the whole way

Nisam shvatila da me pratio cijelim putem

from the moment I left the station.

otkako sam napustila stanicu.

And hours later,

Satima kasnije,

I was standing topless and barelegged in front of the police,

stajala sam bez majice, golih nogu pred policijom,

having the cuts and bruises on my naked body photographed

dok su mi fotografirali posjekotine i modrice na golom tijelu

for forensic evidence.

kao forenzički dokaz.

Now, there are few words to describe the all-consuming feelings

Postoji malo riječi da bih opisala osjećaje

of vulnerability, shame, upset and injustice that I was ridden with

ranjivosti, srama, uznemirenja i nepravde koji su me obuzimali

in that moment and for the weeks to come.

u tom trenutku i tjednima nakon toga.

But wanting to find a way to condense these feelings

Ali želeći naći način da prikupim te osjećaje

into something ordered that I could work through,

u nešto smisleno s čim bih se mogla nositi,

I decided to do what felt most natural to me:

odlučila sam učiniti što mi se činilo najprirodnije:

I wrote about it.

pisala sam o tome.

It started out as a cathartic exercise.

Počelo je kao katarzična vježba.

I wrote a letter to my assaulter,

Napisala sam pismo svom napadaču,

humanizing him as "you,"

humanizirajući ga sa "ti,"

to identify him as part of the very community

kako bih ga identificirala kao dio te zajednice

that he had so violently abused that night.

koju je tako nasilno zlostavljao te noći.

Stressing the tidal-wave effect of his actions,

Naglašavajući njegovo djelovanje, poput plimnog vala

I wrote:

napisala sam:

"Did you ever think of the people in your life?

"Jesi li razmišljao o ljudima u svom životu?

I don't know who the people in your life are.

Ne znam tko su ljudi u tvom životu.

I don't know anything about you.

Ne znam ništa o tebi.

But I do know this:

Ali znam ovo:

you did not just attack me that night.

nisi napao samo mene te noći.

I'm a daughter, I'm a friend,

Ja sam kćer, prijatelj,

I'm a sister, I'm a pupil,

sestra, učenica,

I'm a cousin, I'm a niece,

rođakinja, nećakinja,

I'm a neighbor;

ja sam susjeda.

I'm the employee who served everyone coffee

Ja sam radnica koja ljudima poslužuje kavu

in the café under the railway.

u kafiću pod prugom.

And all the people who form these relations to me

I svi ljudi koji imaju te veze samnom

make up my community.

stvaraju moju zajednicu.

And you assaulted every single one of them.

I ti si napao sve njih.

You violated the truth that I will never cease to fight for,

Povrijedio si istinu za koju se nikad neću prestati boriti,

and which all of these people represent:

i koju svi ovi ljudi predstavljaju:

that there are infinitely more good people in the world than bad."

da postoji nebrojeno više dobrih nego loših ljudi u svijetu."

But, determined not to let this one incident make me lose faith

Odlučna da ne dopustim da ovaj incident naruši moju vjeru

in the solidarity in my community or humanity as a whole,

u solidarnost moje zajednice ili čovječanstva u cijelosti,

I recalled the 7/7 terrorist bombings in July 2005 on London transport,

prisjetila sam se terorističkog napada 7. 7. 2005. u londonskom prijevozu,

and how the mayor of London at the time, and indeed my own parents,

i kako su gradonačelnik Londona, i moji roditelji,

had insisted that we all get back on the tubes the next day,

inzistirali da se vratimo u podzemnu sljedećeg dana,

so we wouldn't be defined or changed

tako da nas ne odrede ili promjene

by those that had made us feel unsafe.

oni koji su učinili da se osjećamo nesigurno.

I told my attacker,

Rekla sam svom napadaču,

"You've carried out your attack,

"Izveo si svoj napad,

but now I'm getting back on my tube.

ali ja se vraćam u svoju podezmnu.

My community will not feel we are unsafe walking home after dark.

Moja zajednica neće osjećati strah kada bude išla kući po mraku.

We will get on the last tubes home,

Ići ćemo zadnjim vlakovima kući,

and we will walk up our streets alone,

i sami ćemo šetati ulicama,

because we will not ingrain or submit to the idea

jer nećemo prihvatiti i pasti pod utjecaj ideje

that we are putting ourselves in danger in doing so.

da se dovodimo u opasnost čineći to.

We will continue to come together, like an army,

Nastavit ćemo stupati skupa, poput vojske,

when any member of our community is threatened.

kada se prijeti nekom našem članu.

And this is a fight you will not win."

I to je borba u kojoj nećeš pobijediti."

At the time of writing this letter --

Kada sam pisala ovo pismo --

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

At the time of writing this letter,

Kada sam pisala ovo pismo,

I was studying for my exams in Oxford,

učila sam za ispite na Oxfordu,

i radila sam u tamošnjim lokalnim novinama.

and I was working on the local student paper there.

Despite being lucky enough to have friends and family supporting me,

Unatoč sreći zbog podrške obitelji i prijatelja,

osamila sam se.

it was an isolating time.

Nisam poznavala nikog tko je to prije prošao,

I didn't know anyone who'd been through this before;

at least I didn't think I did.

barem sam tako mislila.

Čitala bih novinske izvještaje, statistike, i znala koliko su učestali seksualni napadi,

I'd read news reports, statistics, and knew how common sexual assault was,

yet I couldn't actually name a single person

ali nisam mogla imenovati nijednu osobu

that I'd heard speak out about an experience of this kind before.

za koju sam prije čula da priča o ovakvom iskustvu.

So in a somewhat spontaneous decision,

U ponešto spontanoj odluci,

I decided that I would publish my letter in the student paper,

odlučila sam pismo objaviti u studentskim novinama,

hoping to reach out to others in Oxford

u nadi da ću doprijeti do drugih u Oxfordu

that might have had a similar experience and be feeling the same way.

koji su imali slično iskustvo i osjećaju se slično.

At the end of the letter,

Na kraju pisma,

I asked others to write in with their experiences

pitala sam druge da pišu

under the hashtag, "#NotGuilty,"

pod "#NotGuilty,"

to emphasize that survivors of assault could express themselves

da naglase kako se preživjeli mogu izraziti

without feeling shame or guilt about what happened to them --

bez osjećaja srama ili krivnje vezano za to što se dogodilo --

da pokažemo da se možemo oduprijeti seksualnom napastovanju.

to show that we could all stand up to sexual assault.

What I never anticipated is that almost overnight,

Nisam očekivala da će gotovo preko noći,

this published letter would go viral.

ovo objavljeno pismo postati viralno.

Soon, we were receiving hundreds of stories

Uskoro smo primali stotine priča

from men and women across the world,

muškaraca i žena iz cijelog svijeta,

which we began to publish on a website I set up.

koje smo počeli objavljivati na stranici koju sam postavila.

And the hashtag became a campaign.

Hashtag je postao kampanja.

There was an Australian mother in her 40s who described how on an evening out,

Majka iz Australije u 40-ima opisala je kako ju je tijekom izlaska,

she was followed to the bathroom

u kupaonicu pratio

by a man who went to repeatedly grab her crotch.

muškarac koji ju je opetovano hvatao za prepone.

There was a man in the Netherlands

Čovjek iz Nizozemske je opisao

who described how he was date-raped on a visit to London

kako je silovan na spoju tijekom posjeta Londonu

and wasn't taken seriously by anyone he reported his case to.

i nisu ga shvatili ozbiljno kada je prijavio slučaj.

I had personal Facebook messages from people in India and South America,

Dobila sam osobne Facebook poruke ljudi iz Indije i Južne Amerike,

s pitanjima kako tamo prenijeti poruku kampanje?

saying, how can we bring the message of the campaign there?

Jedan od prvih doprinosa bio je od žene koja se zvala Nikki,

One of the first contributions we had was from a woman called Nikki,

who described growing up, being molested my her own father.

koja je opisala kako je odrastala uz oca koji ju je zlostavljao.

And I had friends open up to me

Prijatelji su mi pričali

about experiences ranging from those that happened last week

o iskustvima koja su se dogodila prošlog tjedna

to those that happened years ago, that I'd had no idea about.

do onih koja su se dogodila godinama prije za koje nisam znala.

And the more we started to receive these messages,

I što smo više tih poruka primali,

the more we also started to receive messages of hope --

počeli smo dobivati i poruke nade --

people feeling empowered by this community of voices

od ljudi koji su bili osnaženi ovom zajednicom glasova

standing up to sexual assault and victim-blaming.

koji su ustali protiv seksualnih napada i okrivljavanja žrtava.

One woman called Olivia,

Žena imena Olivia je,

after describing how she was attacked

nakon opisa kako ju je napala

by someone she had trusted and cared about for a long time,

osoba kojoj je vjerovala i o kojoj se brinula dugo vremena

said, "I've read many of the stories posted here,

rekla, "Pročitala sam puno priča objavljenih ovdje,

and I feel hopeful that if so many women can move forward,

i osjećam nadu kad vidim da toliko žena ide naprijed,

then I can, too.

da to mogu i ja.

I've been inspired by many,

Inspirirale su me mnoge,

nadam se da ću i ja jednom biti tako snažna.

and I hope I can be as strong as them someday.

I'm sure I will."

Sigurna sam da hoću."

People around the world began tweeting under this hashtag,

Ljudi širom svijeta, počeli su tweetati pod tim hashtagom,

and the letter was republished and covered by the national press,

i pismo je ponovno objavljeno i pratio ga je državni tisak,

as well as being translated into several other languages worldwide.

i preveli su ga na nekoliko jezika širom svijeta.

But something struck me about the media attention

Ali nešto me pogodilo kod medijske pažnje

that this letter was attracting.

koju je ovo pismo dobivalo.

For something to be front-page news,

Da bi nešto bilo vijest s naslovnice,

given the word "news" itself,

s obzirom na samu riječ "vijest",

we can assume it must be something new or something surprising.

moramo pretpostaviti da to mora biti nešto novo ili iznenađujuće.

And yet sexual assault is not something new.

Ali ipak, seksualno zlostavljanje nije nešto novo.

Sexual assault, along with other kinds of injustices,

Seksualni napadi, zajedno s drugim nepravdama,

is reported in the media all the time.

su stalno u medijima.

But through the campaign,

Ali kroz kampanju,

these injustices were framed as not just news stories,

ove su nepravde oblikovane ne samo kao priče iz novina,

they were firsthand experiences that had affected real people,

već iskustva iz prve ruke koja su utjecala na stvarne ljude

who were creating, with the solidarity of others,

koji su stvarali, uz solidarnost drugih,

what they needed and had previously lacked:

ono što su trebali i prije im je nedostajalo:

a platform to speak out,

platformu za govor,

the reassurance they weren't alone or to blame for what happened to them

sigurnost da nisu sami ili okrivljavanje za to što im se dogodilo

and open discussions that would help to reduce stigma around the issue.

i otvorene rasprave koje će pomoći smanjiti stigmu oko problema.

The voices of those directly affected were at the forefront of the story --

Glasovi onih na koje je to utjecalo su bili u prvom planu priče --

not the voices of journalists or commentators on social media.

ne glasovi novinara ili komentatora na društvenim mrežama.

And that's why the story was news.

I zato je ta priča bila vijest.

We live in an incredibly interconnected world

Živimo u nevjerojatno povezanom svijetu

with the proliferation of social media,

sa procvatom društvenih mreža,

which is of course a fantastic resource for igniting social change.

što je naravno odličan resurs u pokretanju društvenih promjena.

But it's also made us increasingly reactive,

Ali smo postali i reaktivniji,

from the smallest annoyances of, "Oh, my train's been delayed,"

od najmanjih problema, "Oh, moj vlak kasni,"

to the greatest injustices of war, genocides, terrorist attacks.

do najvećih nepravdi, rata, genocida, terorističkih napada.

Our default response has become to leap to react to any kind of grievance

Naš osnovni odgovor postao je brzo reagirati na bilo kakav problem

by tweeting, Facebooking, hastagging --

tvitajući, pišući na FB, hashtagovima --

anything to show others that we, too, have reacted.

bilo što da bismo drugima pokazali da smo i mi reagirali.

The problem with reacting in this manner en masse

Problem kod takvih masovnih reakcija

is it can sometimes mean that we don't actually react at all,

je da to nekad zapravo znači da uopće nismo reagirali,

barem ne u smislu da smo nešto zaista učinili.

not in the sense of actually doing anything, anyway.

It might make ourselves feel better,

Možda ćemo se osjećati bolje,

kao da smo pridonijeli grupnom žalovanju ili bijesu,

like we've contributed to a group mourning or outrage,

but it doesn't actually change anything.

ali to zapravo ništa ne mjenja.

And what's more,

I važnije,

it can sometimes drown out the voices

nekad može ugušiti glasove

of those directly affected by the injustice,

onih na koje nepravda direktno utječe,

whose needs must be heard.

a čiji glas moramo čuti.

Worrying, too, is the tendency for some reactions to injustice

Zabrinjavajuće, također, je to što neke reakcije na nepravdu

to build even more walls,

grade još više zidova,

being quick to point fingers with the hope of providing easy solutions

upirući prstom s nadom da ćete ponuditi lako rješenje

to complex problems.

za složene probleme.

One British tabloid, on the publication of my letter,

Jedan britanski tabloid, prilikom objave mog pisma,

branded a headline stating,

objavio je naslov

"Oxford Student Launches Online Campaign to Shame Attacker."

"Studentica s Oxforda pokreće online kampanju da osramoti napadača."

But the campaign never meant to shame anyone.

Ali kampanja nikad nije bila namijenjena tome.

It meant to let people speak and to make others listen.

Trebala je dozvoliti ljudima da pričaju i učiniti da drugi slušaju.

Divisive Twitter trolls were quick to create even more injustice,

Twitter trollovi brzo su stvorili još više podjela,

commenting on my attacker's ethnicity or class

komentirajući etničku pripadnost ili primanja

to push their own prejudiced agendas.

kako bi progurali svoje predrasude.

And some even accused me of feigning the whole thing

A neki su me čak optužili da sam lažirala cijelu stvar

to push, and I quote,

kako bih progurala, i citiram,

my "feminist agenda of man-hating."

moju "feministički program mržnje muškaraca."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I know, right?

Znam, zar ne?

As if I'm going to be like, "Hey guys! Sorry I can't make it,

Kao da ću doći i reći, "Hej ljudi! Ne mogu doći,

I'm busy trying to hate the entire male population

zaposlena sam pokušavajući mrziti cijelu mušku populaciju

by the time I'm 30."

prije tridesete."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now, I'm almost sure

Gotovo sam sigurna

that these people wouldn't say the things they say in person.

da ti ljudi ne bi govorili stvari koje govore uživo.

But it's as if because they might be behind a screen,

Ali kao da je to što su iza ekrana,

in the comfort in their own home

u udobnosti svojeg doma

when on social media,

kada su na društvenim mrežama,

people forget that what they're doing is a public act --

razlog zbog kojeg zaborave da je to što rade javni čin --

da će to drugi čitati i da će na njih utjecati.

that other people will be reading it and be affected by it.

Returning to my analogy of getting back on our trains,

Vraćajući se na moju analogiju vraćanje na naše vlakove,

another main concern I have about this noise that escalates

još jedna velika briga koju imam oko ove buke koja eskalira

from our online responses to injustice

od naših online odgovora na nepravdu

is that it can very easily slip into portraying us as the affected party,

je da sve vrlo lako može preći u opisivanje nas kao povrijeđenih,

which can lead to a sense of defeatism,

što može voditi do osjećaja poraza,

a kind of mental barrier to seeing any opportunity for positivity or change

mentalne barijere, spriječiti nas da vidimo priliku za pozitivnost ili promjenu

after a negative situation.

nakon negativne situacije.

A couple of months before the campaign started

Nekoliko mjeseci prije početka kampanje

or any of this happened to me,

i ovoga što se meni dogodilo,

I went to a TEDx event in Oxford,

bila sam na TEDx događaju u Oxfordu,

and I saw Zelda la Grange speak,

i vidjela sam Zeldu le Grange kako priča,

the former private secretary to Nelson Mandela.

bivšu tajnicu Nelsona Mandele.

One of the stories she told really struck me.

Jedna od priča koju je ispričala zaista me pogodila.

She spoke of when Mandela was taken to court

Pričala je o tome kada je Mandela odveden pred sud

by the South African Rugby Union

od stranje Južnoafričkog ragbi sindikata

after he commissioned an inquiry into sports affairs.

nakon što je postavio pitanje u vezi sportskih afera.

In the courtroom,

U sudnici,

he went up to the South African Rugby Union's lawyers,

prišao je odvjetnicima Sindikata,

shook them by the hand

pružio im ruku

and conversed with them, each in their own language.

i pričao sa svakim, na njihovom jeziku.

And Zelda wanted to protest,

Zelda je htjela prosvjedovati,

saying they had no right to his respect

reći kako nemaju pravo na njegovo poštovanje

after this injustice they had caused him.

nakon nepravde koju su mu nanijeli.

He turned to her and said,

Okrenuo joj se i rekao,

"You must never allow the enemy to determine the grounds for battle."

"Nikad ne dozvoli neprijatelju da određuje temelje za bitku."

At the time of hearing these words,

Čuvši te riječi,

I didn't really know why they were so important,

nisam znala zašto su tako važne,

but I felt they were, and I wrote them down in a notebook I had on me.

ali osjećala sam da jesu, i zapisala sam ih u svoju bilježnicu.

But I've thought about this line a lot ever since.

I od tada puno razmišljam o toj rečenici.

Revenge, or the expression of hatred

Osveta, ili izražavanje mržnje prema

towards those who have done us injustice

onima koji su nam učinili nešto nažao

may feel like a human instinct in the face of wrong,

možda se čini kao ljudski nagon kada smo suočeni s nepravdom,

but we need to break out of these cycles

ali moramo izaći iz tog ciklusa

if we are to hope to transform negative events of injustice

ako želimo transformirati negativne događaje nepravde

into positive social change.

u pozitivnu društvenu promjenu.

To do otherwise

Inače to

continues to let the enemy determine the grounds for battle,

omogućuje neprijatelju određivanja temelja za bitku,

creates a binary,

stvara binarni sustav,

where we who have suffered become the affected,

gdje mi koji smo patili postajemo oni pod utjecajem,

pitted against them, the perpetrators.

nasuprot njih, počinitelja.

And just like we got back on our tubes,

I kao što smo se vratili na podzemnu,

we can't let our platforms for interconnectivity and community

ne možemo dozvoliti da naše platforme za komunikaciju i zajednicu

be the places that we settle for defeat.

budu mjesta gdje se mirimo s porazom.

But I don't want to discourage a social media response,

Ali ne želim obeshrabriti odgovor na društvenim mrežama,

because I owe the development of the #NotGuilty campaign

jer dugujem razvoj #NotGuilty kampanje gotovo

almost entirely to social media.

u potpunosti društvenim mrežama.

But I do want to encourage a more considered approach

Ali želim poticati promišljeniji pristup načinu na

to the way we use it to respond to injustice.

koji ih koristimo da odgovorimo na nepravdu.

The start, I think, is to ask ourselves two things.

Za početak se zapitajmo dvije stvari.

Prvo: Zašto osjećam nepravdu?

Firstly: Why do I feel this injustice?

In my case, there were several answers to this.

U mom slučaju više je odgovora na to pitanje.

Someone had hurt me and those who I loved,

Netko je povrijedio mene i ljude koje volim

under the assumption they wouldn't have to be held to account

pod pretpostavkom da neće odgovarati

ili spoznati štetu koju je počinio.

or recognize the damage they had caused.

Ne samo to, tisuće muškaraca i žena pate svakog dana,

Not only that, but thousands of men and women suffer every day

from sexual abuse, often in silence,

zlostavljani su, često u tišini,

yet it's still a problem we don't give the same airtime to as other issues.

ali je to i dalje problem koji nema pozornost kao drugi problemi.

To je i dalje problem za koji mnogi okrivljuju žrtve.

It's still an issue many people blame victims for.

Next, ask yourself: How, in recognizing these reasons,

Sljedeće, zapitajte se: Kako, u prepoznavanju tih razloga,

could I go about reversing them?

ja mogu djelovati da ih obrnem?

With us, this was holding my attacker to account -- and many others.

S nama, ovo je bilo pozivanje krivca -- i mnogih drugih na odgovornost.

It was calling them out on the effect they had caused.

Bilo je prozivanje za učinak koji su imali.

It was giving airtime to the issue of sexual assault,

Davanje medijskog prostora seksualnom zlostavljanju,

opening up discussions amongst friends, amongst families, in the media

pokrećući rasprave među prijateljima, obiteljima, u medijima

that had been closed for too long,

koje su predugo zatvorene,

naglašavajući da žrtve ne smiju osjećati krivicu

and stressing that victims shouldn't feel to blame

za ono što im se dogodilo.

for what happened to them.

Imamo dalek put pred nama u rješavanju ovog problema u cijelosti,

We might still have a long way to go in solving this problem entirely.

But in this way,

ali ovako

možemo koristiti društvene mreže kao aktivan alat za društvenu pravdu,

we can begin to use social media as an active tool for social justice,

as a tool to educate, to stimulate dialogues,

kao alat za edukaciju, poticanje dijaloga,

to make those in positions of authority aware of an issue

da bi ljudi na vlasti bili svjesni problema

by listening to those directly affected by it.

slušajući one na koje to direktno utječe.

Because sometimes these questions don't have easy answers.

Jer nekad pitanja nemaju lak odgovor.

In fact, they rarely do.

Zapravo, rijetko imaju.

But this doesn't mean we still can't give them a considered response.

Ali to ne znači da ne možemo dati promišljeni odgovor.

In situations where you can't go about thinking

U situacijama gdje ne možete ići i razmišljati

how you'd reverse this feeling of injustice,

kako biste obrnuli ovaj osjećaj nepravde,

you can still think, maybe not what you can do,

još uvijek možete misliti, možda ne što možete učiniti,

but what you can not do.

već nešto što možete ne učiniti.

You can not build further walls by fighting injustice with more prejudice,

Možete ne graditi zidove boreći se protiv nepravde predrasudama,

more hatred.

mržnjom.

You can not speak over those directly affected by an injustice.

Možete ne pričati mimo onih na koje nepravda direktno utječe.

And you can not react to injustice, only to forget about it the next day,

Možete ne reagirati na nepravdu, samo da biste ju zaboravili sljedeći dan,

just because the rest of Twitter has moved on.

jer je ostatak Twittera nastavio dalje.

Sometimes not reacting instantly is, ironically,

Nekad je, ironično, ne reagiranje odmah

the best immediate course of action we can take.

najbolja prva reakcija koju možemo imati.

Because we might be angry, upset and energized by injustice,

Jer možda smo ljuti, uznemireni i energizirani zbog nepravde,

but let's consider our responses.

ali promislimo naš odgovor.

Let us hold people to account, without descending into a culture

Pozovimo ljude na odgovornost, bez upadanja u kulturu

that thrives off shaming and injustice ourselves.

koja uživa u posramljivanju i nepravdi nas samih.

Let us remember that distinction,

Sjetimo se te podjele,

so often forgotten by internet users,

koju korisnici interneta često zaboravljaju,

between criticism and insult.

između kritike i uvrede.

Let us not forget to think before we speak,

Ne zaboravimo misliti prije nego kažemo,

just because we might have a screen in front of us.

jer možda imamo ekran ispred nas.

And when we create noise on social media,

Kada stvaramo buku na društvenim mrežama,

let it not drown out the needs of those affected,

ne dozvolimo da uguši potrebe pogođenih,

but instead let it amplify their voices,

dozvolimo joj da pojača njihove glasove,

so the internet becomes a place where you're not the exception

tako da Internet postane mjesto gdje niste iznimka

ako govorite o nečem što vam se zaista dogodilo.

if you speak out about something that has actually happened to you.

All these considered approaches to injustice

Svi ovi promišljeni pristupi nepravdi

evoke the very keystones on which the internet was built:

pozivaju temelje na kojima je izgrađen internet:

to network, to have signal, to connect --

da se povežemo, imamo signal, da se spojimo --

all these terms that imply bringing people together,

svi ovi izrazi impliciraju zbližavanje ljudi,

not pushing people apart.

ne udaljavanje,

Because if you look up the word "justice" in the dictionary,

Jer ako u rječniku potražite riječ "pravda",

before punishment,

prije kazne,

before administration of law or judicial authority,

prije primjene zakona ili ovlasti,

you get:

dobijete:

"The maintenance of what is right."

"Održavanje onoga što je pravo."

And I think there are few things more "right" in this world

I mislim da ima nema puno stvari koje su "pravije" u ovom svijetu

than bringing people together,

od zbližavanja ljudi,

than unions.

od zajednica.

And if we allow social media to deliver that,

I ako dozvolimo društvenim mrežama da to isporuče,

then it can deliver a very powerful form of justice, indeed.

onda mogu stvoriti vrlo snažan oblik pravde.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam puno.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)