The power of the Afro pick | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series

Transcriber: TED Translators admin Reviewer: Camille Martínez

Prevoditelj: Neda Vrkic Recezent: Sanda L

You don't really look at a toothbrush and say,

Zapravo ne pogledate četkicu za zube i kažete,

"I'm great!"

"Odlično sam!"

But when you look at an Afro pick, which is a grooming tool,

Ali kad pogledate afro češalj, koji je alat za dotjerivanje,

it can remind you in your subconscious to, like,

može vas u vašoj podsvijesti podsjetiti na, kao,

really be proud and, like, "All right."

to da budete stvarno ponosni, kao, "U redu."

[Small thing.]

[Mala stvar.]

[Big idea.]

[Velika ideja.]

An Afro pick is a utilitarian tool

Afro češalj je praktičan alat

used to maintain the Afro hairstyle.

korišten za održavanje afro frizura.

I think the Afro pick was designed

Mislim da je afro češalj dizajniran

for the ergonomics of creating something

za ergonomiju stvaranja nečega

that felt like you were running fingers through your hair.

kao da imate osjećaj da prstima prolazite kroz kosu.

The shape, even the depth that it goes in -- it's like a hand.

Oblik, čak i dubina kojom ulazi -- poput ruke je.

You have plastic or nylon teeth,

Imate plastične ili najlonske zupce

and then you have the stainless steel or the nickel teeth.

i onda imate zupce od nehrđajućeg čelika ili nikla.

I always prefer the metal tooth

Uvijek više volim metalni zubac

just 'cause I like the sound

samo zato jer volim zvuk

and the ones I know have the black power fist on the handle.

i one za koje znam da imaju šaku crne moći na dršci.

When I think of black hair in America,

Kad mislim o crnoj kosi u Americi,

I think of something that's been policed.

mislim o nečemu što je bilo kontrolirano.

Back in the days, it was expected for black people

U ono vrijeme, bilo je očekivano od crnaca

to chemically treat their hair.

da kemijski tretiraju svoju kosu.

Whether that's healthy for them is a secondary thing to blending in.

Je li to zdravo za njih bila je sporedna stvar u usporedbi s uklapanjem.

In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford and a lot of jazz singers

U 50-ima, plesačica Ruth Beckford i mnogi jazz pjevači

were tired of straightening their hair,

bili su umorni od ravnanja svoje kose

so they said, all right, we're going to just let it grow naturally

pa su rekli, u redu, pustit ćemo da prirodno raste

and started rocking natural, close-cropped hair.

i počeli su ponosno nositi prirodnu, kratko ošišanu kosu.

And in the 60s, that style evolved

I u 60-ima, taj se stil razvio

with the formation of the Afro,

oblikovanjem afro frizure,

which was the cropped hair, natural, picked out

koja je bila ošišana kosa, prirodna, raščešljana

into a more spherical shape.

u više sferični oblik.

You had civil rights leaders, activists, that adopted the hairstyle

Imate vođe građanskih prava, aktiviste, koji su prisvojili tu frizuru

as a means of rebellion and black pride.

kao sredstva pobune i crnačkog ponosa.

And then you had musicians like James Brown,

I onda ste imali glazbenike poput James Browna,

koji je neslavno bio poznat po kemijskom ravnanju svoje kose,

who was infamously known for chemically straightening his hair,

reject that and go natural.

koji to odbacuje i pušta kosu.

It went hand-in-hand with his music,

Išlo je ruku pod ruku s njegovom glazbom,

so he had songs like "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."

pa je imao pjesme poput "Reci glasno, ja sam crn i ponosan."

The black is beautiful movement

Pokret Crno je prekrasno

is just rejecting the notion that to be black

samo je odbacivanje pojma da je biti crn

or to have darker skin, to have a curlier grade of hair,

ili imati tamniju kožu, imati kovrčaviji stupanj kose,

was something to be ashamed of.

nešto čega se trebalo sramiti.

I have one of my favorite pictures of my mother

Imam jednu od najdražih slika moje majke

and my grandmother,

i moje bake,

and my grandmother had a small 'fro,

i moja baka je imala malu afro,

and that was in the 60s.

i to je bilo u 60-ima.

African hair combs date back to 3500 BCE.

Afrički češljevi za kosu datiraju iz 3500. g. pr. Kr.

The oldest African combs are found in ancient Egypt and Sudan,

Najstariji afrički češljevi nađeni su u drevnom Egiptu i Sudanu,

so they were making pyramids and combs.

dakle pravili su piramide i češljeve.

The way the ancient African combs were embellished

Način na koji su drevni afrički češljevi bili ukrašeni

represented status or tribal affiliation.

predstavljao je status ili plemensku pripadnost.

It's no coincidence that the fist on the modern Afro pick

Nije slučajnost da šaka na modernom afro češlju

also sets the tone for affiliation

postavlja ton za pripadnost

and what set you claim.

i na koje društvo polažete pravo.

And then there's the Black Power movement.

I onda je tu Pokret crne moći.

Most movements need their icons, right?

Većina pokreta treba svoje ikone, zar ne?

You have the fist, you have the 'fro.

Imate šaku, imate afro.

These things coincide with the Black Panther aesthetic,

Ove stvari se podudaraju s estetikom Crne pantere,

where you could kind of spot your tribe from afar,

gdje biste nekako mogli uočiti svoje pleme izdaleka,

because you're not just keeping a pick in, like, your beauty kit.

jer ne nosite češalj samo kao pribor za uljepšavanje.

It's in your back pocket,

U vašem stražnjem džepu je,

purposely with the first outside of it,

sa šakom koja namjerno viri,

and in your hair, you'll rock it in your 'fro.

i u vašoj kosi, ponosno ga nosite u vašoj kosi.

If I think about iconic Afros,

Kad razmišljam o ikoničnim afro frizurama,

I definitely think about Angela Davis.

definitivno mislim o Angeli Davis.

Her 'fro personifies elegance, style,

Njena afro oličava eleganciju, stil,

freedom, rebellion.

slobodu, pobunu.

You feel all of these feelings at once

Osjećate sve ove osjećaje odjednom

when you see Angela Davis fighting for her life in federal court.

kad vidite Angelu Davis kako se na saveznom sudu bori za svoj život.

By the 80s, the Afro style became less radical.

Do 80-ih, afro stil postao je manje radikalan.

The Afro picks are still produced to this day

Afro češljevi još se uvijek proizvode

with the clenched fist,

sa stisnutom šakom,

so it's the remnants of the movement

i tu su ti ostaci pokreta

in the everyday object.

u svakodnevnim predmetima.

When I was young, it was just, like, another object.

Kad sam bio mlad, bio je samo kao bilo koji predmet.

It was a comb.

To je bio češalj.

But as I became more enlightened

Ali kad sam došao do spoznaje

to really understand the roots and the origin

da stvarno razumijem korijene i podrijetlo

and the intentionality of the design

i hotimičnost dizajna

and why the fist and all of these things ...

i zašto šaka i sve ove stvari ...

I woke up.

Probudio sam se.