Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally | Dwinita Mosby Tyler

Transcriber: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

Prevoditelj: Ivana Vukovic Recezent: Sanda L

You can ask anyone you want,

Možete pitati koga god želite

and they will tell you

i reći će vam

that they are sick and tired of fighting for justice.

da im je dosta borbe za pravdu.

People of color and members of the LGBT community are tired

Manjinama i LGBT zajednici je dosta

of carrying the burden of speaking up

toga što je na njima da progovaraju

and stepping up

i istupaju

even when they're being silenced

čak i kada ih se pokušava ušutkati

and pushed back down.

i potisnuti.

And white allies

A bijelim saveznicima

and cis allies are tired, too.

i cis saveznicima je također dosta.

Tired of being told they're doing it wrong

Dosta im je toga da im govore da krivo djeluju

or that it isn't even their place to show up at all.

ili da uopće nije na njima da se miješaju.

This fatigue is impacting all of us.

Ovaj umor utječe na sve nas.

And in fact,

Zapravo,

I believe we won't succeed

vjerujem da nećemo uspjeti

until we approach justice in a new way.

dok ne pristupimo pravdi na novi način.

I grew up in the middle of the civil rights movement

Odrasla sam tijekom pokreta za ljudska prava

in the segregated South.

na segregiranom Jugu.

As a five-year-old girl,

Kao petogodišnja djevojčica,

I was very interested in ballet.

jako me zanimao balet.

It seemed to be the five-year-old-girl thing to do in the 1960s.

To se činilo baš kao nešto što su petogodišnje djevojčice činile u 60-ima.

My mother took me to a ballet school.

Majka me odvela u baletnu školu.

You know, the kind of school that had teachers

Znate, školu koja je imala učitelje

that talked about your gifts and talents

koji bi hvalili vašu nadarenost i talent

knowing that you'd never be a ballerina.

znajući da nikad nećete biti balerina.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

When we arrived,

Kada smo došle tamo,

they said nicely that they "did not accept Negroes."

pristojno su nam rekli da „ne primaju crnce.”

We got back in the car as if we were just leaving a grocery store

Vratile smo se u auto kao da smo jednostavno izašle iz dućana

that was out of orange juice.

u kojem nije bilo soka od naranče.

We said nothing ...

Ništa nismo rekle ...

just drove to the next ballet school.

samo smo se odvezle do sljedeće škole.

They said, "We don't accept Negroes."

Oni su rekli: „Ne primamo crnce.”

Well, I was confused.

Bila sam zbunjena.

And I asked my mother why they didn't want me.

Pa sam pitala majku zašto me ne žele.

And she said, "Well, they're just not smart enough to accept you right now,

A ona je rekla: „Jednostavno nisu dovoljno pametni da te sad prime

and they don't know how excellent you are."

i ne znaju kako si odlična."

(Cheers)

(Uzvici)

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)

Well, I didn't know what that meant.

Pa, ja nisam znala što to znači.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But I was sure it wasn't good,

Ali sam bila sigurna da nije dobro

because I could see it in my mother's eyes.

jer sam to mogla vidjeti u majčinim očima.

She was angry,

Bila je ljuta

and it looked like she was on the verge of tears.

i izgledalo je kao da će početi plakati.

Well, I decided right then and right there

Upravo sam u tom trenutku odlučila

that ballet was dumb.

da je balet glup.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You know, I had lots of experiences like that along the way,

Znate, imala sam puno takvih iskustava tijekom života,

but as I got older,

ali kako sam odrastala

I started to get angry.

počela sam se ljutiti.

And not just angry at the outright racism and injustice.

I to ne samo na izravni rasizam i nepravdu.

I was angry at people that stood by and didn't say anything.

Bila sam ljuta na ljude koji su stajali sa strane i ništa nisu rekli.

Like, why didn't the white parents in that ballet school say

Na primjer, zašto nisu bijeli roditelji u baletnoj školi rekli:

"Uh, that's wrong.

„To nije u redu.

Let that little girl dance."

Dopustite djevojčici da pleše.”

Or why --

Ili zašto --

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Why didn't the white patrons in the segregated restaurants say

Zašto nisu bijeli gosti u segregiranim restoranima rekli:

"Hey, that's not right.

„Hej, to nije u redu.

Let that family eat."

Dopustite toj obitelji da jede.”

Well, it didn't take me long to realize

Nije mi trebalo dugo da shvatim

that racial injustice wasn't the only place

da rasna nepravda nije jedino područje

that people in the majority were staying quiet.

u kojem su ljudi iz većine bili tihi.

When I'd sit in church and hear some homophobic comment

Kada bih sjedila u crkvi i čula nekakav homofobičan komentar

being disguised as something scriptural,

prerušen u nešto iz Svetog pisma,

I'd say, "I'm sorry,

rekla bih: „Oprostite,

why aren't the heterosexual churchgoers disrupting this nonsense?"

ali zašto heteroseksualni vjernici ne prekidaju ovu glupost?”

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Or ...

Ili ...

in a room filled with boomers and Gen-Xers

u sobi punoj starijih osoba

who started degrading their millennial colleagues

koji napadaju svoje mlađe kolege

as being spoiled, lazy and overconfident,

da su razmaženi, lijeni i previše samouvjereni,

I'd say, "I'm sorry,

rekla bih: „Oprostite,

why isn't someone my age saying 'stop stereotyping?'"

zašto netko mojih godina ne govori 'prestanite stereotipizirati'?”

(Audience) Yes!

(Publika) Da!

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

I was used to standing up on issues like this,

Bila sam navikla na reagiranje oko ovakvih problema,

but why wasn't everyone else?

ali zašto ostali nisu?

My fifth grade teacher,

Moja me učiteljica u petom razredu,

Mrs. McFarland,

gospođa McFarland,

taught me that justice requires an accomplice.

naučila da pravda zahtijeva suučesnika.

Not just anyone will do.

Ali nije dovoljan bilo tko.

She said we need unlikely allies

Rekla je da su nam potrebni neočekivani saveznici

if we want to see real change happen.

ako želimo vidjeti pravu promjenu.

And for those of us experiencing injustice up front,

A mi koji osjećamo nepravdu na svojoj koži,

we need to be willing to accept the help,

moramo biti spremni prihvatiti pomoć,

because when we don't,

jer ako je ne prihvatimo,

change takes too long.

promjene su prespore.

I mean, imagine if heterosexual and gay people had not come together

Mislim, zamislite da se heteroseksualni i gej ljudi nisu složili

under the banner of marriage equality.

oko bračne jednakosti.

Or what if President Kennedy

Ili da predsjednik Kennedy

just wasn't interested in the civil rights movement?

nije bio zainteresiran za pokret za ljudska prava?

Most of our major movements in this country might have been delayed

Većina velikih promjena u ovoj zemlji dogodile bi se kasnije

or even dead

ili uopće ne bi

if it weren't for the presence of unlikely allies.

da nije bilo neočekivanih saveznika.

When the same people speak up

Kada isti ljudi govore

in the same ways they've always spoken up,

na isti način na koji su uvijek govorili,

the most we'll ever get are the same results

najviše što možemo dobiti isti su rezultati

over and over again.

iznova i iznova.

You know, allies often stand on the sidelines

Znate, saveznici često sa strane

waiting to be called up.

čekaju da ih se pozove.

But what if unlikely allies led out in front of issues?

Ali što bi bilo da neočekivani saveznici vode rasprave o ovim problemima?

Like ...

Na primjer ...

what if Black and Native American people stood in front of immigration issues?

što kad bi crnci i američki starosjedioci vodili raspravu o imigraciji?

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Or what if white people led the charge

Ili kad bi bijelci vodili napad

to end racism?

za zaustavljanje rasizma?

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)

Or ...

Ili ...

what if men led the charge on pay equity for women?

kad bi muškarci vodili promjenu za jednakost plaća za žene?

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)

Or ...

Ili ...

what if heterosexual people stood in front of LGBTQ issues?

kada bi heteroseksualne osobe vodile bitku za LGBTQ prava?

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)

And what if able-bodied people advocated

I što kad bi se ljudi bez invaliditeta zalagali

for people living with disabilities?

za one s invaliditetom?

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)

You know, we can stand up for issues,

Znate, možemo istupiti oko ovih problema,

weigh in and advocate

dati svoje mišljenje i zalagati se

even when it seems like the issue has nothing to do with us.

čak i kada nam se čini da problem nema veze s nama.

And actually,

I zapravo,

those are the issues that are most compelling.

to su problemi koji su najprivlačniji.

And sure,

I da,

people will have no idea why you are there,

ljudima neće biti jasno zašto ste vi tamo,

but that's why those of us facing injustice

ali zato mi koji se nosimo s nepravdom

must be willing to accept the help.

moramo biti spremni prihvatiti pomoć.

You know, we have to fight injustice

Znate, moramo se boriti protiv nepravde

with a consciousness of grace.

sa sviješću o milosti.

When white guys stand up to fight

Kada se bijelci počnu boriti

for the liberation of Black and Brown people,

za oslobođenje crnih i smeđih ljudi,

Black and Brown people will have to be willing to accept their help.

crni i smeđi ljudi će morati biti spremni prihvatiti njihovu pomoć.

And I know that's complicated,

I znam da je komplicirano,

but this is collective work

ali ovo je kolektivan rad

and it requires everyone to be all in.

i potrebno je da u njemu svi daju sve od sebe.

One day when I was at kindergarten,

Jedan dan kada sam bila u vrtiću

our teacher introduced us

učiteljica nam je predstavila

to this beautiful, tall, white lady named Miss Ann.

lijepu, visoku bijelu damu, gospođicu Ann.

I thought she was the prettiest white lady I'd ever seen.

Mislila sam da je najljepša bjelkinja koju sam ikad vidjela.

Well, if I can be honest with you,

Da budem iskrena,

I think it was the first time we'd ever seen a white lady in our school ever.

mislim da smo tada prvi put vidjeli bjelkinju u našoj školi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Miss Ann stood in front of us,

Gospođica Ann je stajala pred nama

and she said she was going to start teaching ballet classes

i rekla nam je da će početi držati nastavu baleta

right there are our school

baš u našoj školi

and that she was proud to be our dance teacher.

i da je ponosna što je naša učiteljica plesa.

It was unreal.

Bilo je to nevjerojatno.

All of a sudden --

I tako odjednom --

(sings) I didn't think ballet was dumb anymore.

(pjevajući) nisam više mislila da je balet glup.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You see, what I know now is Miss Ann was fully aware

Vidite, sad znam da je gospođica Ann jako dobro znala

that the white ballet schools would not accept Black girls.

da bjelačke baletne škole neće primiti crne djevojčice.

She was incensed by that.

To ju je ljutilo.

So she came to the Black neighborhood

Pa je došla u crnački kvart

to start teaching the dance classes herself.

i sama počela držati nastavu baleta.

And you know, it took love and courage for her to do that.

I znate, bili su joj potrebni ljubav i hrabrost da bi to učinila.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

And where there was no justice,

I tamo gdje nije bilo pravde,

she just built it.

ona ju je samo izgradila.

We all survived,

Svi smo mi preživjeli

because we stood on the shoulders of our Black ancestors.

jer smo stajali na ramenima naših crnih predaka.

We all thrived, because Miss Ann was an unlikely ally.

Svi smo uspjeli jer je gospođica Ann bila neočekivani saveznik.

You know, when you add your voice

Znate, kada dodate svoje glas

and your actions

i svoje djelovanje

to situations that you don't think involve you,

u situacije za koje mislite da vas se ne tiču,

you actually inspire others to do the same.

zapravo inspirirate druge da čine isto.

Miss Ann inspired me to always be on the lookout

Gospođica Ann me inspirirala da uvijek obraćam pažnju

for situations that weren't about me

na situacije koje nisu o meni,

but where I saw injustice

ali gdje vidim da su nepravda

and inequality happening anyway.

i nejednakost ipak prisutne.

I hope she inspires you, too,

Nadam se da će i vas inspirirati

because to win the fight for equity

jer da bi se dobila bitka za pravičnost

we will all need to speak up

svi ćemo morati progovoriti

and stand up.

i istupiti.

We will all need to do that.

Svi mi ćemo morati to učiniti.

And we will all need to do that

I svi ćemo morati to učiniti

even when it's hard

čak i kad je teško

and even when we feel out of place,

i čak i kad osjećamo da nas se ne tiče

because it is your place,

jer vas se tiče

and it is our place.

i tiče se svih nas.

Justice counts on all of us.

Pravda računa na sve nas.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause and cheers)

(Pljesak i uzvici)