How to raise a Black son in America | Clint Smith

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ืื ื ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ืœืžื˜ื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ.

ืžืชืจื’ื: Ido Dekkers ืžื‘ืงืจ: Tal Dekkers
00:12
Growing up, I didn't always understand
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ื›ืฉื’ื“ืœืชื™, ืœื ืชืžื™ื“ ื”ื‘ื ืชื™
00:15
why my parents made me follow the rules that they did.
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ืœืžื” ื”ื•ืจื™ ื’ืจืžื• ืœื™ ืœืขืงื•ื‘ ืื—ืจื™ ื—ื•ืงื™ื ืฉื”ื ื™ืฆืจื•.
00:17
Like, why did I really have to mow the lawn?
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ื›ืžื•, ืœืžื” ื‘ืืžืช ื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืฆืจื™ืš ืœืงืฆื•ืจ ืืช ื”ื“ืฉื?
00:20
Why was homework really that important?
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ืœืžื” ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ื”ื‘ื™ืช ืฉืœื™ ื‘ืืžืช ื”ื™ื• ื—ืฉื•ื‘ื™ื?
00:23
Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal?
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ืœืžื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœืช ืœืฉื™ื ืกื•ื›ืจื™ื•ืช ื‘ื“ื™ื™ืกื” ืฉืœื™?
00:27
My childhood was abound with questions like this.
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ื”ื™ืœื“ื•ืช ืฉืœื™ ื”ื™ืชื” ืžืœืื” ื‘ืฉืืœื•ืช ื›ืืœื•.
00:30
Normal things about being a kid and realizing that sometimes,
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ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืจื’ื™ืœื™ื ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ืœืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื™ืœื“ ื•ืœื”ื‘ื™ืŸ ืฉืœืคืขืžื™ื,
00:34
it was best to listen to my parents even when I didn't exactly understand why.
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ื–ื” ื”ื›ื™ ื˜ื•ื‘ ืœื”ืงืฉื™ื‘ ืœื”ื•ืจื™ ืืคื™ืœื• ื›ืฉืœื ื‘ืืžืช ื”ื‘ื ืชื™ ืœืžื”.
00:38
And it's not that they didn't want me to think critically.
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ื•ื–ื” ืœื ืฉื”ื ืœื ืจืฆื• ืฉืื ื™ ืื—ืฉื•ื‘ ื‘ืฆื•ืจื” ืงืจื™ื˜ื™ืช.
00:41
Their parenting always sought to reconcile the tension
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ื”ื”ื•ืจื•ืช ืฉืœื”ื ืชืžื™ื“ ื ื™ืกืชื” ืœื’ืฉืจ ืขืœ ื”ืžืชื—
00:44
between having my siblings and I understand the realities of the world,
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ื‘ื™ืŸ ืœื’ืจื•ื ืœืื—ื™ ื•ืœื™ ืœื”ื‘ื™ืŸ ืืช ื”ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืฉืœ ื”ืขื•ืœื,
00:47
while ensuring that we never accepted the status quo as inevitable.
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ื‘ืขื•ื“ื ืžื‘ื˜ื™ื—ื™ื ืฉืœืขื•ืœื ืœื ื ืงื‘ืœ ืืช ื”ืกื˜ื˜ื•ืก ืงื•ื• ื›ื‘ืœืชื™ ื ืžื ืข.
00:51
I came to realize that this, in and of itself,
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ื”ื‘ื ืชื™ ืฉื–ื”, ื‘ืขืฆืžื•,
00:54
was a very purposeful form of education.
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ื”ื™ื” ืฆื•ืจื” ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ืช ืฉืœ ื—ื™ื ื•ืš.
00:58
One of my favorite educators, Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
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ืื—ื“ ื”ืžื—ื ื›ื™ื ื”ืื”ื•ื‘ื™ื ืขืœื™, ื”ืกื•ืคืจ ื”ื‘ืจื–ื™ืœืื™ ื•ื”ืžืœื•ืžื“ ืคืื•ืœื• ืคืจื™ืืจ,
01:02
speaks quite explicitly about the need for education
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ืฉืžื“ื‘ืจ ื“ื™ ื‘ืžืคื•ืจืฉ ืขืœ ื”ืฆื•ืจืš ื‘ื—ื™ื ื•ืš
01:05
to be used as a tool for critical awakening and shared humanity.
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ืฉื™ื”ื™ื” ื‘ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ื›ื›ืœื™ ืœื”ืชืขื•ืจืจื•ืช ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจืชื™ืช ื•ืื ื•ืฉื™ื•ืช ืžืฉื•ืชืคืช.
01:09
In his most famous book, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed,"
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ื‘ืกืคืจ ื”ื›ื™ ืžืคื•ืจืกื ืฉืœื•, "ืคื“ื’ื•ื’ื™ื” ืฉืœ ื”ืžื“ื•ื›ืื™ื,"
01:12
he states, "No one can be authentically human
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ื”ื•ื ื˜ื•ืขืŸ, "ืืฃ ืื—ื“ ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืื ื•ืฉื™ ื‘ืืžืช
01:17
while he prevents others from being so."
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ื‘ืขื•ื“ื• ืžื•ื ืข ืžืื—ืจื™ื ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื›ืืœื”."
01:20
I've been thinking a lot about this lately, this idea of humanity,
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ื—ืฉื‘ืชื™ ื”ืจื‘ื” ืขืœ ื–ื” ืœืื—ืจื•ื ื”, ื”ืจืขื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืœ ืื ื•ืฉื™ื•ืช,
01:23
and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege
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ื•ื‘ืขื™ืงืจ, ืœืžื™ ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื ื™ืชื ื” ื”ื–ื›ื•ืช
01:27
of being perceived as fully human.
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ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื ืชืคืฉ ื›ืื ื•ืฉื™ ืœื’ืžืจื™.
01:30
Over the course of the past several months,
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ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ื—ื•ื“ืฉื™ื ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื™ื,
01:32
the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women,
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ื”ืขื•ืœื ืฆืคื” ื›ืฉืื ืฉื™ื ื•ื ืฉื™ื ืฉื—ื•ืจื™ื ืœื ื—ืžื•ืฉื™ื,
01:35
have had their lives taken at the hands of police and vigilante.
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ื ื”ืจื’ื• ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉื•ื˜ืจื™ื ื•ืื ืฉื™ื ื”ืœื•ืงื—ื™ื ืืช ื”ื—ื•ืง ืœื™ื“ื™ื”ื.
01:39
These events and all that has transpired after them
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ื”ืืจื•ืขื™ื ื”ืืœื” ื•ื›ืœ ืฉืงืจื” ืื—ืจื™ื”ื
01:42
have brought me back to my own childhood
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ื”ื‘ื™ืื• ืื•ืชื™ ื—ื–ืจื” ืœื™ืœื“ื•ืช ืฉืœื™
01:44
and the decisions that my parents made about raising a black boy in America
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ื•ื”ื”ื—ืœื˜ื” ืฉื”ื•ืจื™ ืขืฉื• ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ืœืœื’ื“ืœ ื™ืœื“ ืฉื—ื•ืจ ื‘ืืžืจื™ืงื”
01:49
that growing up, I didn't always understand in the way that I do now.
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ืฉื›ืฉื’ื“ืœืชื™, ืœื ืชืžื™ื“ ื”ื‘ื ืชื™ ื‘ื“ืจืš ื‘ื” ืื ื™ ืžื‘ื™ืŸ ืขื›ืฉื™ื•.
01:53
I think of how hard it must have been, how profoundly unfair it must have felt
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ืื ื™ ื—ื•ืฉื‘ ืขืœ ื›ืžื” ืงืฉื” ื–ื” ื”ื™ื”, ื›ืžื” ืœื ื”ื•ื’ืŸ ื‘ืฆื•ืจื” ืžืขืžื™ืงื” ื–ื” ื‘ื˜ื— ื”ืจื’ื™ืฉ
01:58
for them to feel like they had to strip away parts of my childhood
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ืขื‘ื•ืจื ืœื”ืจื’ื™ืฉ ืฉื”ื ืฆืจื™ื›ื™ื ืœื”ืกื™ืจ ื—ืœืง ืžื”ื™ืœื“ื•ืช ืฉืœื™
02:02
just so that I could come home at night.
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ืจืง ื›ื“ื™ ืฉืื ื™ ืื•ื›ืœ ืœื—ื–ื•ืจ ื”ื‘ื™ืชื” ื‘ืœื™ืœื”.
02:05
For example, I think of how one night,
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ืœื“ื•ื’ืžื”, ืื ื™ ื—ื•ืฉื‘ ืขืœ ืื™ืš ืขืจื‘ ืื—ื“,
02:07
when I was around 12 years old, on an overnight field trip to another city,
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ื›ืฉื”ื™ืชื™ ื‘ืขืจืš ื‘ืŸ 12, ื‘ื˜ื™ื•ืœ ืฉื“ื” ืœืขื™ืจ ืื—ืจืช ืฉืœ ื™ื•ืžื™ื™ื,
02:11
my friends and I bought Super Soakers
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ื—ื‘ืจื™ ื•ืื ื™ ืงื ื™ื ื• ืจื•ื‘ื” ืžื™ื
02:13
and turned the hotel parking lot into our own water-filled battle zone.
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ื•ื”ืคื›ื ื• ืืช ืžื’ืจืฉ ื”ื—ื ื™ื” ืฉืœ ื”ืžืœื•ืŸ ืœืื–ื•ืจ ืงืจื‘ ืžืœื ืžื™ื ืžืฉืœื ื•.
02:18
We hid behind cars,
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ื”ืชื—ื‘ืื ื• ืžืื—ื•ืจื™ ืžื›ื•ื ื™ื•ืช,
02:19
running through the darkness that lay between the streetlights,
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ืจืฆื ื• ืžื—ืฉื›ื” ืฉื”ื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ืŸ ืื•ืจื•ืช ื”ืจื—ื•ื‘,
02:22
boundless laughter ubiquitous across the pavement.
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ืฆื—ื•ืง ืื™ื ืกื•ืคื™ ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืงื•ื ืขืœ ื”ืžื“ืจื›ื”.
02:26
But within 10 minutes,
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ืื‘ืœ ืชื•ืš 10 ื“ืงื•ืช,
02:28
my father came outside, grabbed me by my forearm
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ืื‘ื™ ื™ืฆื ื”ื—ื•ืฆื”, ืชืคืฉ ืื•ืชื™ ื‘ื–ืจื•ืข
02:31
and led me into our room with an unfamiliar grip.
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ื•ื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœ ืื•ืชื™ ืœื—ื“ืจ ืฉืœื ื• ืขื ืชืคื™ืฉื” ืœื ืžื•ื›ืจืช.
02:34
Before I could say anything,
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ืœืคื ื™ ืฉื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœื”ื’ื™ื“ ืžืฉื”ื•,
02:36
tell him how foolish he had made me look in front of my friends,
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ืœื”ื’ื™ื“ ืœื• ื›ืžื” ื˜ื™ืคืฉื™ ื”ื•ื ื’ืจื ืœื™ ืœื”ืจืื•ืช ืœืคื ื™ ื”ื—ื‘ืจื™ื ืฉืœื™,
02:39
he derided me for being so naive.
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ื”ื•ื ื‘ื– ืœื™ ืขืœ ื”ื™ื•ืชื™ ื›ืœ ื›ืš ื ืื™ื‘ื™.
02:42
Looked me in the eye, fear consuming his face,
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ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ ื‘ืขื™ื™ื ื™, ืคื—ื“ ืฉื•ื˜ืฃ ืืช ืคื ื™ื•,
02:47
and said, "Son, I'm sorry,
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ื•ืืžืจ, "ืื ื™ ืžืฆื˜ืขืจ ื‘ืŸ,
02:49
but you can't act the same as your white friends.
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ืื‘ืœ ืืชื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืชื ื”ื’ ื›ืžื• ื—ื‘ืจื™ืš ื”ืœื‘ื ื™ื.
02:52
You can't pretend to shoot guns.
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ืืชื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืขืžื™ื“ ืคื ื™ื ืฉืืชื” ื™ื•ืจื” ื‘ืจื•ื‘ื™ื.
02:55
You can't run around in the dark.
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ืืชื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืจื•ืฅ ื‘ื—ืฉื›ื”.
02:57
You can't hide behind anything other than your own teeth."
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ืืชื ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืชื—ื‘ื ืžืื—ื•ืจื™ ืžืฉื”ื• ื—ื•ืฅ ืžื”ืฉื™ื ื™ื™ื ืฉืœืš."
03:00
I know now how scared he must have been,
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ืื ื™ ื™ื•ื“ืข ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ื›ืžื” ืžืคื•ื—ื“ ื”ื™ื” ืžืŸ ื”ืกืชื ื”ื™ื”,
03:03
how easily I could have fallen into the empty of the night,
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ื›ืžื” ื‘ืงืœื•ืช ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœื™ืคื•ืœ ืœื—ืฉื›ืช ื”ืœื™ืœื”,
03:07
that some man would mistake this water
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ืฉืžื™ืฉื”ื• ื™ืฉื’ื” ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืžื™ื ื”ืืœื”
03:09
for a good reason to wash all of this away.
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ืœืกื™ื‘ื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ืœืฉื˜ื•ืฃ ืืช ื›ืœ ื–ื”.
03:13
These are the sorts of messages I've been inundated with my entire life:
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ืืœื” ืกื•ื’ ื”ืžืกืจื™ื ืฉื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืžื•ืฆืฃ ื‘ื”ื ื›ืœ ื—ื™ื™:
03:16
Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly,
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ืชืžื™ื“ ืชืฉืžื•ืจ ืืช ื”ื™ื“ื™ื™ื ืฉืœืš ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืœืจืื•ืช ืื•ืชืŸ, ืืœ ืชื–ื•ื– ืžื”ืจ ืžื“ื™,
03:20
take off your hood when the sun goes down.
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ื”ื•ืจื“ ืืช ื”ื›ื•ื‘ืข ื›ืฉื”ืฉืžืฉ ื™ื•ืจื“ืช.
03:22
My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice,
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ื”ื•ืจื™ ื’ื™ื“ืœื• ืื•ืชื™ ื•ืืช ืื—ื™ ื‘ืฉืจื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืœ ืขืฆื•ืช,
03:25
an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
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ื™ื ืฉืœ ืคืขืžื•ื ื™ ืื–ื”ืจื” ื›ืš ืฉืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืœื ื”ื™ื” ื’ื•ื ื‘ ืืช ื”ื ืฉื™ืžื” ืžืจื™ืื•ืชื ื•,
03:28
so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin.
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ื›ืš ืฉื”ื ืœื ื”ื™ื• ื™ื•ืฆืจื™ื ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืžื”ืขื•ืจ ื”ื–ื”.
03:31
So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete.
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ื›ืš ืฉื ื•ื›ืœ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื™ืœื“ื™ื, ืœื ืืจื•ื ื•ืช ืื• ื‘ื˜ื•ืŸ.
03:33
And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else
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ื•ื–ื” ืœื ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืฉื”ื ื—ืฉื‘ื• ืฉื–ื” ื™ืขืฉื” ืื•ืชื ื• ื˜ื•ื‘ื™ื ื™ื•ืชืจ ืžืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืื—ืจ
03:37
it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive.
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ื–ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืฉื”ื ืจืฆื• ืœืฉืžื•ืจ ืขืœื™ื ื• ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื.
03:39
All of my black friends were raised with the same message,
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ื›ืœ ื—ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืฉื—ื•ืจื™ื ื’ื•ื“ืœื• ืขื ืื•ืชื• ืžืกืจ,
03:42
the talk, given to us when we became old enough
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ื”ืฉื™ื—ื”, ืฉื ื™ืชื ื” ืœื ื• ื›ืฉื ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ื’ื“ื•ืœื™ื ืžืกืคื™ืง
03:44
to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground,
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ืฉื™ื•ื›ืœื• ืœื˜ืขื•ืช ื‘ื ื• ื›ืžืกืžืจ ืฉืžื•ื›ืŸ ืœื”ื“ืคืง ืœืชื•ืš ื”ืื“ืžื”,
03:47
when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared.
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ื›ืฉืื ืฉื™ื ื”ืคื›ื• ืืช ื”ืžืœื ื™ืŸ ืฉืœื ื• ืœืžืฉื”ื• ืœืคื—ื“ ืžืžื ื•.
03:52
But what does it do to a child
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ืื‘ืœ ืžื” ื–ื” ืขื•ืฉื” ืœื™ืœื“
03:54
to grow up knowing that you cannot simply be a child?
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ืœื’ื“ื•ืœ ื‘ื™ื“ื™ืขื” ืฉืืชื ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืคืฉื•ื˜ ื™ืœื“ื™ื?
03:58
That the whims of adolescence are too dangerous for your breath,
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ืฉื”ื’ื—ืžื•ืช ืฉืœ ื”ื”ืชื‘ื’ืจื•ืช ืžืกื•ื›ื ื™ื ืžื“ื™ ืœื ืฉื™ืžื” ืฉืœื›ื,
04:01
that you cannot simply be curious,
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ืฉืืชื ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืคืฉื•ื˜ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืกืงืจื ื™ื,
04:02
that you are not afforded the luxury of making a mistake,
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ืฉืืชื ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืœื”ืจืฉื•ืช ืœืขืฆืžื›ื ืืช ื”ืžื•ืชืจื•ืช ืฉืœ ื˜ืขื•ืช,
04:05
that someone's implicit bias
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ืฉื”ื”ื˜ื™ื” ื”ืžืคื•ืจืฉืช ืฉืœ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•
04:07
might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning.
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ืื•ืœื™ ืชื”ื™ื” ื”ืกื™ื‘ื” ืฉืืชื ืœื ืžืชืขื•ืจืจื™ื ื‘ื‘ื•ืงืจ.
04:10
But this cannot be what defines us.
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ืื‘ืœ ื–ื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืžื” ืฉืžื’ื“ื™ืจ ืื•ืชื ื•.
04:11
Because we have parents who raised us to understand
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ืžืคื ื™ ืฉื™ืฉ ืœื ื• ื”ื•ืจื™ื ืฉื’ื™ื“ืœื• ืื•ืชื ื• ืœื”ื‘ื™ืŸ
04:14
that our bodies weren't meant for the backside of a bullet,
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ืฉื”ื’ื•ืฃ ืฉืœื ื• ืœื ืืžื•ืจ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืœืฆื“ ื”ืื—ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ ื›ื“ื•ืจ,
04:17
but for flying kites and jumping rope, and laughing until our stomachs burst.
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ืืœื ืฉืœ ืขืคื™ืคื•ื ื™ื ื•ื—ื‘ืœื™ื ืงื•ืคืฆื™ื, ื•ืœืฆื—ื•ืง ืขื“ ืฉื”ื‘ื˜ืŸ ืฉืœื›ื ืžืชืคื•ืฆืฆืช.
04:20
We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class,
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ื”ื™ื• ืœื ื• ืžื•ืจื™ื ืฉืœื™ืžื“ื• ืื•ืชื ื• ืื™ืš ืœื”ืจื™ื ืืช ื”ื™ื“ื™ื™ื ืฉืœื ื• ื‘ื›ื™ืชื”,
04:23
and not just to signal surrender,
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ื•ืœื ืจืง ืœืื•ืชืช ืœื›ื ื™ืขื”,
04:25
and that the only thing we should give up
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ื•ืฉื”ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ื™ื—ื™ื“ ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืฆืจื™ื›ื™ื ืœื•ื•ืชืจ ืขืœื™ื•
04:27
is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world.
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ื”ื•ื ื”ืจืขื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืœื ืจืื•ื™ื™ื ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ื–ื”.
04:29
So when we say that black lives matter, it's not because others don't,
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ืื– ื›ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืฉื—ื™ื™ื ืฉื—ื•ืจื™ื ืžืฉื ื™ื, ื–ื” ืœื ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืฉืื—ืจื™ื ืœื,
04:33
it's simply because we must affirm that we are worthy of existing without fear,
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ื–ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ื—ื™ื™ื‘ื™ื ืœืืฉืจืจ ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืจืื•ื™ื™ื ืœื—ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืœื™ ืคื—ื“,
04:36
when so many things tell us we are not.
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ื›ืฉื›ืœ ื›ืš ื”ืจื‘ื” ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืœื ื• ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืœื.
04:38
I want to live in a world where my son
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ืื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื—ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื‘ื• ื‘ื ื™
04:40
will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born,
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ืœื ื™ื—ืฉื‘ ืืฉื ื‘ืจื’ืข ืฉื ื•ืœื“,
04:43
where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy.
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ื‘ื• ืฆืขืฆื•ืข ื‘ื™ื“ื• ืœื ื™ื—ืฉื‘ ื‘ื˜ืขื•ืช ืœืžืฉื”ื• ื—ื•ืฅ ืžืฆืขืฆื•ืข.
04:47
And I refuse to accept that we can't build this world into something new,
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ื•ืื ื™ ืžืกืจื‘ ืœืงื‘ืœ ืืช ื”ืขื•ื‘ื“ื” ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืœื‘ื ื•ืช ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ื–ื” ืœืžืฉื”ื• ื—ื“ืฉ,
04:50
some place where a child's name
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ืžืงื•ื ื‘ื• ืฉืžื• ืฉืœ ื™ืœื“
04:52
doesn't have to be written on a t-shirt, or a tombstone,
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ืœื ืฆืจื™ืš ืœื”ื›ืชื‘ ืขืœ ื—ื•ืœืฆืช ื˜ื™, ืื• ืžืฆื‘ื”,
04:54
where the value of someone's life
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ื‘ื• ื”ืขืจืš ืฉืœ ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•
04:56
isn't determined by anything other than the fact that they had lungs,
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ืœื ื ืงื‘ืขื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžืฉื”ื• ื—ื•ืฅ ืžื”ืขื•ื‘ื“ื” ืฉื”ื™ื• ืœื”ื ืจื™ืื•ืช,
05:00
a place where every single one of us can breathe.
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ืžืงื•ื ื‘ื• ื›ืœ ืื—ื“ ืžืื™ืชื ื• ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื ืฉื•ื.
05:04
Thank you.
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ืชื•ื“ื” ืœื›ื.
05:05
(Applause)
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(ืžื—ื™ืื•ืช ื›ืคื™ื™ื)
ืขืœ ืืชืจ ื–ื”

ืืชืจ ื–ื” ื™ืฆื™ื’ ื‘ืคื ื™ื›ื ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ YouTube ื”ืžื•ืขื™ืœื™ื ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช. ืชื•ื›ืœื• ืœืจืื•ืช ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ืฉื•ืจื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ืžืจื—ื‘ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื. ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœ ื“ืฃ ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ืžืฉื. ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืœื•ืช ื‘ืกื ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืขื ื”ืคืขืœืช ื”ื•ื•ื™ื“ืื•. ืื ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขืจื•ืช ืื• ื‘ืงืฉื•ืช, ืื ื ืฆื•ืจ ืื™ืชื ื• ืงืฉืจ ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื˜ื•ืคืก ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืงืฉืจ ื–ื”.

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