I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Mile Živković

I grew up in a very small country town

Odrasla sam u gradiću

in Victoria.

u Viktoriji.

I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing.

Imala sam veoma normalno, skromno obazovanje,

I went to school, I hung out with my friends,

Išla sam u školu, družila se sa prijateljima.

I fought with my younger sisters.

Tukla sam se sa mlađim sestrama.

It was all very normal.

Sve je bilo veoma normalno.

And when I was 15, a member of my local community

Kada sam imala 15 godina, član moje lokalne zajednice

approached my parents

je prišao mojim roditeljima

and wanted to nominate me

i želeo je da me nominuje

for a community achievement award.

za nagradu najvećeg postignuća zajednice.

And my parents said, "Hm, that's really nice,

Moji roditelji su rekli: "Hm, to je veoma lepo,

but there's kind of one glaring problem with that.

ali tu postoji jedan očigledan problem.

She hasn't actually achieved anything." (Laughter)

Ona zapravo nije ništa postigla." (Smeh)

And they were right, you know.

I bili su u pravu, znate.

I went to school, I got good marks,

Išla sam u školu, imala sam dobre ocene,

I had a very low-key after school job

imala sam jednostavan posao posle škole

in my mum's hairdressing salon,

u frizerskom salonu moje mame,

and I spent a lot of time watching

i provela sam dosta vremena gledajući

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek."

"Bafi ubicu vampira" i "Dosonov svet".

Yeah, I know. What a contradiction.

Da, znam. Kakva kontradikcija.

But they were right, you know.

Ali su bili u pravu, znate.

I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary

Nisam radila baš ništa

at all.

što je bilo neuobičajeno.

I wasn't doing anything that could be considered an achievement

Nisam radila ništa što bi se moglo smatrati postignućem

if you took disability out of the equation.

ako izuzmete invaliditet iz jednačine.

Years later, I was on my second teaching round

Godinama kasnije bila sam na svojoj drugoj seriji predavanja

in a Melbourne high school,

u srednjoj školi u Melburnu

and I was about 20 minutes into a year 11 legal studies class

i bila sam oko 20 minuta na času treće godine pravnih studija

when this boy put up his hand and said,

kada je jedan dečko podigao ruku i rekao:

"Hey miss, when are you going to start doing your speech?"

"Hej gospođice, kada ćete početi sa svojim govorom?"

And I said, "What speech?"

Pitala sam: "Kakvim govorom?"

You know, I'd been talking them

Znate, pričala sam im

about defamation law for a good 20 minutes.

o zakonu o klevetama dobrih 20 minuta.

And he said, "You know, like,

A on je rekao: "Znate, nešto kao,

your motivational speaking.

vaš motivacioni govor.

You know, when people in wheelchairs come to school,

Znate, kada ljudi dođu u kolicima u školu,

they usually say, like, inspirational stuff?"

uglavnom pričaju inspirativne stvari?"

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"It's usually in the big hall."

"Uglavnom u velikoj dvorani."

And that's when it dawned on me:

I tada mi je sinulo:

This kid had only ever experienced disabled people

ovaj klinac je imao iskustva sa ljudima sa invaliditetom

as objects of inspiration.

samo kao sa objektima inspiracije.

We are not, to this kid --

Mi nismo, za ovog klinca -

and it's not his fault, I mean,

a to nije njegova krivica, mislim,

that's true for many of us.

to je istina za mnoge od nas.

For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers

Za većinu nas, ljudi sa invaliditetom nisu naši učitelji

or our doctors or our manicurists.

ili naši doktori ili manikiri.

We're not real people. We are there to inspire.

Mi nismo realni ljudi. Mi smo tu da inspirišemo.

And in fact, I am sitting on this stage

Zapravo, sedim na ovoj pozornici

looking like I do in this wheelchair,

izgledajući kako izgledam u ovim kolicima,

and you are probably kind of expecting me

i vi verovatno očekujete od mene

to inspire you. Right? (Laughter)

da vas inspirišem. Zar ne? (Smeh)

Yeah.

Da.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid

Pa, dame i gospodo, bojim se

I'm going to disappoint you dramatically.

da ću vas znatno razočarati.

I am not here to inspire you.

Nisam ovde da vas inspirišem.

I am here to tell you that we have been lied to

Ovde sam da vam kažem da su nas lagali

about disability.

u vezi sa invaliditetom.

Yeah, we've been sold the lie

Da, prodata nam je laž

that disability is a Bad Thing, capital B, capital T.

da je invaliditet Loša Stvar, sa velikim L i velikim S.

It's a bad thing, and to live with a disability

To je loša stvar, i živeti sa invaliditetom

makes you exceptional.

vas čini izuzetnim.

It's not a bad thing, and it doesn't

To nije loša stvar,

make you exceptional.

i ne čini vas izuzetnim.

And in the past few years, we've been able

U poslednjih nekoliko godina, bili smo u mogućnosti

to propagate this lie even further

da dodatno propagiramo ovu laž

via social media.

kroz društvene medije.

You may have seen images like this one:

Možda ste viđali slike kao što je ova:

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

"Jedini invaliditet u životu je loš stav."

Or this one: "Your excuse is invalid." Indeed.

Ili ovu: "Tvoj izgovor je invalidan." Zaista.

Or this one: "Before you quit, try!"

Ili ovu: "Pre nego što odustaneš, probaj!"

These are just a couple of examples,

Ovo su samo neki od primera,

but there are a lot of these images out there.

ali ima mnogo takvih slika.

You know, you might have seen the one,

Znate, možda ste videli onu,

the little girl with no hands

malu devojčicu bez ruku

drawing a picture with a pencil held in her mouth.

koja crta sliku olovkom koju drži u ustima.

You might have seen a child running

Možda ste videli dete koje trči

on carbon fiber prosthetic legs.

na protetičkim nogama od ugljeničnih vlakana.

And these images,

I ove slike,

there are lots of them out there,

ima ih dosta unaokolo,

they are what we call inspiration porn.

one su ono što zovemo inspiracionom pornografijom.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I use the term porn deliberately,

A namerno koristim termin pornografija,

because they objectify one group of people

jer pretvaraju u objekat grupu ljudi

for the benefit of another group of people.

u korist druge grupe ljudi.

So in this case, we're objectifying disabled people

Dakle, u ovom slučaju, ljude sa invaliditetom činimo objektima

for the benefit of nondisabled people.

radi dobiti ljudi bez invaliditeta.

The purpose of these images

Svrha ovih slika

is to inspire you, to motivate you,

je da vas inspirišu, da vas motivišu,

so that we can look at them

tako da možemo da ih pogledamo

and think, "Well, however bad my life is,

i pomislimo: "Pa, koliko god da je moj život loš,

it could be worse.

moglo bi biti gore.

I could be that person."

Mogao bih da budem ta osoba."

But what if you are that person?

Ali šta ako ste ta osoba?

I've lost count of the number of times that I've

Prestala sam da brojim koliko puta

been approached by strangers

su mi prilazili stranci

wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave

koji su želeli da mi kažu da misle da sam hrabra

or inspirational,

ili inspirativna,

and this was long before my work

a ovo je bilo davno pre nego što je

had any kind of public profile.

moj posao imao bilo kakav javni profil.

They were just kind of congratulating me

Oni su mi prosto čestitali

for managing to get up in the morning

jer sam uspela da ustanem ujutru

and remember my own name. (Laughter)

i setim se sopstvenog imena. (Smeh)

And it is objectifying.

A to jeste objektivizacija.

These images, those images

Ove slike, te slike

objectify disabled people

objektivizuju ljude sa invaliditetom

for the benefit of nondisabled people.

radi dobiti ljudi bez invaliditeta.

They are there so that you can look at them

One su tu da biste mogli da ih pogledate

and think that things aren't so bad for you,

i pomislite da stvari nisu tako loše kod vas,

to put your worries into perspective.

da pogledate svoje brige iz druge perspektive.

And life as a disabled person

Život osobe sa invaliditetom

is actually somewhat difficult.

je zaista donekle težak.

We do overcome some things.

Tačno je da mi savlađujemo neke stvari.

But the things that we're overcoming

Ali stvari koje savlađujemo

are not the things that you think they are.

nisu stvari na koje vi mislite.

They are not things to do with our bodies.

Nisu u vezi sa našim telima.

I use the term "disabled people" quite deliberately,

Koristim termin "ljudi sa invaliditetom" sasvim namerno,

because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability,

jer se slažem sa onim što se naziva socijalnim modelom invaliditeta,

which tells us that we are more disabled

koji nam govori da nas više lišava

by the society that we live in

društvo u kome živimo

than by our bodies and our diagnoses.

nego naša tela i naše dijagnoze.

So I have lived in this body a long time.

Živim u ovom telu dugo vremena.

I'm quite fond of it.

Prilično ga volim.

It does the things that I need it to do,

Radi stvari koje su mi potrebne da uradi,

and I've learned to use it to the best of its capacity

i naučila sam da ga koristim do njegovih najviših kapaciteta

just as you have,

kao što ste i vi,

and that's the thing about those kids in those pictures as well.

a to je takođe slučaj i sa onom decom na onim slikama.

They're not doing anything out of the ordinary.

Oni ne rade ništa neobično.

They are just using their bodies

Oni samo koriste svoja tela

to the best of their capacity.

u njihovom najvišem kapacitetu.

So is it really fair to objectify them

Dakle, da li je zaista fer objektivizovati ih

in the way that we do,

onako kako to činimo,

to share those images?

da razmenjujemo te slike?

People, when they say, "You're an inspiration,"

Ljudi, kada kažu: "Ti si inspiracija",

they mean it as a compliment.

oni to misle kao kompliment.

And I know why it happens.

A znam zašto se to događa.

It's because of the lie, it's because we've been sold

To je zbog laži, zato što nam je prodata laž

this lie that disability makes you exceptional.

da nas invaliditet čini izuzetnim.

And it honestly doesn't.

A iskreno, on to ne čini.

And I know what you're thinking.

Znam o čemu mislite.

You know, I'm up here bagging out inspiration,

Ja ovde opanjkavam inspiraciju,

and you're thinking, "Jeez, Stella,

a vi mislite: "Pobogu, Stela,

aren't you inspired sometimes by some things?"

zar tebe ponekad ne inspirišu neke stvari?"

And the thing is, I am.

I da, inspirišu me.

I learn from other disabled people all the time.

Stalno učim od drugih ljudi sa invaliditetom.

I'm learning not that I am luckier than them, though.

Doduše, ne učim da sam srećnija od njih.

I am learning that it's a genius idea

Učim da je genijalna ideja

to use a pair of barbecue tongs

koristiti klešta za roštilj

to pick up things that you dropped. (Laughter)

za podizanje stvari koje ste ispustili. (Smeh)

I'm learning that nifty trick where you can charge

Učim dobar trik da možete napuniti

your mobile phone battery from your chair battery.

bateriju vašeg mobilnog telefona iz baterije vaših kolica.

Genius.

Genijalno.

We are learning from each others' strength and endurance,

Mi učimo iz međusobnih snaga i izdržljivosti,

not against our bodies and our diagnoses,

ne naspram naših tela i dijagnoza,

but against a world that exceptionalizes

već naspram sveta koji nas čini izuzetnim

and objectifies us.

i pretvara u objekte.

I really think that this lie that we've been sold

Zaista mislim da je ova laž koja nam je prodata

about disability is the greatest injustice.

o invaliditetu najveća nepravda.

It makes life hard for us.

Ona nam otežava život.

And that quote, "The only disability in life

A taj citat: "Jedini invaliditet u životu

is a bad attitude,"

je loš stav",

the reason that that's bullshit

razlog zbog kojeg je to sranje

is because it's just not true,

je zbog toga što to prosto nije tačno,

because of the social model of disability.

zbog socijalnog modela invaliditeta.

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs

Bilo koliko smeškanja stepeništu

has ever made it turn into a ramp.

ga nikada nije pretvorilo u rampu.

Never. (Laughter) (Applause)

Nikada. (Smeh) (Aplauz)

Smiling at a television screen

Smeškanje televizijskom ekranu

isn't going to make closed captions appear

neće učiniti da se pojave titlovi

for people who are deaf.

za ljude koji su gluvi.

No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop

Bilo koliko stajanja u sred knjižare

and radiating a positive attitude

i zračenja pozitivnim stavom

is going to turn all those books into braille.

neće pretvoriti sve te knjige u knjige na Brajevom pismu.

It's just not going to happen.

To se jednostavno neće dogoditi.

I really want to live in a world

Zaista želim da živim u svetu

where disability is not the exception, but the norm.

gde invaliditet nije odstupanje već norma.

I want to live in a world where a 15-year-old girl

Želim da živim u svetu u kome se petnaestogodišnjoj devojčici

sitting in her bedroom

koja sedi u svojoj sobi

watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

gledajući "Bafi ubicu vampira"

isn't referred to as achieving anything

ne pripisuje postizanje nečeg

because she's doing it sitting down.

zato što to radi sedeći.

I want to live in a world

Želim da živim u svetu

where we don't have such low expectations

u kome nemamo tako niska očekivanja

of disabled people

od ljudi sa invaliditetom,

that we are congratulated for getting out of bed

da nam čestitaju na ustajanju iz kreveta

and remembering our own names in the morning.

i pamćenju sopstvenih imena ujutru.

I want to live in a world where we value genuine achievement

Želim da živim u svetu u kome cenimo istinska postignuća

for disabled people,

ljudi sa invaliditetom,

and I want to live in a world

i želim da živim u svetu

where a kid in year 11 in a Melbourne high school

u kome klinac na trećoj godini srednje škole u Melburnu

is not one bit surprised

nije nimalo iznenađen

that his new teacher is a wheelchair user.

time što njegov profesor koristi invalidska kolica.

Disability doesn't make you exceptional,

Invaliditet vas ne čini izuzetnim,

but questioning what you think you know about it does.

ali vas čini prespitivanje onoga što mislite da znate o njemu.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)