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

Transcriber: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

Prevodilac: Milica Ilic Lektor: Ivana Korom

You can ask anyone you want,

Možete pitati koga god želite

and they will tell you

i reći će vam da su siti borbe za pravdu.

that they are sick and tired of fighting for justice.

People of color and members of the LGBT community are tired

Pripadnici crne rase i LGBT zajednice su siti

of carrying the burden of speaking up

toga što su uvek oni ti

koji moraju da se zalažu

and stepping up

i istupaju

even when they're being silenced

čak i kada ih drugi ućutkuju

and pushed back down.

i potiskuju.

And white allies

Beli saveznici

and cis allies are tired, too.

i cis saveznici su siti takođe.

Siti toga da im se govori da postupaju pogrešno

Tired of being told they're doing it wrong

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

ili da ih se ova tema uopšte ni ne tiče.

This fatigue is impacting all of us.

Ta zasićenost utiče na sve nas.

And in fact,

Zapravo,

I believe we won't succeed

verujem da nećemo uspeti

until we approach justice in a new way.

ukoliko ne pristupimo pravdi na drugi način.

I grew up in the middle of the civil rights movement

Odrasla sam usred pokreta za građanska prava

in the segregated South.

na rasno segregisanom jugu Amerike.

As a five-year-old girl,

Kao petogodišnja devojčica

I was very interested in ballet.

bila sam vrlo zainteresovana za balet.

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

To je, izgleda, bilo često za petogodišnjakinje '60-ih godina.

My mother took me to a ballet school.

Mama me je odvela u školu baleta.

You know, the kind of school that had teachers

Jednu od onih škola

u kojima profesorke govore o tvom talentu

that talked about your gifts and talents

knowing that you'd never be a ballerina.

znajući da nikada nećes postati balerina.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

When we arrived,

Kada smo stigle

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

ljubazno su nam rekli da ne prihvataju crnce.

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

Vratile smo se u auto kao da se vraćamo iz prodavnice

that was out of orange juice.

u kojoj je nestalo soka od pomorandže.

Ništa nismo rekle.

We said nothing ...

just drove to the next ballet school.

Samo smo se odvezle do sledeće škole baleta.

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

Rekli su: „Ne prihvatamo crnce.”

Well, I was confused.

Bogami, bila sam zbunjena.

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

Pitala sam mamu zašto me nisu želeli.

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

Odgovorila je:

„Pa, nisu dovoljno pametni da te prihvate,

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

i ne znaju koliko si sjajna.”

(Cheers)

(Ovacije)

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)

Well, I didn't know what that meant.

Hm, ja nisam znala šta to znači.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But I was sure it wasn't good,

Međutim, bila sam sigurna da nije dobro,

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

jer sam primetila u maminim očima.

She was angry,

Bila je ljuta,

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

izgledalo je kao da je na ivici suza.

Well, I decided right then and right there

Istog trena sam odlučila

that ballet was dumb.

da je balet glup.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Imala sam dosta sličnih iskustava

but as I got older,

ali kako sam odrastala

I started to get angry.

počela sam da se ljutim.

And not just angry at the outright racism and injustice.

Ne samo zbog rasizma i nepravde,

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

već i na ljude koji su to posmatrali a ništa nisu rekli.

Zašto nisu beli roditelji u školi baleta rekli:

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

"Uh, that's wrong.

„Ovo je pogrešno.

Let that little girl dance."

Pustite devojčicu da pleše."

Or why --

Ili zašto...

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

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

Zašto beli klijenti u segregisanim restoranima

"Hey, that's not right.

nisu rekli: „Hej, to nije ispravno.

Let that family eat."

Pustite tu porodicu da jede."

Well, it didn't take me long to realize

Nije mi trebalo mnogo da shvatim

that racial injustice wasn't the only place

da rasna nepravda nije bila jedina

that people in the majority were staying quiet.

gde su ljudi u većini ćutali.

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

Kada bih u crkvi čula homofobičan komentar

being disguised as something scriptural,

podržan biblijskim kontekstom

I'd say, "I'm sorry,

rekla bih: „Izvinite,

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

zašto heteroseksualci ne kažu nešto protiv ove gluposti?"

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Or ...

Ili...

in a room filled with boomers and Gen-Xers

U sobi punoj bebi bumera i generacije X

who started degrading their millennial colleagues

koji omalovažavaju generaciju milenijalaca

as being spoiled, lazy and overconfident,

govoreći da su razmaženi, lenji, puni sebe

I'd say, "I'm sorry,

rekla bih: „Izvinite,

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

zašto neko mojih godina ne kaže da je dosta stereotipa?"

(Audience) Yes!

(Publika) Da!

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I was used to standing up on issues like this,

Uvek sam se zalagala za ova pitanja,

but why wasn't everyone else?

ali zašto nisu i svi ostali?

My fifth grade teacher,

Moja učiteljica iz petog razreda,

Mrs. McFarland,

Gđa MekFarland,

taught me that justice requires an accomplice.

naučila me je da je za pravdu potreban saučesnik.

Not just anyone will do.

Ali ne bilo kakav.

She said we need unlikely allies

Rekla je da su nam potrebni neočekivani saveznici

if we want to see real change happen.

ako želimo da vidimo prave promene.

And for those of us experiencing injustice up front,

Mi koji lično doživljavamo nepravdu

we need to be willing to accept the help,

moramo da budemo spremni da prihvatimo pomoć,

because when we don't,

jer kad je ne prihvatimo,

change takes too long.

proces promene traje predugo.

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

Zamislite da se heteroseksualci i homoseksualci

nisu udružili u borbi za gej brakove.

under the banner of marriage equality.

Or what if President Kennedy

Ili da predsednik Kenedi

just wasn't interested in the civil rights movement?

nije bio zainteresovan za pokret za građanska prava?

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

Većina pokreta u Americi

bi se odložila ili bi zamrla

or even dead

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

da nije bilo neočekivanih saveznika.

When the same people speak up

Ukoliko se isti ljudi zalažu

in the same ways they've always spoken up,

na isti način kao i uvek,

the most we'll ever get are the same results

uvek će postizati iste rezultate.

over and over again.

You know, allies often stand on the sidelines

Znate, saveznici često sede sa strane

waiting to be called up.

i čekaju da ih neko pozove.

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

Ali šta bi bilo kada bi neočekivani saveznici bili na čelu borbe?

Like ...

Na primer...

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

Kada bi crni i izvorni Amerikanci vodili pitanje imigracije?

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Or what if white people led the charge

Ili kada bi beli ljudi vodili borbu

to end racism?

da se dovede kraj rasizmu?

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)

Or ...

Ili...

Ako bi muškarci vodili borbu za jednake zarade oba pola?

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

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)

Or ...

Ili...

what if heterosexual people stood in front of LGBTQ issues?

Ako bi heteroseksualci bili na čelu borbe za LGBT pitanja?

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)

And what if able-bodied people advocated

I ako bi se osobe sa neoštećenim motornim sposobnostima

for people living with disabilities?

borile za hendikepirana lica?

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)

You know, we can stand up for issues,

Možemo da se založimo za pojedina pitanja

weigh in and advocate

i da se borimo

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

čak i kada nas se problem naizgled ne tiče.

And actually,

To su, u suštini,

those are the issues that are most compelling.

najprimamljiviji problemi.

And sure,

Dobro, da,

people will have no idea why you are there,

ljudima neće biti jasno otkud vi tu,

but that's why those of us facing injustice

ali upravo zbog toga mi koji trpimo nepravdu

must be willing to accept the help.

moramo da prihvatimo pomoć.

You know, we have to fight injustice

Moramo se boriti protiv nepravde

with a consciousness of grace.

dostojanstveno.

When white guys stand up to fight

Kada ljudi bele rase krenu da se bore

for the liberation of Black and Brown people,

za slobodu ljudi crne rase,

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

oni će morati da prihvate tu pomoć.

And I know that's complicated,

I znam da je to teško,

but this is collective work

ali to je rad u zajednici

and it requires everyone to be all in.

i svi moramo učestvovati.

One day when I was at kindergarten,

Jednog dana kada sam bila u vrtiću,

our teacher introduced us

vaspitačica nas je upoznala sa prelepom,

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

visokom belom ženom, Gđicom En.

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

Meni je bila najlepša bela žena koju sam ikada videla.

Well, if I can be honest with you,

U stvari, ako mogu da budem iskrena,

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

mislim da je to bio prvi put da sam videla belu ženu u našem vrtiću.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Miss Ann stood in front of us,

Gđica En je stala pred nas

and she said she was going to start teaching ballet classes

i rekla da će početi sa časovima baleta

right there are our school

baš u našem vrtiću

and that she was proud to be our dance teacher.

i da je ponosna što će biti naša profesorka baleta.

It was unreal.

Bilo je neverovatno.

All of a sudden --

Odjednom...

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

(pevušeći) više nisam mislila da je balet glup.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Sada znam da je Gđica En bila svesna toga

that the white ballet schools would not accept Black girls.

da baletske škole za belu decu ne prihvataju crne devojčice.

She was incensed by that.

Bila je besna zbog toga.

So she came to the Black neighborhood

Došla je u naselje u kom žive crna deca

to start teaching the dance classes herself.

da lično započne časove baleta.

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

Za to su potrebni ljubav i hrabrost.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And where there was no justice,

Stvorila je pravdu

she just built it.

gde je nije bilo.

We all survived,

Svi mi smo preživeli

because we stood on the shoulders of our Black ancestors.

zahvaljujući dostignućima naših crnih predaka.

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

Procvetali smo zahvaljujući Gđici En,

jer je bila neočekivani saveznik.

You know, when you add your voice

Dodajući svoj glas

and your actions

i svoje postupke

to situations that you don't think involve you,

situacijama za koje smatrate da vas se ne tiču,

you actually inspire others to do the same.

zapravo inspirišete druge da urade isto.

Miss Ann inspired me to always be on the lookout

Gđica En me je inspirisala

da uvek tražim situacije koje nisu o meni

for situations that weren't about me

but where I saw injustice

ali u kojima uviđam nepravdu

and inequality happening anyway.

i nejednakost.

I hope she inspires you, too,

Nadam se da će inspirisati i vas,

jer da bismo dobili borbu za pravdu

because to win the fight for equity

we will all need to speak up

svi ćemo morati da se oglasimo

and stand up.

i da se založimo.

We will all need to do that.

Svi ćemo morati to da uradimo.

And we will all need to do that

Moraćemo

even when it's hard

čak i kada je teško

and even when we feel out of place,

i kada mislimo da nas se ne tiče.

because it is your place,

Tiče vas se.

and it is our place.

Tiče nas se.

Justice counts on all of us.

Pravdi smo potrebni svi.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)