The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about Black history | David Ikard

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Kristina Radosavljević

I am the proud father of two beautiful children,

Ponosan sam otac dvoje prelepe dece,

Elijah, 15, and Octavia, 12.

Elajdže, koji ima 15 godina, i Oktavije, koja ima 12 godina.

When Elijah was in the fourth grade,

Kada je Elajdža bio u četvrtom razredu,

he came to me,

prišao mi je

came home from school bubbling over with excitement

kada je došao iz škole pucajući od uzbuđenja

about what he had learned that day about African-American history.

zbog onoga što je tog dana naučio o afroameričkoj istoriji.

Now, I'm an African-American and cultural studies professor,

Ja sam Afroamerikanac i profesor kulturalnih studija,

and so, as you can imagine,

pa je stoga, kao što možete pretpostaviti,

African-American culture is kind of serious around my home.

afroamerička kultura ozbiljna stvar u mojoj kući.

So I was very proud that my son was excited about what he had learned

Zato sam bio vrlo ponosan jer je moj sin bio uzbuđen povodom svojih saznanja

that day in school.

u školi tog dana.

So I said, "What did you learn?"

Pitao sam ga: „Šta si naučio?“

He said, "I learned about Rosa Parks."

Rekao je: „Učio sam o Rozi Parks.“

I said, "OK, what did you learn about Rosa Parks?"

Rekoh: „U redu, šta si saznao o Rozi Parks?“

He said, "I learned that Rosa Parks was this frail, old black woman

Rekao je: „Saznao sam da je Roza Parks bila krhka, stara crnkinja

in the 1950s

1950-ih godina

in Montgomery, Alabama.

u Montgomeriju u Alabami.

And she sat down on this bus,

Sela je u autobus

and she had tired feet,

i noge su joj bile umorne,

and when the bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white patron,

i kada joj je vozač autobusa rekao da ustupi mesto belom putniku,

she refused because she had tired feet.

odbila je jer su joj noge bile umorne.

It had been a long day,

Dan je bio naporan,

and she was tired of oppression,

bila je umorna od ugnjetavanja,

and she didn't give up her seat.

i nije ustupila mesto.

And she marched with Martin Luther King,

I marširala je sa Martinom Luterom Kingom i verovala je u nenasilje.“

and she believed in nonviolence."

And I guess he must have looked at my face

Pretpostavljam da mi je pogledao lice

and saw that I was a little less than impressed

i video da nisam baš impresioniran

by his

njegovom...

... um ...

ovaj...

history lesson.

lekcijom iz istorije.

And so he stopped, and he was like, "Dad, what's wrong? What did I get wrong?"

Zastao je i rekao: „Tata, šta nije u redu? Šta sam loše shvatio?“

I said, "Son, you didn't get anything wrong,

Rekao sam: „Sine, nisi ti ništa loše shvatio,

but I think your teacher got a whole lot of things wrong."

ali mislim da je tvoja nastavnica mnogo toga pogrešno shvatila.“

(Laughter)

He said, "Well, what do you mean?"

Rekao je: „Pa, kako to misliš?“

I said, "Rosa Parks was not tired.

Rekao sam: „Roza Parks nije bila umorna.

She was not old.

Nije bila stara.

And she certainly didn't have tired feet."

I zasigurno joj nisu bile umorne noge.“

He said, "What?"

Rekao je: „Šta?“

I said, "Yes!

Rekao sam: „Da!

Rosa Parks was only 42 years old" --

Roza Parks je imala samo 42 godine“ -

Yeah, you're shocked, right? Never heard that.

Da, šokirani ste, zar ne? Nikad to niste čuli.

"Rosa Parks was only 42 years old,

„Roza Parks je imala svega 42 godine,

she had only worked six hours that day, and she was a seamstress

bila je radila samo šest sati tog dana, a bila je krojačica

and her feet were just fine.

i noge su joj bile sasvim u redu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

The only thing that she was tired of

Jedino od čega je bila umorna

was she was tired of inequality.

bila je nejednakost.

She was tired of oppression."

Bila je umorna od ugnjetavanja.“

And my son said,

Moj sin je rekao:

"Well, why would my teacher tell me this thing?

„Pa, zašto bi mi nastavnica to rekla?

This is confusing for me."

Zbunjuje me ovo.“

Because he loved his teacher, and she was a good teacher,

Zato što je voleo nastavnicu, i bila je dobra nastavnica,

a young-ish, 20-something white woman,

relativno mlada, belkinja od 20-ak godina,

really, really smart, pushed him, so I liked her as well.

baš, baš pametna, pritiskala ga je, pa se i meni dopadala.

But he was confused. "Why would she tell me this?" he said.

Ali bio je zbunjen. Pitao je: „Zašto bi mi to rekla?“

He said, "Dad, tell me more. Tell me more. Tell me more about Rosa Parks."

Rekao je: „Tata, pričaj mi još. Još mi pričaj o Rozi Parks.“

And I said, "Son, I'll do you one better."

A ja sam rekao: „Sine, imam bolju ideju.“

He was like, "What?"

Rekao je: „Šta?“

I said, "I'm going to buy her autobiography,

Rekao sam: „Kupiću ti njenu autobiografiju

and I'm going to let you read it yourself."

i daću ti je da je sam pročitaš.“

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So as you can imagine,

Kao što možete pretpostaviti,

Elijah wasn't too excited about this new, lengthy homework assignment

Elajdža nije bio oduševljen ovim novim, dugačkim domaćim zadatkom

that his dad had just given him, but he took it in stride.

koji mu je tata upravo zadao, ali prionuo je na njega.

And he came back after he had read it,

Vratio se nakon što je pročitao knjigu,

and he was excited about what he had learned.

i bio je uzbuđen zbog onog što je pročitao.

He said, "Dad, not only was Rosa Parks not initially into nonviolence,

Rekao je: „Tata, ne samo da Roza Parks u početku nije bila za nenasilje,

but Rosa Parks's grandfather, who basically raised her

već je deda Roze Parks,

koji ju je u suštini odgajio i bio dovoljno svetle kože da prođe kao belac,

and was light enough to pass as white,

used to walk around town with his gun in his holster,

imao običaj da ide po gradu sa pištoljem u futroli

and people knew if you messed with Mr. Parks's children or grandchildren,

i ljudi su znali da, ako se petljate sa decom ili unucima gospodina Parksa,

he would put a cap in your proverbial bottom."

on će vam ucmekati pozadinu, ili kako se već to kaže.“

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Right?

Je l' da?

He was not someone to mess with.

Sa njim nije bilo zezanja.

And he said, "I also learned that Rosa Parks married a man in Raymond

Rekao je: „Takođe sam saznao da se Roza Parks

udala za čoveka u Rejmondu koji je dosta bio nalik njenom dedi.“

who was a lot like her grandfather."

He would organize.

On bi se organizovao.

He was a civil rights activist.

Bio je aktivista za građanska prava.

He would organize events

Organizovao bi događaje

and sometimes the events would be at Rosa Parks's home.

i ponekad bi se ti događaji odvijali u domu Roze Parks.

And one time Rosa Parks remarked

Na jednom mestu Roza Parks pominje

that there were so many guns on the table,

da je bilo toliko oružja na stolu,

because they were prepared for somebody to come busting into the door

jer su bili pripremljeni da kada bi neko uleteo na vrata,

that they were prepared for whatever was going to go down,

oni bi bili spremni za sve što može da krene naopako,

that Rosa Parks said, "There were so many guns on the table

tako da je Roza Parks rekla: „Bilo je toliko oružja na stolu

that I forgot to even offer them coffee or food."

da sam čak zaboravila da im ponudim kafu ili hranu.“

This is who Rosa Parks was.

To je bila prava Roza Parks.

And in fact, Rosa Parks, when she was sitting on that bus that day,

Zapravo, Roza Parks, kada je tog dana sedela u autobusu,

waiting for those police officers to arrive

dok je čekala da stignu ti policajci,

and not knowing what was going to happen to her,

ne znajući šta će joj se desiti,

she was not thinking about Martin Luther King,

nije razmišljala o Martinu Luteru Kingu,

who she barely knew.

koga jedva da je poznavala.

She was not thinking about nonviolence or Gandhi.

Nije mislila o nenasilju ili o Gandiju.

She was thinking about her grandfather,

Mislila je na svog dedu

a gun-toting, take-no-mess grandfather.

koji je nosio pištolj i sa kojim nije bilo šale.

That's who Rosa Parks was thinking about.

O njemu je razmišljala Roza Parks.

My son was mesmerized by Rosa Parks,

Moj sin je bio opčinjen Rozom Parks,

and I was proud of him to see this excitement.

i bio sam ponosan na njega jer sam video to uzbuđenje.

But then I still had a problem.

Ali i dalje sam imao problem.

Because I still had to go his school

Jer sam i dalje morao da odem u njegovu školu

and address the issue with his teacher,

i pozabavim se ovim problemom sa nastavnicom,

because I didn't want her to continue to teach the kids

jer nisam hteo da nastavi da uči decu

obviously false history.

očigledno lažnoj istoriji.

So I'm agonizing over this,

I tako se ja mučim sa tim,

primarily because I understand, as an African-American man,

pre svega zato što razumem, kao Afroamerikanac,

that whenever you talk to whites about racism

da kad god razgovarate sa belcima o rasizmu

or anything that's racially sensitive,

ili o bilo čemu osetljivom u smislu rase,

there's usually going to be a challenge.

obično to bude problematično.

This is what white sociologist Robin DiAngelo calls "white fragility."

To je ono što bela sociološkinja Robin Dianđelo naziva „belačkom krhkošću“.

She argues that, in fact,

Ona tvrdi da, zapravo,

because whites have so little experience being challenged

pošto belci poseduju tako malo iskustva u preispitivanju

about their white privilege

svojih belačkih privilegija,

that whenever even the most minute challenge is brought before them,

kada im se iznese makar i najsićušniji problem,

they usually cry,

obično plaču,

get angry

naljute se

or run.

ili pobegnu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I have experienced them all.

I sve sam te reakcije doživeo.

And so, when I was contemplating confronting his teacher,

I tako, kada sam razmišljao da se suočim sa njegovom nastavnicom,

I wasn't happy about it,

nisam bio srećan zbog toga,

but I was like, this is a necessary evil

ali sam mislio da je to nužno zlo

of being a black parent trying to raise self-actualized black children.

kada ste roditelj crne rase koji pokušava da podiže samoaktualizovanu crnu decu.

So I called Elijah to me and said,

Pozvao sam Elajdžu i rekao mu:

"Elijah, I'm going to set up an appointment with your teacher

„Elajdža, zakazaću sastanak sa tvojom nastavnicom

and try and correct this

da probam da ovo ispravim, a možda i sa tvojim direktorom.

and maybe your principal.

What do you think?"

Šta ti misliš?“

And Elijah said,

Elajdža je rekao:

"Dad, I have a better idea."

„Tata, imam bolju ideju.“

And I said, "Really? What's your idea?"

Rekoh: „Stvarno? Koju ideju?“

He said, "We have a public speaking assignment,

Rekao je: „Imamo zadatak da javno govorimo o nečemu,

and why don't I use that public speaking assignment

pa zašto ne bih iskoristio taj zadatak javnog govora

to talk about debunking the myths of Rosa Parks?"

da pričam o rušenju mitova o Rozi Parks?"

And I was like,

I ja sam rekao:

"Well, that is a good idea."

„Pa, to je dobra ideja.“

So Elijah goes to school,

I tako Elajdža ode u školu,

he does his presentation,

održi prezentaciju,

he comes back home,

vrati se kući,

and I could see something positive happened.

i video sam da se dogodilo nešto pozitivno.

I said, "Well, what happened, son?"

Pitao sam: „Pa, šta se dogodilo, sine?“

He said, "Well, later on in that day,

Rekao je: „Pa, kasnije tog dana,

the teacher pulled me aside,

nastavnica me je pozvala na stranu,

and she apologized to me for giving that misinformation."

i izvinila se što mi je dala te pogrešne informacije.“

And then something else miraculous happened the next day.

I onda se sutradan dogodilo još nešto čudesno.

She actually taught a new lesson on Rosa Parks,

Ona je čak predavala novu lekciju o Rozi Parks,

filling in the gaps that she had left and correcting the mistakes that she made.

pri čemu je popunila praznine koje su joj ostale

i ispravila greške koje je napravila.

And I was so, so proud of my son.

I bio sam baš, baš ponosan na svog sina.

But then I thought about it.

Ali onda sam razmislio o tome.

And I got angry.

I naljutio sam se.

And I got real angry.

Baš sam se naljutio.

Why? Why would I get angry?

Zašto? Zašto bih bio ljut?

Because my nine-year-old son had to educate his teacher

Zato što je moj devetogodišnji sin morao da obrazuje svoju nastavnicu

about his history,

o svojoj istoriji,

had to educate his teacher about his own humanity.

morao da obrazuje svoju nastavnicu o svojoj čovečnosti.

He's nine years old.

On ima devet godina.

He should be thinking about basketball or soccer

Trebalo bi da razmišlja o košarci, fudbalu

or the latest movie.

ili najnovijem filmu.

He should not be thinking about having to take the responsibility

Ne bi trebalo da razmišlja o tome kako mora da preuzme odgovornost

of educating his teacher,

da obrazuje svoju nastavnicu

his students,

i svoje drugove

about himself, about his history.

o sebi i svojoj istoriji.

That was a burden that I carried.

To je bio teret koji sam ja nosio.

That was a burden that my parents carried

To je bio teret koji su nosili moji roditelji

and generations before them carried.

i generacije pre njih.

And now I was seeing my son take on that burden, too.

A sada sam gledao kako i moj sin preuzima taj teret na sebe.

You see, that's why Rosa Parks wrote her autobiography.

Vidite, zato je Roza Parks napisala svoju autobiografiju.

Because during her lifetime,

Jer još za njenog života,

if you can imagine,

ako možete to da zamislite,

you do this amazing thing,

radite nešto ovako neverovatno,

you're alive and you're talking about your civil rights activism,

živi ste i govorite o aktivizmu za građanska prava,

and a story emerges

i pojavi se priča

in which somebody is telling the world

u kojoj neko govori svetu

that you were old and you had tired feet

da ste stari, da su vam bile umorne noge

and you just were an accidental activist,

i da ste samo slučajno postali aktivista,

not that you had been activist by then for 20 years,

a ne da ste do tog trenutka bili aktivista 20 godina,

not that the boycott had been planned for months,

ne da je bojkot bio planiran mesecima,

not that you were not even the first or the second or even the third woman

ni to da niste bili ni prva, pa ni druga, čak ni treća žena

to be arrested for doing that.

koja je uhapšena zbog iste stvari.

You become an accidental activist, even in her own lifetime.

Postanete slučajni aktivista, čak i za svog života.

So she wrote that autobiography to correct the record,

Zato je napisala tu autobiografiju da rasčisti račune,

because what she wanted to remind people of

jer je htela da podseti ljude

was that this

da je ovako izgledalo

is what it was like

in the 1950s

1950-ih godina

trying to be black in America

ako ste pokušali da budete crnac u Americi

and fight for your rights.

i da se borite za svoja prava.

During the year, a little over a year, that the boycott lasted,

Tokom te godine, malo više od godine, koliko je bojkot trajao,

there were over four church bombings.

više od četiri crkve su bombardovane.

Martin Luther King's house was bombed twice.

Kuća Martina Lutera Kinga bila je bombardovana dva puta.

Other civil rights leaders' houses were bombed in Birmingham.

Bile su bombardovane i kuće drugih vođa pokreta za građanska prava u Birminghamu.

Rosa Parks's husband slept at night with a shotgun,

Muž Roze Parks je noću spavao sa puškom,

because they would get constant death threats.

jer su stalno dobijali pretnje smrću.

In fact, Rosa Parks's mother lived with them,

Zapravo, majka Roze Parks je živela sa njima,

and sometimes she would stay on the phone for hours

i ponekad bi satima bila na telefonu

so that nobody would call in with death threats,

tako da niko ne pozove da im preti smrću,

because it was constant and persistent.

jer se to dešavalo stalno i uporno.

In fact, there was so much tension,

Zapravo, bilo je toliko tenzije,

there was so much pressure, there was so much terrorism,

bilo je toliko pritiska, toliko terorizma,

that Rosa Parks and her husband, they lost their jobs,

da su Roza Parks i njen muž ostali bez posla,

and they became unemployable

bez mogućnosti zaposlenja

and eventually had to leave and move out of the South.

i na kraju morali da odu i da se odsele sa Juga.

This is a civil rights reality

To je realnost pokreta za građanska prava

that Rosa Parks wanted to make sure that people understood.

za koju je Roza Parks htela da se postara da je ljudi razumeju.

So you say, "Well, David, what does that have to do with me?

Onda vi kažete: „Pa, Dejvide, kakve to veze ima sa mnom?

I'm a well-meaning person.

Ja sam dobronamerna osoba.

I didn't own slaves.

Nisam posedovao robove.

I'm not trying to whitewash history.

Ne pokušavam da zataškam istoriju.

I'm a good guy. I'm a good person."

Ja sam dobar čovek. Ja sam dobra osoba.“

Let me tell you what it has to do with you,

Reći ću vam kakve to ima veze sa vama,

and I'll tell it to you by telling you a story

i to ću vam reći tako što ću vam ispričati priču

about a professor of mine, a white professor,

o mom profesoru, belom profesoru,

when I was in graduate school, who was a brilliant, brilliant individual.

kada sam išao na postdiplomske studije, koji je bio briljantna osoba.

We'll call him "Fred."

Zvaćemo ga „Fred“.

And Fred was writing this history of the civil rights movement,

Fred je pisao istoriju pokreta za građanska prava,

but he was writing specifically about a moment

ali konkretno je pisao o trenutku

that happened to him in North Carolina

koji mu se dogodio u Severnoj Karolini

when this white man shot this black man in cold blood in a wide-open space

kada je belac hladnokrvno upucao crnca na otvorenom prostoru

and was never convicted.

i nikada nije bio osuđen.

And so it was this great book,

Bila je to sjajna knjiga

and he called together a couple of his professor friends

i sazvao je par prijatelja profesora

and he called me to read a draft of it before the final submission.

i mene da pročitamo poslednju verziju pre konačne predaje teksta.

And I was flattered that he called me;

Laskalo mi je što me je pozvao;

I was only a graduate student then.

tada sam bio samo postdiplomac.

I was kind of feeling myself a little bit. I was like, "OK, yeah."

Bio sam pomalo pun sebe. Bio sam u fazonu: „Okej, strava.“

I'm sitting around amongst intellectuals,

Sedeo sam među intelektualcima

and I read the draft of the book.

i čitao sam preliminarnu verziju knjige.

And there was a moment in the book

Postojao je trenutak u knjizi

that struck me as being deeply problematic,

koji mi je delovao vrlo problematično,

and so I said,

pa sam rekao:

"Fred," as we were sitting around talking about this draft,

„Fred,“ dok smo sedeli i razgovarali o tekstu,

I said, "Fred, I've got a real problem with this moment that you talk

rekoh: „Fred, baš imam problem sa delom u kome govoriš

about your maid in your book."

o svojoj služavki u knjizi.“

And I could see Fred get a little "tight," as we say.

Video sam da se Fred „stisao“, kako se kaže.

He said, "What do you mean? That's a great story.

Rekao je: „Kako to mišliš? Super je priča.

It happened just like I said."

Desilo se baš kako sam ispričao.“

I said, "Mmm ... can I give you another scenario?"

Rekoh: „Mmm... mogu li da iznesem drugi scenario?

Now, what's the story?

E sad, o čemu se radi u priči?

It was 1968.

Godina je 1968.

Martin Luther King had just been assassinated.

Martin Luter King je upravo ubijen.

His maid, "domestic" -- we'll call her "Mabel,"

Njegova služavka, „posluga“ - zvaćemo je „Mejbel“,

was in the kitchen.

bila je u kuhinji.

Little Fred is eight years old.

Mali Fred je imao osam godina.

Little Fred comes into the kitchen,

Mali Fred ulazi u kuhinju,

and Mabel, who he has only seen as smiling and helpful and happy,

i Mejbel, koju je do tada viđao samo nasmejanu, uslužnu i srećnu,

is bent over the sink,

naslonjena je nad sudoperom

and she's crying,

i plače,

and she's sobbing

jeca

inconsolably.

neutešno.

And little Fred comes over to her and says, "Mabel, what is wrong?"

Mali Fred joj prilazi i kaže: „Mejbel, šta nije u redu?“

Mabel turns, and she says,

Mejbel se okreće i kaže:

"They killed him! They killed our leader. They killed Martin Luther King.

„Ubili su ga! Ubili su našeg vođu. Ubili su Martina Lutera Kinga.

He's dead! They are monsters."

Mrtav je! Oni su čudovišta.“

And little Fred says,

Mali Fred kaže:

"It'll be OK, Mabel. It'll be OK. It'll be OK."

„Biće sve u redu, Mejbel. Biće u redu. Biće u redu.“

And she looked at him, and she says, "No, it's not going to be OK.

Pogledala ga je i rekla: „Ne, neće biti u redu.

Did you not hear what I just said?

Zar nisi čuo šta sam upravo rekla?

They killed Martin Luther King."

Ubili su Martina Lutera Kinga.“

And Fred,

A Fred,

son of a preacher,

sin propovednika,

looks up at Mabel, and he says,

pogleda Mejbel i reče:

"But Mabel, didn't Jesus die on the cross for our sins?

„Ali Mejbel, zar nije Isus umro na krstu zbog naših grehova?

Wasn't that a good outcome?

Zar to nije bio dobar ishod?

Maybe this will be a good outcome.

Možda će ovo biti dobar ishod.

Maybe the death of Martin Luther King will lead to a good outcome."

Možda će smrt Martina Lutera Kinga dovesti do dobrog ishoda.“

And as Fred tells the story,

Dok Fred priča tu priču,

he says that Mabel put her hand over her mouth,

kaže da je Mejbel stavila ruku na usta,

she reached down and she gave little Fred a hug,

sagla se i zagrlila Freda,

and then she reached into the icebox,

krenula ka frižideru,

and took out a couple Pepsis,

izvadila par pepsija,

gave him some Pepsis

dala mu pepsi

and sent him on his way to play with his siblings.

i poslala ga da se igra sa braćom i sestrama.

And he said,

Rekao je:

"This was proof that even in the most harrowing times of race struggle

„Bio je to dokaz da čak i u najteža vremena rasnih previranja

that two people could come together across racial lines

dvoje ljudi mogu da se spoje uprkos rasnim podelama

and find human commonality

i nađu zajedničku ljudskost

along the lines of love and affection."

kroz ljubav i naklonost.“

And I said, "Fred, that is some BS."

Na to sam rekao: „Frede, to su gluposti.“

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Fred was like,

Fred je rekao:

"But I don't understand, David. That's the story."

„Ali ne razumem, Dejvide. Tako ide priča.“

I said, "Fred, let me ask you a question."

Rekoh: „Frede, da te pitam nešto.“

I said, "You were in North Carolina in 1968.

Rekoh: „Ti si 1968. godine bio u Severnoj Karolini.

If Mabel would've went to her community -- you were eight years old --

Da Mejbel ode u svoju zajednicu - ti si imao osam godina -

what do you think the eight-year-old African-American children

kako misliš da bi joj se afroamerička deca od osam godina obraćala?

were calling her?

Misliš da bi je zvali po imenu?“

Do you think they called her by her first name?"

No, they called her "Miss Mabel,"

Ne, zvali bi je „gospođo Mejbel“,

or they called her "Miss Johnson," or they called her "Auntie Johnson."

ili bi je zvali „gospođo Džonson“ ili „teta Džonson“.

They would have never dared call her by her first name,

Ne bi se nikad usudili da joj se obrate po imenu,

because that would have been the height of disrespect.

jer bi to bio vrhunac nepoštovanja.

And yet, you were calling her by her first name

A ipak, ti si je zvao po imenu

svakog njenog radnog dana,

every single day that she worked,

and you never thought about it."

a da o tome nikada nisi ni razmišljao.“

I said, "Let me ask you another question: Was Mabel married?

Rekao sam: „Da te pitam još nešto. Da li je Mejbel bila udata?

Did she have children?

Da li je imala dece?

What church did she go to?

U koju crkvu je išla?

What was her favorite dessert?"

Koji je bio njen omiljeni dezert?“

Fred could not answer any of those questions.

Fred nije mogao da odgovori ni na jedno od tih pitanja.

I said, "Fred, this story is not about Mabel.

Rekoh: „Frede, ova priča nije o Mejbel.

This story is about you."

Ova priča je o tebi.“

I said, "This story made you feel good,

Rekoh: „Ova priča tebi daje dobar osećaj,

but this story is not about Mabel.

ali tu se ne radi o Mejbel.

The reality is,

U stvarnosti,

what probably happened was, Mabel was crying,

ono što se verovatno dogodilo je da je Mejbel plakala,

which was not something she customarily did,

što obično nije činila,

so she was letting her guard down.

pa su joj kočnice popustile.

And you came into the kitchen,

Ti si ušao u kuhinju

and you caught her at a weak moment where she was letting her guard down.

i zatekao je u trenutku ranjivosti kada su joj mehanizmi popustili.

And see, because you thought of yourself as just like one of her children,

I vidiš, pošto si sebe smatrao baš kao da si jedno od njene dece,

you didn't recognize that you were in fact the child of her employer.

nisi shvatao da si u stvari dete njenog poslodavca.

And she'd found herself yelling at you.

A ona je zatekla sebe kako viče na tebe.

And then she caught herself,

I kada je uhvatila sebe,

realizing that, 'If I'm yelling at him

shvativši da: 'Ako vičem na njega

and he goes back and he tells his dad or he tells mom,

i on se vrati i ispriča to tati ili mami,

I could lose my job.'

mogla bih da izgubim posao.'

And so she tempered herself, and she ended up --

Zato se sabrala i na kraju je -

even though she needed consoling -- she ended up consoling you

mada je njoj bila potrebna uteha - naposletku ona tešila tebe

and sending you on your way,

i poslala te da ideš,

perhaps so she could finish mourning in peace."

možda da bi završila sa oplakivanjem u miru.“

And Fred was stunned.

Fred je bio zapanjen.

And he realized that he had actually misread that moment.

Shvatio je da je zapravo pogrešno protumačio taj trenutak.

And see, this is what they did to Rosa Parks.

Vidite, to su uradili Rozi Parks.

Because it's a lot easier to digest an old grandmother with tired feet

Jer je mnogo lakše svariti staricu sa umornim nogama

who doesn't stand up because she wants to fight for inequality,

koja ne ustaje ne zato što hoće da se bori protiv nejednakosti,

but because her feet and her back are tired,

već zato što su joj umorne noge i leđa,

and she's worked all day.

i zato što je radila ceo dan.

See, old grandmothers are not scary.

Vidite, starice nisu zastrašujuće.

But young, radical black women

Ali mlade, radikalne crnkinje

who don't take any stuff from anybody

koje ne trpe ugnjetavanje drugih

are very scary,

su veoma strašne,

who stand up to power

koje se suprotstavljaju moćnicima

and are willing to die for that --

i spremne su da umru zarad toga -

those are not the kind of people

to nisu ljudi

that make us comfortable.

koji bude prijatan osećaj.

So you say,

Vi na to kažete:

"What do you want me to do, David?

„Šta hoćeš da uradim, Dejvide?

I don't know what to do."

Ne znam šta da radim.“

Well, what I would say to you is,

Pa, ono što vam bih rekao je da,

there was a time in which,

postojalo je vreme u kome,

if you were Jewish, you were not white,

ako ste Jevrejin, niste bili belac,

if you were Italian, you were not white,

ako ste Italijan, niste bili belac,

if you were Irish, you were not white

ako se Irac, niste bili belac

in this country.

u ovoj zemlji.

It took a while before the Irish, the Jews and the Italians became white.

Potrajalo je dok Irci, Jevreji i Italijani nisu postali belci.

Right?

Je l' tako?

There was a time in which you were "othered,"

Postojalo je vreme u kome bi vas tretirali kao „tuđeg“ ako ste osoba sa druge strane.

when you were the people on the outside.

Toni Morrison said,

Toni Morison je rekla:

"If, in order for you to be tall, I have to be on my knees,

„Ako, da biste vi stajali uspravno, ja moram da budem na kolenima,

you have a serious problem."

tu imate ozbiljan problem.“

She says, "White America has a serious, serious problem."

Ona kaže: „Bela Amerika ima ozbiljan, ozbiljan problem.“

To be honest, I don't know if race relations will improve in America.

Iskreno, ne znam da li će se odnosi rasa u Americi poboljšati.

But I know that if they will improve,

Ali znam da, kako bi se poboljšali,

we have to take these challenges on head on.

moramo da se sa ovim problemima direktno suočimo.

The future of my children depends on it.

Budućnost moje dece zavisi od toga.

The future of my children's children depends on it.

Budućnost dece moje dece zavisi od toga.

And, whether you know it or not,

I, bili vi svesni toga ili ne,

the future of your children and your children's children

budućnost vaše dece i dece vaše dece

depends on it, too.

takođe zavisi od toga.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

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