The political power of being a good neighbor | Michael Tubbs

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuca Lektor: Kristina Radosavljević

So I know for sure there's at least one thing I have in common with dentists.

Znam zasigurno da je zubarima i meni bar jedna stvar zajednička.

I absolutely hate the holiday of Halloween.

Apsolutno mrzim praznik Noć veštica.

Now, this hatred stems not from a dislike of cavities,

Ova mržnja ne proističe iz toga što ne volim karijes,

nor was it a lifetime in the making.

niti je stečena kroz život.

Rather, this hatred stems from a particular incident

Ta mržnja je zapravo proistekla iz konkretnog nemilog događaja

that happened nine years ago.

koji se desio pre devet godina.

Nine years ago, I was even younger, I was 20 years old,

Pre devet godina sam bio još mlađi, imao sam 20 godina,

and I was an intern in the White House.

i bio sam pripravnik u Beloj kući.

The other White House.

U drugoj Beloj kući.

And my job was to work with mayors and councilors nationwide.

Posao mi je bio da radim

sa gradonačelnicima i odbornicima širom zemlje.

November 1, 2010 began just like any other day.

Prvi novembar 2010. godine počeo je kao i svaki drugi dan.

I turned on the computer, went on Google and prepared to write my news clips.

Uključio sam kompjuter, otišao na Gugl i spremao se da pišem sažetke vesti.

I was met with a call from my mother, which isn't that out the norm,

Dobio sam poziv od majke, što nije toliko neuobičajeno,

my mom likes to text, call, email, Facebook, Instagram, all that.

jer moja mama voli da šalje poruke, zove,

šalje imejlove, ide na Fejsbuk, Instagram i tako to.

So I answered the phone expecting to hear maybe some church gossip,

Javio sam se očekujući da slušam možda neka ogovaranja iz crkve,

or maybe something from WorldStarHipHop she had discovered.

ili možda nešto što je saznala sa bloga o hip-hopu.

But when I answered the phone,

Ali kada sam se javio,

I was met with a tone that was unlike anything I had ever heard from my mother.

na drugoj liniji sam naišao na ton ni nalik mojoj majci.

My mother's loud.

Moja majka glasno govori.

But she spoke in a hush, still, muffled tone

Ali sada je govorila tihim, mirnim, prigušenim tonom

that conveyed a sense of sadness.

koji je ukazivao na tugu.

And as she whispered, she said, "Michael,

Kroz šapat, rekla je: „Majkl,

your cousin Donnell was murdered last night,

tvoj rođak Donel je ubijen sinoć,

on Halloween,

u Noći veštica,

at a house party in Stockton."

na kućnoj zabavi u Stoktonu.“

And like far too many people in this country,

Kao i toliko mnogo ljudi u ovoj zemlji,

particularly from communities like mine,

naročito u zajednicama kao što je moja,

particularly that look like me,

naročito oni koji izgledaju kao ja,

I spent the better part of the year dealing with anger, rage, nihilism,

proveo sam dobar deo godine boreći se sa ljutnjom, besom, nihilizmom,

and I had a choice to make.

i morao sam da donesem odluku.

The choice was one between action and apathy.

Izbor je bio između akcije i apatije.

The choice was what could I do to put purpose to this pain.

Odluka se ticala toga šta mogu da uradim kako bih pridao smisao svojoj boli.

I spent a year dealing with feelings of survivor's guilt.

Godinu dana sam se borio sa osećanjima krivice jer sam preživeo.

What was the point of me being at Stanford,

Koja je bila svrha toga što sam na Stenfordu,

what was the point of me being at the White House

koja je svrha toga što sam u Beloj kući

if I was powerless to help my own family?

ako sam bespomoćan da pomognem svojoj porodici?

And my own family was dying, quite literally.

A moja porodica je umirala, bukvalno.

I then began to feel a little selfish and say,

Onda sam počeo da osećam sebičluk i da govorim:

what's the point of even trying to make the world a better place?

„Ima li uopšte svrhe pokušavati da svet učinimo boljim mestom?“

Maybe that's just the way it is.

Možda su stvari prosto takve kakve jesu.

Maybe I would be smart to take advantage of all the opportunities given to me

Možda bi bilo pametno da iskoristim sve prilike koje imam

and make as much money as possible,

i zaradim što više novca,

so I'm comfortable, and my immediate family is comfortable.

tako da mi je ugodno u životu, kao i mojoj bližoj porodici.

But finally, towards the end of that year,

Ali naposletku, pred kraj te godine,

I realized I wanted to do something.

shvatio sam da želim da nešto preduzmem.

So I made the crazy decision, as a senior in college,

Zato sam, kao apsolvent, doneo suludu odluku,

to run for city council.

da se kandidujem za gradsko veće.

That decision was unlikely for a couple of reasons,

Bile su male šanse da se to ostvari iz par razloga,

and not just my age.

ne samo zbog mojih godina.

You see, my family is far from a political dynasty.

Vidite, moja porodica je daleko od političke dinastije.

More men in my family have been incarcerated than in college.

Više muškaraca u mojoj porodici je išlo u zatvor nego na fakultet.

In fact, as I speak today, my father is still incarcerated.

Zapravo, u ovom trenutku, moj otac je još uvek u zatvoru.

My mother, she had me as a teenager,

Majka me je rodila kao tinejdžerka,

and government wasn't something we had warm feelings from.

i sa vladom nije imala baš prijatna iskustva.

You see, it was the government

Vidite, upravo je vlada

that red-lined the neighborhoods I grew up in.

diskriminisala naselja u kojima sam odrastao.

Bila su puna prodavnica alkoholnih pića, bez bakalnica,

Full of liquor stores and no grocery stores,

there was a lack of opportunity and concentrated poverty.

manjkalo je mogućnosti i siromaštvo je bilo koncentrisano.

It was the government and the politicians

Vlada i političari

that made choices,

su donosili odluke poput rata protiv droge i zakona za tri prekršaja,

like the war on drugs and three strikes,

that have incarcerated far too many people in our country.

koji su previše ljudi u zemlji smestili u zatvor.

It was the government and political actors

Vlada i politički akteri

that made the decisions that created the school funding formulas,

donosili su odluke koje su stvorile formule za finansiranje škola,

that made it so the school I went to receive less per pupil spending

zbog kojih je škola u koju sam ja išao dobijala manje sredstava po učeniku

than schools in more affluent areas.

nego škole u imućnijim krajevima.

So there was nothing about that background that made it likely for me to choose

Zato nije bilo ničeg u vezi sa tim svetom što bi povećalo šanse da odaberem

to be involved in being a government actor.

da učestvujem kao akter u vladi.

And at the same time, Stockton was a very unlikely place.

Istovremeno, Stokton je bilo mesto sa malo šanse za mene.

Stockton is my home town, a city of 320,000 people.

Stokton je moj rodni grad od 320 000 ljudi.

But historically, it's been a place people run from, rather than come back to.

Ali kroz njegovu istoriju, to je češće bilo mesto iz koga ljudi beže,

nego u koje se vraćaju.

It's a city that's incredibly diverse.

To je neverovatno raznolik grad.

Thirty-five percent Latino, 35 percent white,

Latinoamerikanci čine 35 procenata, 35 procenata belci,

20 percent Asian, 10 percent African American,

20 procenata Azijati, 10 procenata Afroamerikanci,

the oldest Sikh temple in North America.

najstariji siki hram u Severnoj Americi.

But at the time I ran for office,

Ali u vreme kada sam se ja kandidovao,

we were also the largest city in the country at that time

bili smo i tada najveći grad u zemlji

to declare bankruptcy.

koji je proglasio bankrot.

At the time I decided to run for office,

U vreme kada sam rešio da se kandidujem,

we also had more murders per capita than Chicago.

imali smo više ubistava po glavi stanovnika od Čikaga.

At the time I decided to run for office,

U vreme kada sam rešio da se kandidujem,

we had a 23 percent poverty rate,

imali smo stopu siromaštva od 23 procenata,

a 17 percent college attainment rate

stopu stečene visoke stručne spreme od 17 procenata,

and a host of challenges and issues beyond the scope of any 21-year-old.

i gomilu problema koji prevazilaze domete bilo koje osobe u 21. godini života.

So after I won my election,

Nakon što sam pobedio na izborima,

I did what I usually do when I feel overwhelmed,

uradio sam ono što obično radim kada se osećam preplavljeno,

I realized the problems of Stockton were far bigger than me

shvatio sam da su problemi Stoktona mnogo veći od mene

and that I might need a little divine intervention.

i da mi možda treba malo božje intervencije.

So as I prepared for my first council meeting,

Zato, dok sam se spremao za svoj prvi sastanak saveta,

I went back to some wisdom my grandmother taught me.

vratio sam se mudrosti kojoj me je podučila baka.

A parable I think we all know,

To je priča koju mislim da svi znamo,

that really constitutes the governing frame we're using

a koja predstavlja okvir koji danas koristimo u upravljanju

to reinvent Stockton today.

da bismo preporodili Stokton.

I remember in Sunday school, my grandmother told me

Sećam se da mi je, u školi veronauke, baka rekla

that at one time, a guy asked Jesus, "Who was my neighbor?

da je jednom jedan čovek pitao Isusa: „Ko je moj sused?

Who was my fellow citizen?

Ko je moj bližnji?

Who am I responsible for?"

Za koga sam odgovoran?“

And instead of a short answer, Jesus replied with a parable.

Umesto kratkog odgovora, Isus je odgovorio parabolom.

He said there was a man on a journey,

Ispričao je kako je jedan čovek bio na putovanju

walking down Jericho Road.

i hodao putem za Jerihon.

As he was walking down the road,

Dok je hodao putem,

he was beat up, left on the side of the road,

pretučen je, ostavljen pokraj puta,

stripped of all his clothes,

skinuta mu je sva odeća,

had everything stolen from and left to die.

sve mu je ukradeno i ostavljen je da umre.

And then a priest came by, saw the man on the side of the road,

Potom je prišao sveštenik, video čoveka pokraj puta,

maybe said a silent prayer,

možda se tiho pomolio,

hopes and prayers, prayers that he gets better.

uputio želje i molitve da se oporavi.

Maybe saw the man on the side of the road

Možda je video čoveka pokraj puta

and surmised that it was ordained by God

i pretpostavio da je to tako odredio bog

for this particular man, this particular group

za tog konkretnog čoveka, tu konkretnu grupu

to be on the side of the road, there's nothing I can do to change it.

da bude pokraj puta, da tu ništa ne može da promeni.

After the priest walked by, maybe a politician walked by.

Nakon što je sveštenik prošao, možda je prošao političar.

A 28-year-old politician, for example.

Političar od 28 godina, na primer.

Saw the man on the side of the road and saw how beat up the man was,

Video je čoveka pokraj puta i video kako je taj čovek pretučen,

saw that the man was a victim of violence, or fleeing violence.

video da je čovek žrtva nasilja, odbeglog nasilnika.

And the politician decided, "You know what?

I političar je odlučio: „Znate šta?

Instead of welcoming this man in, let's build a wall.

Umesto da primimo ovog čoveka, hajde da napravimo zid.“

Maybe the politician said,

Možda je političar rekao:

"Maybe this man chose to be on the side of the road."

„Možda je ovaj čovek odabrao da bude pokraj puta.

That if he just pulled himself up by his bootstraps,

Kada bi samo hteo da stane na svoje noge,

despite his boots being stolen,

iako mu je ukradena obuća,

and got himself back on the horse,

i vrati se u sedlo,

he could be successful, and there's nothing I could do."

bio bi uspešan, a ja tu ništa ne mogu.“

And then finally, my grandmother said, a good Samaritan came by,

Zatim je konačno, kako je rekla moja baka, tuda prošao dobri Samarićanin,

saw the man on the side of the road

ugledao čoveka pokraj puta,

and looked and saw not centuries of hatred

pogledao i nije video vekove mržnje

between Jews and Samaritans,

između Jevreja i Samarićana,

looked and saw not his fears reflected,

pogledao i nije video odraz svojih strahova,

not economic anxiety,

niti ekonomskih strepnji,

not "what's going to happen to me because things are changing."

niti „šta li će biti sa mnom pošto se stvari menjaju“.

But looked and saw a reflection of himself.

Već je pogledao i video odraz sebe samog.

He saw his neighbor, he saw his common humanity.

Video je bližnjeg svog, video je njihovu zajedničku ljudskost.

He didn't just see it, he did something about it,

Nije samo to video, već je nešto i preduzeo,

my grandmother said.

govorila je moja baka.

He got down on one knee,

Kleknuo je na jedno koleno,

he made sure the man was OK,

uverio se da je čovek u redu,

and I heard, even gave him a room at that nice Fairmont,

i, kako sam čuo, priredio mu je pravi hotelski smeštaj,

the Pan Pacific one.

sa ekskluzivnim uslugama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And as I prepared to govern,

Dok sam se pripremao za funkciju,

I realized that given the diversity of Stockton,

shvatio sam da će, imajući u vidu raznolikost Stoktona,

the first step to making change will be to again answer the same question:

prvi korak ka promenama biti ponovo odgovoriti na isto pitanje:

Who is our neighbor?

ko je naš sused?

And realizing that our destiny as a city was tied up in everyone.

I shvatiti da je naša sudbina kao grada vezana za svakog.

Particularly those who are left on the side of the road.

Naročito za one ostavljene pokraj puta.

But then I realized that charity isn't justice,

Ali onda sam shvatio da dobročinstvo nije pravda,

that acts of empathy isn't justice,

da činovi empatije nisu pravda,

that being a good neighbor is necessary but not sufficient,

da je nužno biti dobar sused ali ne i dovoljno,

and there was more that had to be done.

i da ima još toga što treba učiniti.

So looking at the story,

Zagledavši se u priču,

I realized that the road, Jericho Road, has a nickname.

shvatio sam da put za Jerihon ima nadimak.

It's known as the Bloody Pass, the Ascent of Red,

Poznat je kao Krvavi prolaz, Crveni uspon,

because the road is structured for violence.

jer je put strukturisan za nasilje.

This Jericho Road is narrow, it's conducive for ambushing.

Put za Jerihon je uzak, pogodan za zasedu.

Meaning, a man on the side of the road wasn't abnormal.

Što znači da čovek pokraj puta tu nije bilo nešto nenormalno.

Wasn't strange.

Nije bilo čudno.

And in fact, it was something that was structured to happen,

Zapravo, kada je nešto strukturisano da se desi,

it was supposed to happen.

to je i očekivano da se desi.

And Johan Galtung, a peace theorist,

Johan Galtung, mirovni teoretičar,

talks about structural violence in our society.

govori o strukturalnom nasilju u našem društvu.

He says, "Structural violence is the avoidable impairment

On kaže: „Strukturalno nasilje je osujećenje osnovnih ljudskih potreba

of basic human needs."

koje se može izbeći.“

Dr. Paul Farmer talks about structural violence

Dr Pol Farmer govori o strukturalnom nasilju

and talks about how it's the way

kao i o načinu

our institutions, our policies, our culture

na koji naše institucije, propisi i kultura

creates outcomes that advantage some people and disadvantage others.

dovode do ishoda koji daju prednost nekim ljudima, dok škode drugima.

And then I realized, much like the road in Jericho,

Tako sam shvatio da je, baš poput puta za Jerihon,

in many ways, Stockton, our society,

na mnogo načina, Stokton, naše društvo,

has been structured for the outcomes we complain about.

strukturisano za ishode na koje se žalimo.

That we should not be surprised

Da ne treba da nas čudi

when we see that kids in poverty don't do well in school,

kada vidimo da siromašna deca nisu uspešna u školi,

that we should not be surprised to see wealth gaps by race and ethnicity.

da ne treba da nas čudi da se rase i nacionalnosti razlikuju u bogatstvu.

We should not be surprised to see income pay disparities between genders,

Ne treba da nas čude razlike u primanjima između polova,

because that's what our society, historically, has been structured to do,

jer naše društvo je tako strukturisano kroz prošlost,

and it's working accordingly.

i u skladu sa time funkcioniše.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I tako, prihvativši ovu mudrost,

So taking this wisdom,

I rolled up my sleeves and began to work.

zavrnuo sam rukave i počeo da radim.

And there's three quick stories I want to share,

Hteo bih da iznesem tri kratke priče

koje ne ukazuju na to da smo sve shvatili,

that point to not that we figured everything out,

not that we have arrived,

niti da smo uspeli,

but we're trending in the right direction.

već da idemo u pravom smeru.

The first story, about the neighbor.

Prva priča, o susedu.

When I was a city council member,

Kada sam bio član gradskog veća,

I was working with one of the most conservative members in our community

radio sam sa jednim od najkonzervativnijih članova naše zajednice

on opening a health clinic for undocumented people

na otvaranju zdravstvene klinike za ilegalne doseljenike

in the south part of the city, and I loved it.

u južnom delu grada, i bio sam oduševljen time.

And as we opened the clinic,

Dok smo otvarali kliniku,

we had a resolution to sign,

trebalo je da potpišemo rezoluciju,

he presented me a gift.

i on mi je dao poklon.

It was an O'Reilly Factor lifetime membership pin.

Bila je to značka za doživotno članstvo za emisiju O'Rajlijev Faktor.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Mind you, I didn't ask what he did to get such a gift.

Pazite, nisam pitao šta je uradio da bi dobio takav poklon.

What blood oath -- I had no idea how he got it.

Kakvu je krvnu zakletvu - nisam imao pojma kako je to dobio.

But I looked at him and I said,

Pogledao sam ga i rekao:

"Well, how are we working together to open a health clinic,

„Pa, kako ćemo da radimo zajedno na otvaranju klinike,

to provide free health care for undocumented people,

da pružimo besplatnu zdravstvenu zaštitu za nelegalne doseljenike,

and you're an O'Reilly Factor member?"

a vi ste član O'Rajlijevog Faktora?“

He looked at me and said,

Pogledao me je i rekao:

"Councilman Tubbs, this is for my neighbors."

„Odborniče Tabs, ovo je za moje susede.“

And he's a great example of what it means

To je sjajan primer toga šta znači

to be a good neighbor, at least in that instance.

biti dobar sused, makar u tom slučaju.

The robbers.

Pljačkaši.

So after four years on city council, I decided to run for mayor,

Nakon četiri godine u gradskom veću,

rešio sam da se kandidujem za gradonačelnika,

realizing that being a part-time councilman wasn't enough

shvativši da nije dovoljno da budem odbornik sa skraćenim radnim vremenom

to enact the structural changes we need to see in Stockton,

da bi došle strukturalne promene koje su nam potrebne u Stoktonu,

and I came to that conclusion by looking at the data.

i došao sam do te odluke gledajući podatke.

So my old council district, where I grew up,

Veće mog starog okruga, gde sam odrastao,

is 10 minutes away from a more affluent district.

udaljeno je 10 minuta od imućnijeg okruga.

And 10 minutes away in the same city,

A udaljenost od 10 minuta u istom gradu,

the difference between zip code 95205 and 95219

razlika u životnom veku između poštanskih brojeva 95205 i 95219

in life expectancy is 10 years.

je 10 godina.

Ten minutes away, 4.5 miles,

Deset minuta udaljenosti, 7,2 km,

10 years life expectancy difference,

10 godina razlike u očekivanoj dužini života,

and not because of the choices people are making.

i to ne zbog odluka koje ti ljudi donose.

Because no one chose to live in an unsafe community

Jer niko nije odabrao da živi u opasnom kraju

where they can't exercise.

gde ne može da vežba.

Niko nije birao da tu bude više prodavnica sa alkoholom nego sa namirnicama.

No one chose to put more liquor stores than grocery stores in the community.

No one chose these things, but that's the reality.

Niko nije birao te stvari, ali to je realnost.

I realized, as a councilman,

Shvatio sam, kao odbornik,

to enact a structural change I wanted to see,

kako bih ostvario željene strukturalne promene,

where between the same zip codes

ako između istih poštanskih brojeva

there's a 30 percent difference in the rate of unemployment,

postoji 30 posto razlike u stopi nezaposlenosti,

razlika u prihodima od 75 000 dolara godišnje,

there's a 75,000 dollars a year difference in income,

that being a councilman was not going to cut it.

delovanje kao odbornik neće da pomogne.

So that's when I decided to run for mayor.

Tada sam rešio da se kandidujem za gradonačelnika.

And as mayor, we've been focused on the robbers and the road.

Kao gradonačelnik, bio sam fokusiran na pljačkaše i put,

So in Stockton, as I mentioned,

U Stoktonu, kao što sam pomenuo,

postoji duga istorija problema sa nasilnim kriminalom.

we have historically had problems with violent crime.

In fact, that's why I decided to run for office in the first place.

U stvari, zato sam pre svega i odlučio da se borim za vlast.

And my first job as mayor was helping our community

Moj prvi zadatak u ulozi gradonačelnika

bila je da pomognem našoj zajednici da vidi sebe, svoje susede,

to see ourselves, our neighbors,

not just in the people victimized by violence

ne samo u ljudima koji su bili žrtva nasija,

but also in the perpetrators.

već i u počiniocima.

We realized that those who enact pain in our society,

Shvatili smo da su oni koji donose bol našem društvu,

those who are committing homicides and contributing to gun violence,

oni koji vrše ubistva i učestvuju u oružanom nasilju,

are oftentimes victims themselves.

često i sami žrtve.

They have high rates of trauma, they have been shot at,

Među njima ima mnogo traume, na njih su pucali,

they've known people who have been shot.

znaju ljude koji su upucani.

To ne opravdava njihovo ponašanje, ali pomaže da se objasni,

That doesn't excuse their behavior, but it helps explain it,

and as a community, we have to see these folks as us, too.

i mi kao zajednica moramo da vidimo i te ljude kao sebe same.

That they too are our neighbors.

I oni su naši susedi.

So for the past three years --

Tako smo protekle tri godine -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So for the past three years, we've been working on two strategies:

Tako smo protekle tri godine radili na dvema strategijama,

Ceasefire and Advance Peace,

prekidu vatre i naprednom miru,

pri čemu pružamo tim ljudima toliko pažnje, toliko ljubavi,

where we give these guys as much attention, as much love

from social services, from opportunities, from tattoo removals,

od socijalnih usluga, do pružanja prilika i uklanjanja tetovaža,

in some cases even cash,

u nekim slučajevima i novca,

as a gift from law enforcement.

kao poklona od policije.

And last year, we saw a 40 percent reduction in homicides

Prošle godine smo uočili smanjenje ubistava od 40 posto

and a 30 percent reduction in violent crime.

i smanjenje nasilnih zločina od 30 posto.

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And now, the road.

A sada, put.

I mentioned that my community has a 23 percent poverty rate.

Pomenuo sam da moja zajednica ima stopu siromaštva od 23 procenta.

As someone who comes from poverty, it's a personal issue for me.

To je lični problem za mene, kao nekog ko potiče iz siromaštva.

So I decided that we wouldn't just do a program,

Zato sam odlučio ne da samo sprovedemo program,

or we wouldn't just do something to go around the edges,

ili da samo uradimo nešto što će da dotakne ivice,

but we would call into question the very structure

već da dovedemo u pitanje samu strukturu

that produces poverty in the first place.

koja prvobitno stvara siromaštvo.

So starting in February, we launched a basic income demonstration,

Počevši od februara, pokrenuli smo isprobavanje bazičnog dohotka,

where for the next 18 months,

gde ćemo u toku narednih 18 meseci

as a pilot, 130 families, randomly selected,

sprovesti pilot istraživanje na 130 nasumično odabranih porodica

who live in zip codes at or below the median income of the city,

koje žive na poštanskim brojevima srednje vrednosti dohotka u gradu,

are given 500 dollars a month.

u kome im dajemo 500 dolara mesečno.

And we're doing this for a couple of reasons.

To radimo iz više razloga.

We're doing it because we realize

To radimo jer shvatamo

that something is structurally wrong in America,

da nešto strukturalno nije u redu sa Amerikom

when one in two Americans can't afford one 400-dollar emergency.

kada jedan od dvoje Amerikanaca ne može da priušti hitan trošak od 400 dolara.

We're doing it because we realize that something is structurally wrong

Radimo to jer shvatamo da nešto strukturalno nije u redu

when wages have only increased six percent between 1979 and 2013.

kada su se plate povećale svega šest odsto između 1979. i 2013. godine.

We're doing it because we realize something is structurally wrong

Radimo to jer shvatamo da nešto strukturalno nije u redu

when people working two and three jobs,

kada ljudi rade dva ili tri posla,

doing all the jobs no one in here wants to do,

rade sve one poslove koje niko ovde ne želi da radi,

ne mogu da plate potrepštine kao što je kirija,

can't pay for necessities, like rent,

like lights, like health care, like childcare.

kao što je struja, zdravstvena zaštita, čuvanje dece.

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So I would say, Stockton again, we have real issues.

Tako da bih rekao, opet vezano za Stokton, imamo istinske probleme.

I have constituent emails in my phone now, about the homelessness issue,

U telefonu imam bitne imejlove o problemu beskućništva,

about some of the violent crime we're still experiencing.

o nekim od nasilnih zločina sa kojima se i dalje suočavamo.

But I would say, I think as a society, we would be wise to go back

Ali rekao bih da bi za nas kao društvo bilo mudro da se vratimo

to those old Bible stories we were taught growing up,

starim biblijskim pričama kojima su nas učili u detinjstvu,

and understand that number one,

i shvatimo da, kao prvo,

we have to begin to see each other as neighbors,

moramo da počnemo da vidimo jedni druge kao susede,

that when we see someone different from us,

da kada vidimo nekog ko je drugačiji od nas,

they should not reflect our fears, our anxieties, our insecurities,

oni ne treba da budu odraz naših strahova, naših strepnji, naših nesigurnosti,

the prejudices we've been taught, our biases -- but we should see ourselves.

predrasuda kojima smo naučeni, naših pristrasnosti -

već da vidimo sebe same.

Treba da vidimo našu zajedničku ljudskost.

We should see our common humanity.

Because I think once we do that,

Jer mislim da, kada to uradimo,

we can do the more important work of restructuring the road.

možemo da se bavimo bitnijim poslom prestrukturisanja puta.

Because again, I understand some listening are saying,

Jer, još jednom, razumem da će neki koji ovo slušaju reći:

"Well, Mayor Tubbs, you're talking about structural violence and structural this,

„Pa, gradonačelniče Tabs, vi pričate o strukturalnom nasilju i drugim stvarima,

but you're on the stage.

ali vi ste na bini.

That the structures can't be too bad if you could come up from poverty,

Ne čini se da su te strukture tako loše ako se izvučete iz siromaštva,

have a father in jail, go to Stanford,

imate oca u zatvoru, pohađate Stenford,

work in the White House and become mayor."

radite u Beloj kući i postanete gradonačelnik.“

And I would respond by saying the term for that is exceptionalism.

A ja bih na to odgovorio da se to zove izuzetak.

Meaning that we recognize it's exceptional for people to escape the structures.

U smislu da prepoznajemo da je izuzetak da ljudi izađu iz tih struktura.

Meaning by our very language,

U smislu da samim našim jezikom

we understand that the things we're seeing in our world are by design.

razumemo da su stvari koje vidimo u svetu unapred određene.

And I think that task for us, as TEDsters,

I mislim da je zadatak nas, kao TED-ovaca,

and as good people, just people, moral people,

i kao dobrih ljudi, pravednih i moralnih ljudi,

is really do the hard work necessary of not just joining hands as neighbors,

da se latimo nužnog napornog rada, ne samo susedskog udruživanja,

but using our hands to restructure our road,

već i angažovanja na prestrukturisanju našeg puta,

a road that in this country has been rooted in things like white supremacy.

puta koji se u ovoj zemlji temelji

na nečemu poput verovanja u belačku superiornost.

A road like in this country has been rooted in things like misogyny.

Puta koji se u ovoj zemlji temelji na nečemu poput mizoginije.

A road that's not working for far too many people.

Puta koji nije prohodan za jako mnogo ljudi.

And I think today, tomorrow and 2020 we have a chance to change that.

Mislim da danas, sutra i 2020. godine imamo šanse da to promenimo.

So as I prepare to close,

Dok privodim kraju,

I started with a story from nine years ago and I'll end with one.

počeo sam pričom od pre devet godina i završiću još jednom.

So after my cousin was murdered,

Nakon što je moj rođak ubijen,

I was lucky enough to go on the Freedom Rides

imao sam sreće da sarađujem sa grupom Putnika slobode,

with some of the original freedom riders.

sa nekima od prvobitnih putnika.

And they taught me a lot about restructuring the road.

Naučili su me mnogo čemu o prestrukturisanju puta.

And one guy in particular, Bob Singleton, asked me a question

Konkretno jedan od njih, Bob Singlton, postavio mi je pitanje

I'm going to leave with us today.

kojim ću završiti za danas.

We were going to Anniston, Alabama, and he said, "Michael,"

Išli smo u Eniston u Alabami, i rekao je: „Majkl,“

a ja sam odgovorio: „Da, gospodine.“

and I said, "Yes, sir."

He said, "I was arrested on August 4, 1961.

Rekao je: „Bio sam uhapšen 4. avgusta 1961.

Now why is that day important?"

Znaš li zašto je taj dan značajan?“

And I said, "Well, you were arrested,

Odgovorio sam: „Pa bili ste uhapšeni,

if you weren't arrested, we wouldn't be on this bus.

a da vas nisu uhapsili, ne biste bili na tom autobusu,

if we weren't on this bus, we wouldn't have the rights we enjoy."

a da niste bili u autobusu, ne bismo imali prava u kojima uživamo.“

He rolled his eyes and said, "No, son."

Prevrnuo je očima i rekao: „Ne, sine.“

He said, "On that day, Barack Obama was born."

Rekao je: „Tog dana, rođen je Barak Obama.“

And then he said he had no idea that the choice he made

Potom je rekao da nije imao pojma da će odluka koju je doneo

to restructure the road

da prestrukturiše put

would pave the way,

utrti put

so a child born as a second class citizen,

tako da dete rođeno kao građanin drugog reda,

who wouldn't be able to even get a cup of water at a counter,

koje inače ne bi moglo da dobije ni čašu vode na šalteru,

would have the chance, 50 years later, to be president.

dobije šansu da postane predsednik 50 godina kasnije.

Then he looked at me and he said,

Onda me je pogledao i rekao:

"What are you prepared to do today

„Na šta si ti spreman danas

so that 50 years from now

da bi za 50 godina rođeno dete imalo šansu da postane predsednik?“

a child born has a chance to be president?"

And I think, TED, that's the question before us today.

I mislim, TED-ovci, da je to pitanje danas pred nama.

We know things are jacked up.

Znamo da su stvari poremećene.

I think what we've seen recently isn't abnormal

Mislim da ono što vidimo u poslednje vreme nije nenormalno,

but a reflection of a system that's been structured

već odraz sistema koji je strukturisan

to produce such crazy outcomes.

tako da proizvodi sulude ishode.

But I think it's also an opportunity.

Ali mislim da je to i prilika.

Because these structures we inherit aren't acts of God

Jer strukture koje nasleđujemo nisu božja dela,

but acts of men and women, they're policy choices,

već dela muškaraca i žena, to su političke odluke,

they're by politicians like me, approved by voters like you.

stvorili su ih političari poput mene, a odobrili glasači poput vas.

And we have the chance and the awesome opportunity

Imamo šansu i sjajnu priliku

to do something about it.

da nešto preduzmemo u vezi sa tim.

So my question is: What are we prepared to do today,

Moje pitanje je: na šta smo spremni danas,

so that a child born today, 50 years from now

tako da dete rođeno danas, 50 godina od danas

isn't born in a society rooted in white supremacy;

ne bude rođeno u društvu utemeljenom u belačkoj superiornosti,

isn't born into a society riddled with misogyny;

ne bude rođeno u društvu prožetom mizoginijom,

isn't born into a society riddled with homophobia and transphobia

ne bude rođeno u društvu prožetom homofobijom, transfobijom,

and anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and ableism,

antisemitizmom, islamofobijom, ejblizmom,

and all the phobias and -isms?

i svim fobijama i izmima?

What are we prepared to do today,

Na šta smo spremni danas,

so that 50 years from now

tako da za 50 godina

we have a road in our society that's structured

u našem društvu imamo put koji je strukturisan

to reflect what we hold to be self-evident?

tako da odražava ono što smatramo očiglednim istinama?

That all men, that all women,

Da svi muškarci, da su sve žene,

that even all trans people

da su čak i svi trans ljudi

are created equal

stvoreni jednaki

and are endowed by your Creator with certain unalienable rights,

i da im je tvorac podario izvesna neotuđiva prava,

including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

u koja spadaju život, sloboda i potraga za srećom.

Thank you.

Hvala.

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