The danger of silence | Clint Smith | TED

Translator: Rahim K. Reviewer: Madina Juarez

Fan doctori Martin Luter King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

in a 1968 speech where he reflects upon the Civil Rights Movement,

1968 yilgi nutqida Fuqoro Huquqlari Harakati haqida firk yuritar ekan,

states, "In the end,

shunday deydi, "Eng so'ngida

we will remember not the words of our enemies

yodimizda qoladigani dushmanlarimizning so'zlari emas

but the silence of our friends."

balki do'stlarimizning sukunatidir."

As a teacher, I've internalized this message.

Muallim sifatida men bu fikrni o'zimga tadbiq etdim.

Every day, all around us,

Har kungi hayotimizda, atrofimizda

we see the consequences of silence

biz sukunatning oqibatlariga shohidmiz.

manifest themselves in the form of discrimination,

Ular bizga diskriminatsiya,

violence, genocide and war.

vahshiylik, qatliom va urush ko'rinishida namoyon bo'ladi.

In the classroom, I challenge my students

Sinfimda men o'quvchilarimni

to explore the silences in their own lives

o'z hayotlarida she'riyat orqali sukunatni kashf etishga chorlayman.

through poetry.

We work together to fill those spaces,

Birgalikda biz sukunat bo'shlig'ini to'ldiramiz,

to recognize them, to name them,

uni tanib bilib, unga nom beramiz,

to understand that they don't have to be sources of shame.

sukut uyat manbai bo'lishi shart emasligini tushunishga intilamiz.

In an effort to create a culture within my classroom

O'quvchim o'z kechinmasini bo'lisha oladigan tinch sinf muhit

where students feel safe sharing the intimacies

yaratish uchun doskada 4 asosiy tamoyillarni yozdim.

of their own silences,

I have four core principles posted on the board

Bular sinfimning oldida

that sits in the front of my class,

va yil boshida har bir o'quvchi ularni imzolaydi,

which every student signs at the beginning of the year:

tanqidiy nazar bilan o'qi, tushunib yoz, aniq gapir, o'z haqiqatingni so'zla.

read critically, write consciously,

speak clearly, tell your truth.

So'nggi fikr meni juda ko'p o'yga soladi - o'z haqiqatingni so'zla.

And I find myself thinking a lot about that last point,

tell your truth.

And I realized that

Va men shuni tushundimki,

o'quvchilarimdan qo'rqmay gapirishni so'rar ekanman,

if I was going to ask my students to speak up,

I was going to have to tell my truth

unda o'zim ham o'z haqiqatimni so'zlashim kerak

and be honest with them about the times

hamda, haqchil bo'lolmagan damlarim haqida ularga ochiq aytishim kerak.

where I failed to do so.

So I tell them that growing up,

Men ularga, Nyu Orleansda Katolik oilasida uyg'ayar ekanman, ro'za paytida

as a kid in a Catholic family in New Orleans,

during Lent I was always taught

inson uchun eng mazmunli narsa bu nimadandir voz kechish,

that the most meaningful thing one could do

was to give something up,

nimadandir qurbon bo'lish deb uqtirilgan edi.

sacrifice something you typically indulge in

Bu, Xudo muqaddas degan tushungizni isbotidir.

to prove to God you understand his sanctity.

I've given up soda, McDonald's, French fries,

Men gazli ichimliklar, McDonald's, fri-kartoshkani, o'pishish,

French kisses, and everything in between.

va boshqa narsalardan voz kechdim.

Lekin bir yili, gapirishdan ham voz kechdim.

But one year, I gave up speaking.

O'z ovozim menga eng qadrli bo'lgani uchun uni qurbon keltirishim kerak deb o'yladim.

I figured the most valuable thing I could sacrifice

was my own voice, but it was like I hadn't realized

Ammo, undan allaqchon voz kechganimni tushunmagandim.

that I had given that up a long time ago.

Hayotimda odamlarga o'zimning gapim o'rniga ular istagan gapni aytdim,

I spent so much of my life

telling people the things they wanted to hear

instead of the things they needed to,

told myself I wasn't meant to be anyone's conscience

o'zimga, men boshqaning vijdoni emasman, o'z hayot yo'limni topishim kerak derdim,

because I still had to figure out being my own,

so sometimes I just wouldn't say anything,

ba'zida hech narsa demasdim, sukutimni bilmaslik bilan oqlardim,

appeasing ignorance with my silence,

sukunat rizo alomati ekanligini bilmasdim.

unaware that validation doesn't need words

to endorse its existence.

Kristian gey bo'lgani uchun do'pposlanganda indamadim,

When Christian was beat up for being gay,

I put my hands in my pocket

hech narsani ko'rmaganday boshimni egib ketaverardim.

and walked with my head down as if I didn't even notice.

I couldn't use my locker for weeks because the bolt on the lock

Jovonimni bir necha hafta ocholmadim.

reminded me of the one I had put on my lips

Undagi qulf tilimga so'lingan qulfni eslatardi.

when the homeless man on the corner

Ko'chadagi uysiz odam menga qaraganda e'tibor ham bermagandim.

looked at me with eyes up merely searching

for an affirmation that he was worth seeing.

Unga olma berishdan ko'ra, Apple telefonim bilan band edim.

I was more concerned with touching the screen on my Apple

than actually feeding him one.

Maktabga mablag' yig'ish kechasida bir ayol shunday dedi,

When the woman at the fundraising gala

said "I'm so proud of you.

"Siz bilan fahrlanaman, bu qasshoq, aqlsiz bolalarni o'qitish qiyin bo'lsa kerak."

It must be so hard teaching those poor, unintelligent kids,"

I bit my lip, because apparently we needed her money

Indamadim, chunki bizga o'quvchining hurmatidan ko'ra, pul muhimroq edi.

more than my students needed their dignity.

We spend so much time

Biz boshqaning gapiga quloq solishga juda ko'p vaqt ajratamiz,

listening to the things people are saying

u aytmayotgan narsaga e'tibor bermaymiz.

that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't.

Silence is the residue of fear.

Sukunat qo'rquvning qo'ldig'idir.

U - kamchiliklaringiz tufayli,

It is feeling your flaws

gut-wrench guillotine your tongue.

tilingizni tiyishga majburlaydi.

It is the air retreating from your chest

U - o'pkangizda xavf sezib, ko'kragizdan chekinuvchi havo.

because it doesn't feel safe in your lungs.

Silence is Rwandan genocide. Silence is Katrina.

Sukunat - Ruandadagi qatliom. Sukunat - Katrina to'foni.

It is what you hear when there aren't enough body bags left.

U - kafan etmaganda quloqqa chalinadigan sado.

It is the sound after the noose is already tied.

U - qopqon yopilgandan song eshitiluvchi ovoz.

U kuydiradi. U kishan. U imkoniyat. U og'riqdir.

It is charring. It is chains. It is privilege. It is pain.

Kurashlaringiz sizni tanlaganda o'ylagani fursat yo'q.

There is no time to pick your battles

when your battles have already picked you.

I will not let silence wrap itself around my indecision.

Sukunat ikkilanishimdan foydalanishiga yo'l qo'ymayman.

I will tell Christian that he is a lion,

Kristianga shersan, mardlik va zakovat ma'badisan, deyman.

a sanctuary of bravery and brilliance.

I will ask that homeless man what his name is

O'sha uysiz odamdan ismini so'rayman,

and how his day was, because sometimes

kuni haqida qiziqaman,

chunki ba'zan odamzot inson bo'lishni hohlaydi.

all people want to be is human.

I will tell that woman that my students can talk about

U ayolga esa, o'quvchilarim shunchalik zukkoki

transcendentalism like their last name was Thoreau,

hatto Toroning transendentalizmini tushunishadi,

and just because you watched one episode of "The Wire"

"Wire" seryalining bir qismini ko'rdim deb

doesn't mean you know anything about my kids.

bolalarni bilaman deb oylamang, deyman.

So this year,

Bu yil nimadandir voz kechish o'rniga

instead of giving something up,

I will live every day as if there were a microphone

har kunimni tilim ostida mikrofon

tucked under my tongue,

a stage on the underside of my inhibition.

qo'yilgan kabi yashayman, qo'rquvim ostida minbar bor kabi.

Because who has to have a soapbox

Chunki, sizda ovoz bor ekan, jamoa minbariga hech xojat yo'q!

when all you've ever needed is your voice?

Rahmat.

Thank you.

(Qarsaklar)

(Applause)