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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.67,0:00:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can ask anyone you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.75,0:00:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they will tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.46,0:00:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are sick and tired\Nof fighting for justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.42,0:00:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of color and members\Nof the LGBT community are tired
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.54,0:00:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of carrying the burden of speaking up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.54,0:00:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stepping up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.25,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when they're being silenced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.50,0:00:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pushed back down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.67,0:00:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And white allies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cis allies are tired, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tired of being told they're doing it wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.33,0:00:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that it isn't even their place\Nto show up at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.54,0:00:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fatigue is impacting all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.92,0:00:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we won't succeed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.29,0:00:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we approach justice in a new way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.75,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in the middle\Nof the civil rights movement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.38,0:01:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the segregated South.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a five-year-old girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.17,0:01:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very interested in ballet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.38,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed to be the five-year-old-girl\Nthing to do in the 1960s.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.83,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother took me to a ballet school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.58,0:01:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the kind of school\Nthat had teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.83,0:01:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that talked about your gifts and talents
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.79,0:01:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that you'd never be a ballerina.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.04,0:01:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.21,0:01:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we arrived,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.58,0:01:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said nicely that they\N"did not accept Negroes."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.46,0:01:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got back in the car as if we were\Njust leaving a grocery store
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.25,0:01:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was out of orange juice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We said nothing ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.88,0:01:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just drove to the next ballet school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.33,0:01:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "We don't accept Negroes."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.62,0:01:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I was confused.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.04,0:01:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked my mother\Nwhy they didn't want me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.21,0:02:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said, "Well, they're just\Nnot smart enough to accept you right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.79,0:02:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they don't know\Nhow excellent you are."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.88,0:02:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.17,0:02:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.08,0:02:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I didn't know what that meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.75,0:02:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.50,0:02:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was sure it wasn't good
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.29,0:02:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I could see it\Nin my mother's eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.25,0:02:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was angry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.54,0:02:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it looked like she was\Non the verge of tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.12,0:02:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I decided right then and right there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.88,0:02:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ballet was dumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.54,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I had lots of experiences\Nlike that along the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.04,0:02:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as I got older,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.08,0:02:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to get angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.62,0:02:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just angry\Nat the outright racism and injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.12,0:02:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was angry at people\Nthat stood by and didn't say anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, why didn't the white parents\Nin that ballet school say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.92,0:02:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, that's wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let that little girl dance."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.71,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or why --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.33,0:03:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't the white patrons\Nin the segregated restaurants say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.67,0:03:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, that's not right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.42,0:03:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let that family eat."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.96,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it didn't take me long to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.21,0:03:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that racial injustice\Nwasn't the only place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.75,0:03:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people in the majority\Nwere staying quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'd sit in church and hear\Nsome homophobic comment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.54,0:03:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being disguised as something scriptural,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.62,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say, "I'm sorry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.54,0:03:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why aren't the heterosexual\Nchurchgoers disrupting this nonsense?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.38,0:03:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.04,0:03:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.29,0:03:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a room filled with boomers and Gen-Xers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.33,0:03:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who started degrading\Ntheir millennial colleagues
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.04,0:03:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being spoiled, lazy and overconfident,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.96,0:03:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say, "I'm sorry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.96,0:03:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why isn't someone my age\Nsaying 'stop stereotyping?'"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.67,0:03:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.96,0:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.17,0:04:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was used to standing up\Non issues like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.92,0:04:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why wasn't everyone else?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.62,0:04:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fifth grade teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.54,0:04:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs. McFarland,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.42,0:04:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught me that justice\Nrequires an accomplice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just anyone will do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.33,0:04:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said we need unlikely allies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.50,0:04:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we want to see real change happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.58,0:04:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for those of us\Nexperiencing injustice up front,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.96,0:04:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be willing to accept the help,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.21,0:04:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when we don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.96,0:04:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change takes too long.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.08,0:04:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, imagine if heterosexual\Nand gay people had not come together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.79,0:04:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the banner of marriage equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.88,0:04:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what if President Kennedy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.25,0:04:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just wasn't interested\Nin the civil rights movement?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.12,0:05:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of our major movements\Nin this country might have been delayed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.83,0:05:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even dead
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.75,0:05:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it weren't for the presence\Nof unlikely allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.08,0:05:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the same people speak up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.38,0:05:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same ways they've always spoken up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.62,0:05:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most we'll ever get\Nare the same results
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.46,0:05:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.83,0:05:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, allies often\Nstand on the sidelines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.62,0:05:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to be called up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.12,0:05:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if unlikely allies\Nled out in front of issues?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.04,0:05:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.42,0:05:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if Black and Native American people\Nstood in front of immigration issues?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.21,0:05:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what if white people led the charge
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.67,0:05:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end racism?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.71,0:05:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.62,0:05:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.00,0:05:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if men led the charge\Non pay equity for women?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.50,0:06:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.50,0:06:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.96,0:06:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if heterosexual people\Nstood in front of LGBTQ issues?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.75,0:06:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.88,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if able-bodied people advocated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.67,0:06:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people living with disabilities?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.25,0:06:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.12,0:06:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we can stand up for issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.79,0:06:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weigh in and advocate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.12,0:06:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when it seems like the issue\Nhas nothing to do with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.12,0:06:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.46,0:06:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are the issues\Nthat are most compelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.71,0:06:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.92,0:06:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will have no idea\Nwhy you are there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.04,0:06:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's why those of us\Nfacing injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.38,0:06:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must be willing to accept the help.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.29,0:06:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we have to fight injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.25,0:06:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a consciousness of grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.67,0:07:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When white guys stand up to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.25,0:07:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the liberation\Nof Black and Brown people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.54,0:07:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black and Brown people will have to\Nbe willing to accept their help.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.71,0:07:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that's complicated,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.25,0:07:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is collective work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.71,0:07:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it requires everyone to be all in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.21,0:07:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day when I was at kindergarten,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.83,0:07:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our teacher introduced us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.33,0:07:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this beautiful, tall,\Nwhite lady named Miss Ann.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.83,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought she was the prettiest\Nwhite lady I'd ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.67,0:07:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if I can be honest with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.33,0:07:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was the first time we'd ever\Nseen a white lady in our school ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.29,0:07:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Ann stood in front of us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.88,0:07:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said she was going\Nto start teaching ballet classes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.17,0:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right there are our school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.04,0:07:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she was proud\Nto be our dance teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.50,0:07:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was unreal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.38,0:08:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.25,0:08:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sings) I didn't think\Nballet was dumb anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.33,0:08:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.88,0:08:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, what I know now\Nis Miss Ann was fully aware
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.96,0:08:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the white ballet schools\Nwould not accept Black girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.79,0:08:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was incensed by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.29,0:08:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she came to the Black neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.83,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start teaching\Nthe dance classes herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.96,0:08:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, it took love\Nand courage for her to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.08,0:08:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.67,0:08:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where there was no justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.17,0:08:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she just built it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.17,0:08:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all survived
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.17,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we stood on the shoulders\Nof our Black ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.79,0:08:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all thrived because\NMiss Ann was an unlikely ally.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.67,0:08:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you add your voice
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.79,0:09:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your actions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.96,0:09:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to situations that you\Ndon't think involve you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.75,0:09:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you actually inspire others\Nto do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.62,0:09:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Ann inspired me\Nto always be on the lookout
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.75,0:09:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for situations that weren't about me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.58,0:09:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where I saw injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.58,0:09:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inequality happening anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.38,0:09:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope she inspires you too,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.00,0:09:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because to win the fight for equity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.29,0:09:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will all need to speak up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.12,0:09:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.50,0:09:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will all need to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.96,0:09:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will all need to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.00,0:09:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when it's hard
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.88,0:09:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even when we feel out of place,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.04,0:09:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is your place,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.04,0:09:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.12,0:09:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice counts on all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.25,0:09:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.58,0:10:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)