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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.92,0:00:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the red tiles in my family's den
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.08,0:00:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would dance and sing\Nto the made-for-TV movie "Gypsy,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.25,0:00:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starring Bette Midler.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.42,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) "I had a dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wonderful dream, papa."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.92,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would sing it with the urgency\Nand the burning desire of a nine-year-old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.58,0:00:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who did, in fact, have a dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.71,0:00:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream was to be an actress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's true that I never saw\Nanyone who looked like me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.88,0:00:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in television or in films,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.42,0:00:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sure, my family and friends\Nand teachers all constantly warned me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.54,0:00:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people like me\Ndidn't make it in Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.42,0:00:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was an American.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.62,0:00:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had been taught to believe\Nthat anyone could achieve anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the color of their skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.54,0:00:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that my parents\Nimmigrated from Honduras,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.33,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that I had no money.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.58,0:01:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't need my dream to be easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.79,0:01:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just needed it to be possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.83,0:01:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my first professional audition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.25,0:01:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a commercial\Nfor cable subscriptions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.79,0:01:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or bail bonds, I don't really remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.96,0:01:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.12,0:01:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I do remember\Nis that the casting director asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Could you do that again,\Nbut just this time, sound more Latina."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.92,0:01:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Um, OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.25,0:01:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you want me\Nto do it in Spanish?" I asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.96,0:01:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, do it in English,\Njust sound Latina."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.92,0:01:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I am a Latina,\Nso isn't this what a Latina sounds like?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a long and awkward silence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.96,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.50,0:01:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, sweetie, never mind,\Nthank you for coming in, bye!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me most of the car ride home\Nto realize that by "sound more Latina"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.75,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was asking me\Nto speak in broken English.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.08,0:02:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't figure out why the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.12,0:02:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was an actual,\Nreal-life, authentic Latina
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.50,0:02:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't really seem to matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.33,0:02:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I didn't get the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.21,0:02:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't get a lot of the jobs\Npeople were willing to see me for:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.04,0:02:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gang-banger's girlfriend,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.50,0:02:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sassy shoplifter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.29,0:02:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pregnant chola number two.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.62,0:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.17,0:02:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were the kinds of roles\Nthat existed for someone like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.50,0:02:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone they looked at\Nand saw as too brown, too fat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.83,0:02:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too poor, too unsophisticated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.58,0:02:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These roles were stereotypes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.58,0:02:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and couldn't have been further\Nfrom my own reality
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.25,0:02:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or from the roles I dreamt of playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.88,0:02:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to play people\Nwho were complex and multidimensional,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.83,0:02:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who existed in the center\Nof their own lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.79,0:03:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not cardboard cutouts that stood\Nin the background of someone else's.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.54,0:03:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I dared to say that\Nto my manager --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.46,0:03:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the person I pay\Nto help me find opportunity --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.17,0:03:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his response was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.21,0:03:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Someone has to tell that girl\Nshe has unrealistic expectations."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.62,0:03:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wasn't wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.71,0:03:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I fired him, but he wasn't wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.17,0:03:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.33,0:03:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.96,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because whenever I did try to get a role\Nthat wasn't a poorly written stereotype,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.17,0:03:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.46,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're not looking\Nto cast this role diversely."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.58,0:03:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "We love her,\Nbut she's too specifically ethnic."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.12,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "Unfortunately, we already have\None Latino in this movie."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.12,0:03:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept receiving the same message\Nagain and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.17,0:04:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That my identity was an obstacle\NI had to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.17,0:04:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.71,0:04:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come at me, obstacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.54,0:04:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an American. My name is America.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.92,0:04:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trained my whole life for this,\NI'll just follow the playbook,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.17,0:04:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll work harder."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.92,0:04:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I did, I worked my hardest
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.58,0:04:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overcome all the things\Nthat people said were wrong with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.38,0:04:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stayed out of the sun\Nso that my skin wouldn't get too brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.71,0:04:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I straightened my curls into submission.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.71,0:04:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I constantly tried to lose weight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.58,0:04:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought fancier\Nand more expensive clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.33,0:04:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All so that when people looked at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.25,0:04:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wouldn't see a too fat,\Ntoo brown, too poor Latina.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.71,0:04:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would see what I was capable of.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.42,0:04:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe they would give me a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.79,0:04:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in an ironic twist of fate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.71,0:05:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I finally did get a role\Nthat would make all my dreams come true,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a role that required me\Nto be exactly who I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.17,0:05:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ana in "Real Women Have Curves"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a brown, poor, fat Latina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.12,0:05:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had never seen anyone\Nlike her, anyone like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.54,0:05:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,existing in the center\Nof her own life story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.96,0:05:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traveled throughout the US
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.88,0:05:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to multiple countries with this film
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people, regardless of their age,\Nethnicity, body type,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.58,0:05:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saw themselves in Ana.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.17,0:05:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 17-year-old chubby Mexican American girl
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling against cultural norms\Nto fulfill her unlikely dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.75,0:05:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of what\NI had been told my whole life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.29,0:06:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw firsthand that people actually did\Nwant to see stories about people like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.58,0:06:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that my unrealistic expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.83,0:06:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see myself authentically\Nrepresented in the culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.92,0:06:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were other people’s expectations, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.25,0:06:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Real Women Have Curves"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.75,0:06:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a critical, cultural\Nand financial success.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.58,0:06:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great," I thought, "We did it!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.75,0:06:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We proved our stories have value.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.54,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things are going to change now."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.04,0:06:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I watched as very little happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no watershed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.12,0:06:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one in the industry\Nwas rushing to tell more stories
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.75,0:06:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the audience that was hungry\Nand willing to pay to see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.79,0:06:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four years later,\Nwhen I got to play Ugly Betty,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.75,0:06:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw the same phenomenon play out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.88,0:06:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ugly Betty" premiered in the US\Nto 16 million viewers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was nominated\Nfor 11 Emmys in its first year.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.79,0:07:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.25,0:07:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in spite of "Ugly Betty's" success,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.62,0:07:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would not be another television show
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.08,0:07:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led by a Latina actress
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.46,0:07:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on American television for eight years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.67,0:07:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been 12 years
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.62,0:07:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I became the first and only Latina
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.25,0:07:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ever win an Emmy in a lead category.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.33,0:07:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not a point of pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.71,0:07:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a point of deep frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.25,0:07:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because awards prove our worth,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.04,0:07:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because who we see\Nthriving in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.88,0:07:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaches us how to see ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.62,0:07:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to think about our own value,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.25,0:07:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to dream about our futures.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.96,0:07:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And anytime I begin to doubt that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.92,0:08:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that there was a little girl,\Nliving in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.04,0:08:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow, she got\Nher hands on some DVDs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.96,0:08:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an American television show
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.96,0:08:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which she saw her own dream\Nof becoming a writer reflected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.25,0:08:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her autobiography, Malala wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.79,0:08:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I had become interested in journalism
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.67,0:08:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after seeing how my own words\Ncould make a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.04,0:08:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also from watching\Nthe "Ugly Betty" DVDs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.04,0:08:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about life at an American magazine."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.08,0:08:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.17,0:08:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 17 years of my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.92,0:08:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have witnessed the power our voices have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.21,0:08:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they can access\Npresence in the culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.29,0:08:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.96,0:08:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lived it, we've all seen it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.71,0:08:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In entertainment, in politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.92,0:08:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in business, in social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.75,0:09:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot deny it --\Npresence creates possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.92,0:09:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the last 17 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.96,0:09:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also heard the same excuses
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.75,0:09:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for why some of us can access\Npresence in the culture
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.67,0:09:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of us can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.04,0:09:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our stories don't have an audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.79,0:09:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our experiences won't resonate\Nin the mainstream,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.21,0:09:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our voices are too big a financial risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.62,0:09:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a few years ago, my agent called
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.25,0:09:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain to me why\NI wasn't getting a role in a movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.25,0:09:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "They loved you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.25,0:09:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they really, really do want\Nto cast diversely,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.92,0:09:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the movie isn't financeable\Nuntil they cast the white role first."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.71,0:09:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He delivered the message\Nwith a broken heart
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.42,0:09:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with a tone that communicated,\N"I understand how messed up this is."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.67,0:10:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nonetheless, just like\Nhundreds of times before,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.62,0:10:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt the tears roll down my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.88,0:10:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the pang of rejection rise up in me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.96,0:10:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the voice of shame scolding me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.29,0:10:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are a grown woman,\Nstop crying over a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.21,0:10:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went through this process for years\Nof accepting the failure as my own
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.29,0:10:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then feeling deep shame\Nthat I couldn't overcome the obstacles.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.75,0:10:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time, I heard a new voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.75,0:10:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A voice that said, "I'm tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.92,0:10:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had enough."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.58,0:10:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A voice that understood
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.21,0:10:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my tears and my pain\Nwere not about losing a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.42,0:10:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were about what\Nwas actually being said about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.12,0:10:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What had been said about me my whole life
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.04,0:10:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by executives and producers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.04,0:10:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and directors and writers\Nand agents and managers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.08,0:10:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teachers and friends and family.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.04,0:10:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I was a person of less value.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.75,0:11:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought sunscreen\Nand straightening irons
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.38,0:11:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would bring about change\Nin this deeply entrenched value system.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.50,0:11:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I realized in that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.46,0:11:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that I was never actually asking\Nthe system to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.25,0:11:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asking it to let me in,\Nand those aren't the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.38,0:11:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't change\Nwhat a system believed about me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.42,0:11:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I believed what\Nthe system believed about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.46,0:11:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.96,0:11:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, like everyone around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.88,0:11:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believed that it wasn't possible\Nfor me to exist in my dream as I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.62,0:11:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went about\Ntrying to make myself invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.25,0:11:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this revealed to me\Nwas that it is possible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.71,0:11:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the person\Nwho genuinely wants to see change
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.75,0:12:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also being the person whose actions\Nkeep things the way they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.50,0:12:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what it's led me to believe\Nis that change isn't going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.08,0:12:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by identifying the good guys\Nand the bad guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.04,0:12:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That conversation\Nlets us all off the hook.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.88,0:12:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because most of us\Nare neither one of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.50,0:12:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change will come
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.12,0:12:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when each of us has the courage
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.08,0:12:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to question our own fundamental\Nvalues and beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.33,0:12:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then see to it that our actions\Nlead to our best intentions.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.54,0:12:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am just one of millions of people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.62,0:12:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been told\Nthat in order to fulfill my dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.50,0:12:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to contribute\Nmy talents to the world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.71,0:12:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to resist the truth of who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.04,0:12:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I for one, am ready to stop resisting
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.88,0:12:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to start existing\Nas my full and authentic self.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.42,0:13:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could go back and say anything
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.08,0:13:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that nine-year-old,\Ndancing in the den, dreaming her dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.58,0:13:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.12,0:13:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my identity is not my obstacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.29,0:13:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My identity is my superpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.25,0:13:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.62,0:13:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am what the world looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.67,0:13:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are what the world looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.67,0:13:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collectively, we are\Nwhat the world actually looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.79,0:13:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in order for our systems\Nto reflect that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.92,0:13:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have to create a new reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.83,0:13:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just have to stop\Nresisting the one we already live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.67,0:13:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.96,0:13:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)