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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.06,0:00:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, I didn't always \Nunderstand why
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.19,0:00:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents made me follow\Nthe rules that they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, why did I really \Nhave to mow the lawn?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.02,0:00:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why was homework really that important?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.64,0:00:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why couldn't I put jelly beans \Nin my oatmeal?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.27,0:00:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My childhood was abound\Nwith questions like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.12,0:00:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normal things about being a kid
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.58,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realizing that sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.28,0:00:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was best to listen to my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.19,0:00:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when I didn't exactly understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.78,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not that they didn't want\Nme to think critically.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their parenting always sought \Nto reconcile the tension
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.10,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between having my siblings and I\Nunderstand the realities of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.86,0:00:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while ensuring that we never accepted\Nthe status quo as inevitable.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.65,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to realize that this,\Nin and of itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a very purposeful form of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.05,0:00:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.62,0:00:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazilian author and scholar Paulo Freire,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.39,0:00:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaks quiete explicitly about the need\Nfor edcuation to be used
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tool for critical awakening
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.10,0:00:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shared humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.95,0:00:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his most famous book,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.41,0:01:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pedagogy of the Oppresed",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.14,0:01:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he states, "No one can be \Nauthentically human
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.16,0:01:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while he prevents others from being so."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.15,0:01:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been thinking a lot \Nabout this lately,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.29,0:01:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.27,0:01:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and specifically, who in this world\Nis afforded the privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.26,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being perceived as fully human.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.28,0:01:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the course of \Nthe past several months,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.61,0:01:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world has watched as \Nunarmed black men, and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.82,0:01:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have had their lives taken at the hands\Nof the police and vigilante.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.76,0:01:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These events and all that \Nhas transpired after them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.65,0:01:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have brought me back to my own childhood
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.76,0:01:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the decisions that\Nmy parents made about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.89,0:01:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about raising a black boy in America
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.32,0:01:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that growing up, I didn't always\Nunderstand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.52,0:01:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way that I do now.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.74,0:01:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of how hard it must have been,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.83,0:01:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how profoundly unfair it must have felt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.99,0:01:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to feel like \Nthey had to strip away
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.12,0:01:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of my childhood
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that I could come home at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.21,0:01:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I think of how one night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.08,0:01:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was around 12-years-old\Non an overnight field trip
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.80,0:01:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to another city,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.69,0:02:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends and I bought Super Soakers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.56,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned the hotel parking lot\Ninto our own
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.74,0:02:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our own water-filled battle zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.10,0:02:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hid behind cars,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.80,0:02:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running through the darkness that\Nlaid between the streetlights,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.97,0:02:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boundless laughter ubiquitous \Nacross the pavement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.38,0:02:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within ten minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.98,0:02:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father came outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.85,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grabbed my by my forearm
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lead me unto our room\Nwith an unfamiliar grip.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.70,0:02:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I could say anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.37,0:02:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell him how foolish he had \Nmade me look in front of my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.73,0:02:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he derided me for being so naive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.84,0:02:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looked me in the eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.84,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear consuming his face,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Son, I'm sorry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.40,0:02:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can't act the same \Nas your white friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.24,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't pretend to shoot guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.20,0:02:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't run around in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.09,0:02:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't hide behind anything\Nother than your own teeth."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.13,0:02:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know now how scared he must have been,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.14,0:02:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how easily I could have fallen\Ninto the empty of the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.15,0:02:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some man would mistake this water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.91,0:03:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a good reason to wash\Nall of this away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.15,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the sorts of messages\NI've been inundated with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.01,0:03:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my entire life:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.62,0:03:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always keep your hands where\Nthey can see them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't move too quickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.04,0:03:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take off your hood when the sun goes down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.12,0:03:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents raised me and my siblings\Nin an armor of advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.22,0:03:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ocean of alarm bells so someone\Nwouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.85,0:03:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they wouldn't make\Na memory of this skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.17,0:03:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we could be kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not casket or concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.71,0:03:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not because they thought it\Nwould make us better than anyone else
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.24,0:03:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's simply because they wanted \Nto keep us alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.67,0:03:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my black friends were raised\Nwith the same message:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.40,0:03:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the talk, given to us when we\Nwere old enough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.68,0:03:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be mistaken for a nail ready\Nto be hammered to the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.62,0:03:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people made our melanin\Nsynonymous with something to be feared.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.23,0:03:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it do to a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.59,0:03:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow up knowing that you\Ncannot simply be a child?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.04,0:03:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the whims of adolescence\Nare too dangerous for your breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.19,0:03:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you cannot simply be curious,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.85,0:03:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are not afforded the luxury\Nof making a mistake,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.55,0:03:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that someone's implicit bias \Nmight be the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.07,0:03:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't wake up in the morning.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.16,0:03:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this cannot be what defines us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.89,0:04:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have parents that \Nraised us to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.90,0:04:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our bodies weren't meant\Nfor the backside of a bullet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.11,0:04:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for flying kites and jumping rope
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.11,0:04:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and laughing until our stomachs burst.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.96,0:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had teachers who taught us\Nhow to raise our hands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.43,0:04:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in class, and not just \Nto signal surrender
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.42,0:04:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the only thing\Nwe should give up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.33,0:04:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the idea that we aren't worthy\Nof this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.76,0:04:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we say that black lives matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.62,0:04:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not because others don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.13,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's simply because we must affirm\Nthat we are worthy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of existing without fear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.77,0:04:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when so many things \Ntell us that we are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.88,0:04:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to live in a world where my son\Nwill not be presumed "guilty"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.11,0:04:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moment he is born,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.33,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a toy in his hand is not mistaken\Nfor anything other than a toy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.18,0:04:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I refuse to accept that we can't\Nbuild this world into something new,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.61,0:04:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some place where a child's name \Ndoesn't have to be
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.88,0:04:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,written on a t-shirt or a tombstone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.63,0:04:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the value of someone's life\Nisn't determined
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.01,0:04:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by anything other than the fact\Nthat they had lungs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.56,0:04:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where every single one \Nof us can breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.65,0:04:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.44,0:04:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)