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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.39,0:00:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I travel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.66,0:00:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I carry a little metal box\Nof Altoids mints
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.58,0:00:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because after a four-hour,\N7 AM flight, everyone has bad breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.46,0:00:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so almost anyone\Nis willing to take the mint
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.16,0:00:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Muslim on the airplane.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.90,0:00:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.17,0:00:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know I've been successful\Nwhen my neighbor turns and asks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So, what's your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.36,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, even if there was\Nan elephant in the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.20,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still the elephant in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheer) Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.96,0:00:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When an elephant\Noffers you mints on an airplane,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.55,0:00:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fully aware that\Nit's not always easy to accept,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.39,0:01:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when the courageously curious\Ndo pop the what's-your-name question,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.30,0:01:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to make it worth their while.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.85,0:01:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.85,0:01:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Amal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.41,0:01:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means 'hope' in Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most days my name is waitress\Nat my family's Damascus restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full-time university student\Nand then some,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.21,0:01:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pre-law, world traveler, 11 countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.10,0:01:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is I've performed poetry\Nin eight of those countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.90,0:01:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.08,0:01:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,International spoken word poet,\Nunapologetic Muslim woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.29,0:01:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Syrian, American, hijabi,\Nactivist, social justice advocate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.51,0:01:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is writer, teacher,\NColorado-born Mile High baby!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.33,0:01:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.76,0:01:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.49,0:01:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the airport,\Nmy name is random search.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.41,0:01:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.83,0:02:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the street, it's terrorist,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.98,0:02:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sand nigger, raghead, oppressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.64,0:02:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the news, it's ISIS,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.10,0:02:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jihadi,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.74,0:02:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suspect,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.30,0:02:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.30,0:02:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is, "Could your Muslim\Nneighbor be an extremist?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.99,0:02:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mama, who wears the hijab,\Nthe Islamic headdress,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.84,0:02:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often referred to as\N"Go back to you country,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.05,0:02:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she's from Iowa!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.85,0:02:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.54,0:02:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her nickname is Lisa Pizza.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.17,0:02:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.20,0:02:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it does not take more\Nthan a couple questions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.80,0:02:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out that her country\Nis the Council Bluffs cornfields.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.06,0:02:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.25,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, how would someone\Nknow this without asking?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.20,0:02:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say the shortest distance\Nbetween two people is a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.37,0:03:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I elaborate on that to say\Nthat the greatest distance you can travel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.12,0:03:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shortest amount of time,\Nis by asking someone their name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.55,0:03:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way we name ourselves\Nis a reflection of who we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.47,0:03:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our declarations, family histories,\Nthe things we believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.04,0:03:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the morals we abide by,\Nour homes, cultures, transformations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.27,0:03:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a Mohammed turned Mo,\Nor a Lisa Pizza turned Iman.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.89,0:03:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how we name others, and how,\Nif, we allow others to name themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.51,0:03:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a reflection of our own declarations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.21,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our courage, and our fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.89,0:03:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The malleability of a person's story\Nmust be self-determined,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.50,0:03:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from the lips of the storyteller,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.99,0:03:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the anchorman, not the megaphone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.10,0:04:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even the scarf on her head\Nor the melanin in his skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.15,0:04:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no one can speak\Nthe names of billions in one breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.86,0:04:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless it's in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.15,0:04:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oftentimes when we generalize,\Nit isn't because we're praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.52,0:04:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we don't ask someone their name,\Nwe're not asking for their story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.56,0:04:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the world of mass media\Nand rampant misinformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.74,0:04:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is hard for anyone, including myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.90,0:04:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deconstruct all these\Nterrifying stories that we hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.25,0:04:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, instead of isolating them,\Nindividualizing them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.76,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tend to paint a group of people\Nwith a broad brush,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.18,0:04:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until suddenly, everyone with a hijab on\Nis a raghead that needs liberating,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.45,0:04:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or everyone with white skin\Nis a racist cracker,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.51,0:05:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or everyone with black skin\Nis a fatherless nigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.86,0:05:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or everybody who looks like my father\Nis going to blow up the airplane,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.20,0:05:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if the killer had a light complexion,\Nhe's just a mentally fragile lone wolf.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.91,0:05:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we come to this point
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.29,0:05:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we feel like we don't even need\Nto ask people their names
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.56,0:05:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we already gave it to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.55,0:05:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Europe right now,\Na monumental name change is taking place
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.10,0:05:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has completely transformed\Na humanitarian responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.29,0:05:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countries are deporting refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.60,0:05:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you watch news coverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.90,0:05:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these refugees\Nare being referred to as migrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.61,0:05:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because let's face it, deporting migrants\Nsounds way more reasonable
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.68,0:05:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than deporting individuals\Nwho have been forced to flee their country
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.59,0:05:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of persecution,\Nwar, and violence -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.52,0:05:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations definition of refugee.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.28,0:06:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.17,0:06:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in naming these people this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.70,0:06:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've attributed to them a choice\Ninstead of a circumstance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.49,0:06:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some economic gain instead\Nof a desperation to flee a war zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.49,0:06:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These little ones\Nare refugees, not migrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.95,0:06:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took this photo last year\Nat a refugee camp
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.68,0:06:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Syrian-Turkish border,\Nand contrary to popular belief,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.20,0:06:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they aren't poisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.68,0:06:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not here to steal our democracy \Nor to take over our neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.49,0:06:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.62,0:06:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families who wish that they could go home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.10,0:06:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have had to make\Nthat home somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.10,0:06:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've come to this point,\Nwhere the word 'migrant'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.99,0:07:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially means piles of brown,\Nforeign-speaking people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.78,0:07:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we end up forgetting\Nthat there was a point where some people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.12,0:07:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would've considered\Nthose who looked like this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.36,0:07:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be migrants as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.49,0:07:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.49,0:07:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, though?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.73,0:07:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.89,0:07:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is in this forgetfulness\Nthat we assume,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.81,0:07:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monopolize on people's stories,\Nattribute their race, social class,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.43,0:07:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religions, clothing to the names\Nthat we chose for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.40,0:07:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Terrorism is a fine\Nmodern-day example, unfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.14,0:07:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.60,0:07:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much violence\Nhas just spread across our country,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.17,0:07:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you watch the news,\Nthere's always a specification
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.26,0:08:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to whether or not\Nterrorism was involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.06,0:08:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think we all know\Nmeans the killer looked like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.34,0:08:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Arab dude]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.07,0:08:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.23,0:08:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.55,0:08:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a babe!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.72,0:08:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which must mean...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.46,0:08:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.85,0:08:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which must mean that the killer,\Nof course, pledges his allegiance to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.64,0:08:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ISIS]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.35,0:08:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.06,0:08:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But correct me if I'm wrong, news coverage\Ndoes in fact tend to be a little different
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.20,0:08:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the terrorist looks like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.51,0:08:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Robert Dear, Planned Parenthood Shooter]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.51,0:08:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.66,0:08:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it ultimately\Nhas us forgetting that terrorism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.32,0:08:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by definition of terrorism,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.74,0:08:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has always come in all shapes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.70,0:08:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ku Klux Klan]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.59,0:08:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.79,0:08:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bomber]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.07,0:08:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.74,0:09:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens when we confine\Ncertain names with certain depictions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.03,0:09:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrongfully excluding some\Nand including others,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.24,0:09:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we end up caging masses of people\Nunder a name that says 'dangerous,'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.76,0:09:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they're nowhere near it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.90,0:09:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when we say 'thug'\Ninstead of 17-year-old black child.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.35,0:09:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Trayvon Martin]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.16,0:09:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we say 'alien'\Ninstead of 'immigrant.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.75,0:09:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we say 'lazy poor people'\Ninstead of 'unequal wealth distribution.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.16,0:09:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we say 'bomb' instead of 'clock.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.04,0:09:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ahmed Mohammad, clock inventor]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.79,0:09:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.01,0:09:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man's name is Craig Hicks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.38,0:09:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's often referred to\Nas a parking dispute,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.82,0:09:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but his real name is a man who shot\Nand killed three Americans in their homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.26,0:09:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their heads, execution style\Nbecause they were Muslim.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.92,0:10:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is hate crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.79,0:10:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their names are Deah, Yusor, and Razan,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.49,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 23 year old, 21, and 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.88,0:10:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deah and Yusor were just named\Nhusband and wife, newlyweds,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.29,0:10:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the three were known\Nby their loved ones
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.54,0:10:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as sons and daughters, brothers,\Nsisters, students, activists,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.88,0:10:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instagrammers, tax payers, Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.91,0:10:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, their names\Nare too young to have been taken,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.28,0:10:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their names are rest in peace,\NAllah Yerhamo.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.21,0:10:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hicks did not ask them their name.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.92,0:10:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He assigned it to them\Nwhen he assigned them each a bullet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.46,0:10:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named them a threat to his America,\Nand as a result, took their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.78,0:11:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a photo\Non Dia and Yusor's wedding day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.87,0:11:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.22,0:11:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were killed\Nbefore they could even see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.44,0:11:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studies show that during\Nbreaking news coverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.19,0:11:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first story is the one\Nthat sticks, even if it isn't true.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.79,0:11:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like during the Paris attacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.61,0:11:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there was talk\Nthat refugees were dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.86,0:11:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they found a passport,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.63,0:11:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to later confirm that there were\Nno Syrians or refugees involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.54,0:11:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we have such\Na huge habit of misnaming people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.98,0:11:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easy to overlook\Nthese kinds of mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.41,0:11:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is exemplary\Nof what happens in a culture of fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.91,0:11:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a society that doesn't ask\None another their names,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.68,0:11:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you end up with the mouth of an anchorman
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.65,0:11:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the mouth of a gun\Ndoing all the talking.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.72,0:11:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On September 11th, 2001,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.98,0:12:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I attended a private K-8 Islamic school,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.74,0:12:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within the first hours of the tragedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.36,0:12:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my school received two bomb threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.94,0:12:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word 'terrorist'\Nwas not on my spelling list,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.55,0:12:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of us kids picked it up\Npretty soon after.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.94,0:12:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in naming us terrorists\Namidst this mass tragedy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.46,0:12:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that affected us as Americans too,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.91,0:12:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the words of Dalia Mogahed,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.52,0:12:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were not just mourners,\Nbut we were suspects as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.59,0:12:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, a few months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.67,0:12:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me and my very handsome,\Nwhite-boy-looking brother named Usama
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.87,0:12:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were at the museum\Nbuying planetarium tickets,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.57,0:12:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an elderly white man\Nwalked up to me and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.00,0:12:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm sorry about everything\Nyou must be going through right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.25,0:12:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know that not all Americans\Nbelieve what these buffoons are saying."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.12,0:12:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.15,0:13:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, he used the word 'buffoons!'"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.48,0:13:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.95,0:13:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "I want you to know\Nthat we stand by you."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.25,0:13:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, had I not been wearing\Na little piece of my identity on my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.27,0:13:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wouldn't have known to tell me this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.86,0:13:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though he didn't ask me\Nwhat my name was,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.68,0:13:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he instead told me his.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.51,0:13:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned from experience\Nthat when someone really wants to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.93,0:13:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will be willing to cross\Nthat threshold of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.04,0:13:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out that my name means hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.94,0:13:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, they'll have the courage\Nto ask the much more important questions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.59,0:13:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that probably only I can answer, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.93,0:13:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's that thing on your head?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.01,0:13:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were you forced to wear it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.63,0:13:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are all Muslims really violent people?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.24,0:13:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the Quran\Nreally say to kill all of us?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.44,0:14:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you please tell me\Nwhat's up with ISIS?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.07,0:14:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these questions,\Nthough seemingly uncomfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.15,0:14:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are how I know that I have been humanized,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.63,0:14:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are how the courageously curious\Nknow that really,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.53,0:14:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm only as scary\Nas the silence fear festers in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.33,0:14:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Upon meeting someone new,\Nwe ask their names.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.44,0:14:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not assign it to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.91,0:14:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that name, we are given ancestry,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.35,0:14:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bloodlines and dialects, books and poems,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.21,0:14:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perspectives, wars, struggles,\Nand survival stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.95,0:14:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's your name?"\Nis such a short distance to cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.21,0:14:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you ask me, oh, buddy!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.50,0:14:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take you from Kuala Lumpur\Nto Barcelona to Beirut.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.25,0:14:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to go to Damascus,\Nto Sydney, to Trinidad and Tobago.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.52,0:14:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will show you Mecca,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.42,0:14:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my closet with 70-plus\Ninternational scarves,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.80,0:15:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the graves of my 31 family members\Nwho've been killed in Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.30,0:15:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coffee shop that I hang out at\Nand do my homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.69,0:15:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must have the courage\Nto claim our curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.91,0:15:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go beyond anything we ever knew,\Nanything we ever feared.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.24,0:15:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it takes two:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.15,0:15:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the elephant who offers the mint
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.43,0:15:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the one who takes it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.36,0:15:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.63,0:15:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)