[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.07,0:00:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.39,0:00:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a journalist.\N Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.54,0:00:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to talk to people\Nfrom all walks of life, Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.24,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.100,0:00:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I want to tell you Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.44,0:00:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I decided to do this with my life\Nand what I've learned. Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.58,0:00:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My story begins in Caracas, Venezuela, Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.48,0:00:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in South America, where I grew up; Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place that to me was,\Nand always will be, Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with magic and wonder. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.74,0:00:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frоm a very young age, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.07,0:00:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents wanted me\Nto have a wider view of the world. Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.16,0:00:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one time\Nwhen I was around seven years old, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.43,0:00:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad came up to me and said, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.61,0:00:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mariana, I'm going to send you\Nand your little sister..." Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.23,0:00:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- who was six at the time - Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.04,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...to a place where nobody\Nspeaks Spanish. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.65,0:00:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to experience\Ndifferent cultures." Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.92,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went on and on about the benefits\Nof spending an entire summer Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this summer camp in the United States, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.07,0:01:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stressing a little phrase Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.57,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't pay \Ntoo much attention to at the time: Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.83,0:01:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You never know what the future holds." Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.85,0:01:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, in my seven-year-old mind, Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.48,0:01:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking, we were going\Nto get to summer camp in Miami. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.11,0:01:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.05,0:01:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was going to be even better, Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.70,0:01:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were going to go\Na little further north, to Orlando, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.96,0:01:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Mickey Mouse lived. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.54,0:01:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.28,0:01:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got really excited. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.10,0:01:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad, however,\Nhad a slightly different plan. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.58,0:01:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frоm Caracas, he he sent us\Nto Brainerd, Minnesota. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.24,0:01:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mickey Mouse was not up there, Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.26,0:01:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.27,0:01:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with no cell phone,\Nno Snapchat, or Instagram, Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.83,0:01:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't look up any information. Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.46,0:01:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got there, Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.46,0:01:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the first things I noticed Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.29,0:01:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that the other kids' hair\Nwas several shades of blonde, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.75,0:01:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of them had blue eyes. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.21,0:02:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, this is what we looked like. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.09,0:02:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first night, the camp director\Ngathered everyone around the campfire Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.18,0:02:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kids, we have a very\Ninternational camp this year; Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.17,0:02:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Atencios are here from Venezuela." Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.79,0:02:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.92,0:02:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other kids looked at us\Nas if we were from another planet. Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.89,0:02:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would ask us things like, Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.01,0:02:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know what a hamburger is?" Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.09,0:02:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "Do you go to school\Non a donkey or a canoe?" Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.89,0:02:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.70,0:02:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would try to answer\Nin my broken English, Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.17,0:02:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would just laugh. Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.67,0:02:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know they were not trying to be mean; Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.80,0:02:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were just trying\Nto understand who we were, Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.27,0:02:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make a correlation\Nwith the world they knew. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.35,0:02:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could either be like them, Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.87,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like characters out of a book\Nfilled with adventures, Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.90,0:02:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Aladdin or the Jungle Book. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.60,0:02:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We certainly didn't look like them, Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.59,0:02:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't speak their language, Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.48,0:02:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were different. Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.69,0:02:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're seven years old, that hurts. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.75,0:02:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had my little sister\Nto take care of, Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.47,0:03:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she cried every day at summer camp. Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.12,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to put on a brave face, Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.79,0:03:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embrace everything I could\Nabout the American way of life. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.06,0:03:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We later did what we called\N"the summer camp experiment," Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.37,0:03:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eight years in different cities\Nthat many Americans haven't even heard of. Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.08,0:03:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I remember most about these moments\Nwas when I finally clicked with someone. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.23,0:03:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making a friend was a special reward. Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.20,0:03:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody wants to feel\Nvalued and accepted, Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we think it should happen\Nspontaneously, but it doesn't. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.26,0:03:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're different,\Nyou have to work at belonging. Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.25,0:03:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be either\Nreally helpful, smart, funny, Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.99,0:03:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything to be cool for the crowd\Nyou want to hang out with. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, when I was in high school, Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.33,0:03:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad expanded on his summer plan, Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.30,0:03:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from Caracas he sent me\Nto Wallingford, Connecticut, Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.79,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the senior year of high school. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.06,0:03:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time, I remember\Ndaydreaming on the plane Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.05,0:04:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about "the American high school\Nexperience" - with a locker. Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.89,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was going to be perfect, Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like in my favorite TV show:\N"Saved by the Bell." Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.07,0:04:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.80,0:04:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get there, and they tell me Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.50,0:04:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my assigned roommate\Nis eagerly waiting. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.53,0:04:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I opened the door, Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.64,0:04:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there she was, sitting on the bed, Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.67,0:04:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a headscarf. Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.38,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Fatima,\Nand she was Muslim from Bahrain, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.37,0:04:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was not what I expected. Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.09,0:04:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She probably sensed my disappointment\Nwhen I looked at her Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.07,0:04:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn't do too much to hide it. Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.89,0:04:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, as a teenager,\NI wanted to fit in even more, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.40,0:04:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be popular, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.43,0:04:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe have a boyfriend for prom, Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.47,0:04:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt that Fatima just got in the way Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.09,0:04:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her shyness\Nand her strict dress code. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.33,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't realize\Nthat I was making her feel Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.12,0:04:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the kids at summer camp made me feel. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.76,0:04:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the high school\Nequivalent of asking her, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.54,0:04:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know what a hamburger is?" Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.26,0:05:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was consumed by my own selfishness Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.54,0:05:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to put myself in her shoes. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.50,0:05:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to be honest with you, Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.69,0:05:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only lasted a couple\Nof months together, Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.20,0:05:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was later sent\Nto live with a counselor Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.13,0:05:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of other students. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.19,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember thinking, "Ah, she'll be okay. Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.19,0:05:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's just different." Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.59,0:05:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when we label\Nsomeone as different, Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.74,0:05:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it dehumanizes them in a way. Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.05,0:05:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become "the other." Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.94,0:05:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not worthy of our time,\Nnot our problem, Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.02,0:05:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, they, "the other,"\Nare probably the cause of our problems. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.28,0:05:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how do we recognize our blind spots? Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.47,0:05:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It begins by understanding\Nwhat makes you different, Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.13,0:05:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by embracing those traits. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.61,0:05:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only then can you begin to appreciate\Nwhat makes others special. Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.91,0:05:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when this hit me. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.49,0:05:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a couple months after that. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.81,0:05:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had found that boyfriend for prom, Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.91,0:06:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made a group of friends, Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practically forgotten about Fatima, Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.99,0:06:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until everybody signed on to participate\Nin this talent show for charity. Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.42,0:06:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You needed to offer a talent for auction. Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.22,0:06:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like everybody\Nhad something special to offer. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.35,0:06:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some kids were going to play the violin, Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.63,0:06:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others were going to recite\Na theater monologue, Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.71,0:06:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.25,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We don't practice talents\Nlike these back home." Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.24,0:06:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was determined\Nto find something of value. Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.61,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day of the talent show comes, Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.50,0:06:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I get up on stage\Nwith my little boom box, Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.65,0:06:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it on the side and press "Play," Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.32,0:06:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a song by my favorite\Nemerging artist, Shakira, comes up. Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.53,0:06:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I go, "Whenever, wherever,\Nwe're meant to be together," Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.59,0:06:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "My name is Mariana,\Nand I'm going to auction a dance class." Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.20,0:06:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like the whole school\Nraised their hand to bid. Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.25,0:06:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dance class really stood out Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.12,0:06:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from, like, the 10th violin class\Noffered that day. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.54,0:07:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going back to my dorm room,\NI didn't feel different. Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.69,0:07:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt really special. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.97,0:07:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I started\Nthinking about Fatima, Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.35,0:07:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person that I had failed to see\Nas special, when I first met her. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.23,0:07:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was from the Middle East, Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.74,0:07:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Shakira's family\Nwas from the Middle East. Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.38,0:07:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She could have probably taught me\Na thing or two about belly dancing, Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.95,0:07:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had I been open to it. Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.55,0:07:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want you all to take that sticker Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.49,0:07:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was given to you \Nat the beginning of our session today, Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.39,0:07:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you wrote down\Nwhat makes you special, Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.53,0:07:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to look at it. Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.41,0:07:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're watching at home,\Ntake a piece of paper, Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.80,0:07:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write down what makes you different. Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.40,0:07:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may feel guarded when you look at it, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.37,0:07:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even a little ashamed,\Nmaybe even proud. Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.19,0:07:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you need to begin to embrace it. Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.74,0:07:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, it is the first step\Nin appreciating what makes others special. Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.83,0:07:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I went back home to Venezuela, Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.05,0:07:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to understand\Nhow these experiences were changing me. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.26,0:08:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to speak different languages,\N Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.88,0:08:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to navigate all these\Ndifferent people and places, Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.24,0:08:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gave me a unique sensibility. Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.80,0:08:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was finally beginning to understand Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.75,0:08:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the importance of putting myself\Nin other people's shoes. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.11,0:08:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a big part of the reason\Nwhy I decided to become a journalist. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.25,0:08:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially being from a part of the world\Nthat is often labeled "the backyard," Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.13,0:08:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the illegal aliens,"\N"third-world," "the others," Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.55,0:08:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to do something to change that. Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.78,0:08:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was right around the time, however, Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.61,0:08:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Venezuelan government shut down Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.96,0:08:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the biggest television station\Nin our country. Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.80,0:08:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Censorship was growing, Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.99,0:08:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my dad came up to me\Nonce again and said, Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.75,0:08:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How are you going to be\Na journalist here? Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.45,0:08:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to leave." Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.35,0:08:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when it hit me. Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.35,0:08:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he had been preparing me for. Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.42,0:08:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what the future held for me. Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.71,0:09:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 2008, I packed my bags,\Nand I came to the United States, Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.76,0:09:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a return ticket this time. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.73,0:09:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was painfully aware\Nthat, at 24 years old, Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.05,0:09:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was becoming a refugee of sorts,\Nan immigrant, the other, Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.42,0:09:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again, and now for good. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.34,0:09:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to come on a scholarship\Nto study journalism. Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.26,0:09:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when they gave me\Nmy first assignment Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.64,0:09:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cover the historic election\Nof President Barack Obama. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.11,0:09:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt so lucky, so hopeful. Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.50,0:09:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was, like, "Yes, this is it. Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.21,0:09:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've come to post-racial America, Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.67,0:09:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the notion of us and them\Nis being eroded, Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.76,0:09:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will probably\Nbe eradicated in my lifetime." Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.36,0:09:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy, was I wrong, right? Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.42,0:09:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't Barack Obama's presidency\Nalleviate racial tensions in our country? Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.49,0:09:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do some people still feel threatened Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.90,0:10:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by immigrants, LGBTQ, and minority groups Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.13,0:10:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are just trying to find a space Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.65,0:10:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this United States\Nthat should be for all of us? Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.28,0:10:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have the answers back then, Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.90,0:10:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on November 8th, 2016, Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.58,0:10:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Donald Trump became\Nour president, it became clear Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.03,0:10:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a large part of the electorate\Nsees them as "the others." Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.96,0:10:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some see people coming to take their jobs, Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.82,0:10:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or potential terrorists\Nwho speak a different language. Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.72,0:10:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, minority groups oftentimes\Njust see hatred, intolerance, Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.55,0:10:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and narrow-mindedness on the other side. Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.87,0:10:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like we're stuck in these bubbles\Nthat nobody wants to burst. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.21,0:10:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only way to do it,\Nthe only way to get out of it Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.42,0:10:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to realize that being different\Nalso means thinking differently. Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.02,0:10:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes courage to show respect. Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.20,0:10:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the words of Voltaire: Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.01,0:10:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I may not agree\Nwith what you have to say, Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.54,0:10:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I will fight to the death\Nto defend your right to say it." Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.86,0:11:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failing to see anything good\Non the other side Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.44,0:11:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes a dialogue impossible. Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.81,0:11:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without a dialogue, we will keep\Nrepeating the same mistakes, Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.23,0:11:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we will not learn anything new. Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.21,0:11:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I covered the 2016 election for NBC News. Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.56,0:11:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my first big assignment\Nin this mainstream network, Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.54,0:11:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I had crossed over\Nfrom Spanish television. Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.35,0:11:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to do something different. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.22,0:11:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched election results\Nwith undocumented families. Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.36,0:11:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Few thought of sharing that moment\Nwith people who weren't citizens, Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.67,0:11:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually stood\Nthe most to lose that night. Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.47,0:11:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it became apparent\Nthat Donald Trump was winning, Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.40,0:11:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this eight-year-old girl named Angelina\Nrushed up to me in tears. Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.97,0:11:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sobbed, and she asked me\Nif her mom was going to be deported now. Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.53,0:11:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hugged her back and I said,\N"It's going to be okay," Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.95,0:11:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I really didn't know. Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.03,0:12:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the photo we took that night,\Nforever ingrained in my heart. Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.45,0:12:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here was this little girl Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.82,0:12:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was around the same age I was\Nwhen I went to camp in Brainerd. Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.40,0:12:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She already knows she is "the other." Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.98,0:12:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She walks home from school\Nin fear, every day, Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.03,0:12:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that her mom can be taken away. Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.94,0:12:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how do we put ourselves\Nin Angelina's shoes? Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.62,0:12:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we make her\Nunderstand she is special, Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.82,0:12:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not simply unworthy\Nof having her family together? Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.49,0:12:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By giving camera time to her\Nand families like hers, Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.52,0:12:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to make people see them\Nas human beings, Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.04,0:12:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not simply "illegal aliens." Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.67,0:12:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, they broke a law, \Nand they should pay a penalty for it, Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.44,0:12:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they've also given\Neverything for this country, Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.21,0:12:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like many other immigrants\Nbefore them have. Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.04,0:12:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've already told you how my path\Nto personal growth started. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.28,0:13:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To end, I want to tell you how I hit\Nthe worst bump in the road yet, Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.11,0:13:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that shook me to my very core. Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.27,0:13:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day, April 10th, 2014, Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.41,0:13:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was driving to the studio,\Nand I got a call from my parents. Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.58,0:13:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you on the air?" they asked. Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.79,0:13:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I immediately knew something was wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.95,0:13:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What happened?" I said. Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.37,0:13:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's your sister;\Nshe's been in a car accident." Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.91,0:13:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if my heart stopped. Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.27,0:13:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hands gripped the steering wheel, Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.50,0:13:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember hearing the words: Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.50,0:13:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is unlikely she will ever walk again." Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.58,0:13:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say your life can change\Nin a split second. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.36,0:13:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mine did at that moment. Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.22,0:13:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sister went from being\Nmy successful other half, Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.04,0:13:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a year apart in age, Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.93,0:13:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not being able to move her legs, Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.62,0:13:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit up, or get dressed by herself. Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.10,0:14:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wasn't like summer camp,\Nwhere I could magically make it better. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.13,0:14:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was terrifying. Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.94,0:14:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the course of two years,\Nmy sister underwent 15 surgeries, Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.69,0:14:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she spent the most\Nof that time in a wheelchair. Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.17,0:14:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that wasn't even the worst of it. Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.75,0:14:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst was something so painful,\Nit's hard to put into words, even now. Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.07,0:14:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the way people looked at her, Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked at us, changed. Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.50,0:14:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were unable to see\Na successful lawyer Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.95,0:14:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a millennial with a sharp wit\Nand a kind heart. Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.60,0:14:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere we went, Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.55,0:14:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that people just saw\Na poor girl in a wheelchair. Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.18,0:14:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were unable to see\Nanything beyond that. Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.44,0:14:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After fighting like a warrior, Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.39,0:14:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can thankfully tell you\Nthat today my sister is walking, Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.15,0:14:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has recovered\Nbeyond anyone's expectations. Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.38,0:14:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.81,0:15:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.84,0:15:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during that traumatic ordeal, Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.15,0:15:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned there are differences\Nthat simply suck, Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.75,0:15:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's hard to find positive in them. Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.55,0:15:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sister's not better off\Nbecause of what happened. Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.86,0:15:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she taught me: you can't let\Nthose differences define you. Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.51,0:15:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to reimagine yourself\Nbeyond what other people see, Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.24,0:15:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the toughest task of all, Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.89,0:15:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also the most beautiful. Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.11,0:15:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we all come\Nto this world in a body. Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.56,0:15:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with physical\Nor neurological difficulties, Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.25,0:15:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmentally impacted communities,\Nimmigrants, boys, girls, Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.05,0:15:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boys who want to dress as girls,\Ngirls with veils, Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.79,0:15:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women who have been sexually assaulted, Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.73,0:15:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,athletes who bend\Ntheir knee as a sign of protest, Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.93,0:16:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black, white, Asian, Native American,\Nmy sister, you, or me. Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.14,0:16:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want what everyone wants:\Nto dream and to achieve. Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.73,0:16:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes, society tells us,\Nand we tell ourselves, Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.37,0:16:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't fit the mold. Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.03,0:16:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you look at my story, Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.13,0:16:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from being born somewhere different,\Nto belly dancing in high school, Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.21,0:16:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to telling stories\Nyou wouldn't normally see on TV, Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.27,0:16:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what makes me different Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.83,0:16:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what has made me\Nstand out and be successful. Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.11,0:16:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have traveled the world, Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.79,0:16:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked to people\Nfrom all walks of life. Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.56,0:16:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I've learned? Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.13,0:16:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The single thing every one of us\Nhas in common is being human. Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.16,0:16:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So take a stand to defend\Nyour race, the human race. Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.35,0:16:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's appeal to it. Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.14,0:16:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's be humanists,\Nbefore and after everything else. Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.08,0:17:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To end, I want you to take that sticker,\Nthat piece of paper Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.33,0:17:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you wrote down\Nwhat makes you different, Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.92,0:17:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to celebrate it\Ntoday and every day, Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.13,0:17:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shout it from the rooftops. Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.42,0:17:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also encourage you\Nto be curious and ask, Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.38,0:17:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is on other people's\Npieces of paper?" Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.95,0:17:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What makes them different?" Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.26,0:17:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's celebrate those imperfections\Nthat make us special. Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.38,0:17:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that it teaches you that nobody\Nhas a claim on the word "normal." Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.10,0:17:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all different. Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.95,0:17:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all quirky, and unique, Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.71,0:17:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what makes us\Nwonderfully human. Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.73,0:17:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much. Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.04,0:17:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)