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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.42,0:00:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very happy to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.20,0:00:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very happy to see your beautiful faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.31,0:00:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2008, I gave a presentation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.01,0:00:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a librarian group\Nin Salt Lake City, Utah,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.48,0:00:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and afterwards, someone\Nstood up and asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.01,0:00:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I write about\Nsuch terrible things for children.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.76,0:00:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not a friendly question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.06,0:00:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.16,0:00:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many reasons\Nwhy books get challenged
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.21,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hopes of banning them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 12 most frequent being:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.61,0:00:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offensive language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explicit sexual descriptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.44,0:00:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incidents of violence\Nor brutality, including rape,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.54,0:00:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disparagement of family values,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.79,0:00:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treatment of satanism,\Nvia cult or witchcraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.71,0:01:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New Age anti-religious stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.65,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examples of racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.77,0:01:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examples of substance abuse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.50,0:01:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,materials that include\Ndepressing or morbid topics,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.65,0:01:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacks on patriotism,\Nor established authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.17,0:01:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,texts that include anti-feminism or sexism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.29,0:01:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and derogatory imagines of the handicapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.65,0:01:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can understand why people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.07,0:01:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who work with and live with children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.96,0:01:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might assume the right\Nand responsibility to protect them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.28,0:01:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children are vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.75,0:01:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their brains are different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.86,0:01:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people may think\Nthat by controlling the way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.37,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which children encounter\Nthe things on this list,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.87,0:01:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are protecting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.11,0:01:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly, one can see
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the things on this list are important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.50,0:02:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when sexual experiences,\Nwhether real or imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.39,0:02:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can influence your sexual identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.04,0:02:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your sexual identity can affect
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.39,0:02:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether or not you are able\Nto form a lasting relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.77,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can carry you through life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.42,0:02:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.76,0:02:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a person of faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.70,0:02:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may very well want to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.85,0:02:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the children that you love
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.48,0:02:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share this faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.15,0:02:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.55,0:02:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, I write about all the things\Nthat are on this list.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.31,0:02:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a book called\N"Song of the Magdalene,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.02,0:02:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that takes place in the first century,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.51,0:02:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the land we now call Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.17,0:02:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main character has epilepsy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.54,0:02:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she falls in love with someone\Nwho has cerebral palsy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.81,0:03:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that time and place,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.54,0:03:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with physical\Nand mental maladies were pariahs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.25,0:03:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there is quite a lot\Nof derogatory images of the handicapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.51,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the main character is raped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.21,0:03:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "Alligator Bayou,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.50,0:03:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which takes place in 1899\Nin Tallulah, Louisiana,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.67,0:03:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in the middle\Nof the Jim Crow South.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.52,0:03:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The society is stratified\Nalong racial lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.54,0:03:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexism, my goodness,\Nnobody was even aware of it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.79,0:03:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book is full of racism and sexism,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.99,0:03:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a lynching.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.74,0:03:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "Three days," which is a story\Nthat takes place contemporaneously,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.42,0:03:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little American girl\Nis driving with her father in Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has a heart attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.35,0:03:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he manages to pull off\Nthe side of the road safely,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.56,0:03:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he dies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.99,0:03:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this little girl is waiting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.18,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until someone finally picks her up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the people who pick her up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.02,0:04:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want her for their own reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.76,0:04:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why on earth do I do these things?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.62,0:04:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the last thing I want\Nto do, as a writer for children,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.62,0:04:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hurt my reader.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.22,0:04:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to tell a good story,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.92,0:04:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a funny, scary, mysterious, whatever story
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.63,0:04:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but terrible things draw me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.62,0:04:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I hurting children?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.19,0:04:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at the child
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.95,0:04:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is growing up with plenty to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.44,0:04:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good food, her own bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.44,0:04:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place to study,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.22,0:04:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she goes to a school where the teacher\Ncares about what she's learning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.47,0:04:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and works very hard to make it a good day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.82,0:04:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who talk\Nto her and listen to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.96,0:04:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she can talk to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.36,0:04:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a loved child.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.66,0:04:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a protected child.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.81,0:05:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me set this child aside\Nfor the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.05,0:05:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's look at the child
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.91,0:05:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who maybe doesn't have\Nher own bed to sleep in,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.05,0:05:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe doesn't sleep that well,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.50,0:05:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe there is no blanket\Nto keep her warm,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.77,0:05:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe she went to bed hungry,\Nshe wakes up hungry,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.52,0:05:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she goes to an underfunded,\Novercrowded school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.28,0:05:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she's very much loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the socio-economics\Nof the situation are such
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.21,0:05:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she is battling\Na number of things constantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, there are other children,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.50,0:05:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are not so much loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.58,0:05:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this has nothing to do\Nwith socio-economic status
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.35,0:05:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or race, or religion, or ethnicity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.18,0:05:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.40,0:05:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know that all kinds of things\Nhappen behind closed doors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.11,0:05:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every sector of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.18,0:05:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are the unprotected children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.18,0:05:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to an unprotected child
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.10,0:05:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they read a book
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.92,0:06:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the main character\Nis also unprotected?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.98,0:06:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One things that happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.49,0:06:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they find out\Nthat they are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.94,0:06:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children often do not talk\Nabout the problems that they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.11,0:06:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes because they know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.95,0:06:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't do anything about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.71,0:06:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, what's the point of talking about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.45,0:06:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, because they are loyal
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.27,0:06:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people that they love.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.25,0:06:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it could be because of fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.93,0:06:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you tell and people believe you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.54,0:06:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you'll be snatched from\Nyour family, and then what?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.25,0:06:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you tell and people\Ndon't believe you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.26,0:06:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have to go back\Nto the situation you were in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.97,0:06:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deal with the people\Nwho know that you told on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be much worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.73,0:06:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there you are!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.63,0:06:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are alone, and you don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.10,0:06:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what other people are dealing with.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.35,0:06:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, in a book, you find out!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.59,0:07:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This person talks to you in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.50,0:07:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe no one else\Nin your life talks to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.10,0:07:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a more intimate way!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.77,0:07:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have done something terrible,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.88,0:07:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really done it or just imagined it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.18,0:07:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may think you are an awful person,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.86,0:07:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there, in a book, you'll find out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.34,0:07:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that absolutely ordinary people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.51,0:07:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do terrible things\Nand think terrible thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.05,0:07:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no one as lonely\Nas a child who thinks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.54,0:07:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she's the worst person ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.70,0:07:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a book you find out\Nthat you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.40,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If terrible things are happening to you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't know\Nthey happened to other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.70,0:07:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can feel that maybe\Nthere's something about you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.66,0:07:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make them happen to you!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.51,0:07:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe there is something wrong with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.34,0:07:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's your fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.02,0:07:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can suffer guilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.80,0:08:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, in a book, you see this child\Ndid nothing to make it happen to her!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.01,0:08:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's still happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.25,0:08:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Terrible things happen\Nto good people all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.98,0:08:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very comforting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.38,0:08:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you may think
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.85,0:08:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're the only one it's happening to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.00,0:08:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you develop\Na big chip on your shoulder,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.15,0:08:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're angry about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.90,0:08:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't understand\Nthat lots of people around you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.26,0:08:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are coping with things\Nthat they are not talking about either.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.49,0:08:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it can give you\Na wonderful perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.43,0:08:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows you some consolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.28,0:08:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing that reading\Nthese books can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.89,0:08:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is give you hints, help
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.26,0:08:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in coping with your situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.30,0:08:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that these books are going to deal\Nwith the same situation that you're in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.42,0:08:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they may be dealing with something
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.24,0:08:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's very different\Nfrom what you are in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.21,0:08:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see somebody persisting,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.44,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being resilient,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.08,0:09:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being resourceful,\Nlooking for help in different places,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.88,0:09:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives you some ideas\Nof how you might go about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.01,0:09:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.71,0:09:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, sometimes,\Nthe problems that a child faces
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.87,0:09:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are child-sized problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.69,0:09:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are something\Nthat the child can influence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.55,0:09:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes, they are not!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.78,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children are our least\Npowerful members of society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.25,0:09:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these books over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.05,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they better not be saying
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.06,0:09:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the child can solve\Nan enormous problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.25,0:09:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard Pak,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.10,0:09:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the wonderful writers for children,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.58,0:09:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says: "Writers for children
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.11,0:09:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot afford to traffic in happy endings,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.76,0:10:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if we do, we risk leaving\Nour reader undefended."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.47,0:10:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very important for the child
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.01,0:10:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is in a situation\Nthat they cannot change,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.51,0:10:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what happens to a child
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.18,0:10:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in another situation\Nthat they cannot change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.91,0:10:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.79,0:10:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I think it is my job\Nwhen I am writing a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.52,0:10:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let a child know that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.85,0:10:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may not be able to change your world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.22,0:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with hard work and good will,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be able to find a way\Nto live decently within your world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.55,0:10:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's only inside your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.64,0:10:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope, peace, even joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.26,0:10:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be a strictly internal matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.74,0:10:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an it's very important\Nfor children to see that!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.32,0:11:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these books can be a life line\Nto the unprotected child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.18,0:11:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now let's take\Nthe child that is protected,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.74,0:11:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take a look at this child!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.95,0:11:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to argue that this child\Nneeds those books even more.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.64,0:11:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, the child\Nwill not always be protected,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.07,0:11:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot put your child\Nin a cotton-lined box for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.92,0:11:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child will burst out,\Nthe box will be crushed from outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.49,0:11:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things happen to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.75,0:11:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't live charmed lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.95,0:11:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody needs\Nto learn coping skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.47,0:11:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the book you can see somebody coping,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.97,0:11:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can help to prepare you\Nfor when you need to cope.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.08,0:11:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even more than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.51,0:11:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the child who is protected
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.76,0:12:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really needs these books,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.26,0:12:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because without them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.91,0:12:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this child grows up
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.71,0:12:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with only good things happening
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.06,0:12:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unaware
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.29,0:12:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that terrible things\Ncan happen to people like them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.44,0:12:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they run the risk of becoming\Nintolerant and intolerable people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.55,0:12:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They run the risk of walking\Npast a homeless person,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.02,0:12:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is emaciated,\Nand perhaps, stinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.36,0:12:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking, "It's his own damn fault!"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.08,0:12:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think that all the good things\Nthat have happened to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.28,0:12:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have happened because they merited it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.23,0:12:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they worked hard, they had a good spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.86,0:12:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't recognize\Nthe role of luck in their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.73,0:12:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can work hard and have good spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.58,0:12:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have lousy luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.85,0:13:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a book, you crawl\Ninside the skin of someone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.45,0:13:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you live what they are living,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.23,0:13:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you come to understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.54,0:13:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you gain empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.21,0:13:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empathy is the corner stone\Nof civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.39,0:13:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without empathy, we are each\Njust in our little spots,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.93,0:13:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking care of ourselves,\Nand our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.77,0:13:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who cares about the neighbor?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.20,0:13:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empathy allows us\Nto understand why we pay taxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.60,0:13:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why everybody deserves an education,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.44,0:13:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shelter, food, health care.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.58,0:13:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empathy makes us decent people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.24,0:13:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is no safer way
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.04,0:13:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a child to learn empathy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.58,0:13:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than through a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.04,0:13:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to bring this down to the personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.65,0:13:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.99,0:14:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my favourite book was\N"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.14,0:14:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a family\Nwith a lot of problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.54,0:14:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got realized in a number of ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.44,0:14:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of which was\Nfinancial insecurity, instability.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.00,0:14:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my worst memories of childhood was
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.53,0:14:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming home in the third grade\Nto find everything that I owned,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.17,0:14:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and I didn't own that much,\NI was just a little third grade kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.48,0:14:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but everything that I owned,\Nmattered to me! -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.00,0:14:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find everything that I owned\Nout on the sidewalk,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have been evicted yet again.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.52,0:14:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't know whether or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.73,0:14:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone else was coping\Nwith this kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.24,0:14:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids didn't talk about it at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.28,0:14:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,"\NI saw Francie Nolan coping with poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.10,0:14:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very consoling to me!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.62,0:14:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gave me a perspective that allowed me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.61,0:14:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy a lot of things about my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.50,0:14:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that book, there was also a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.02,0:15:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the foot of the stairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.00,0:15:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was essentially a monster.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.28,0:15:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Francie was very afraid of him,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.15,0:15:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had gotten other girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.06,0:15:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does not get Francie,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.28,0:15:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was very glad\Nthat he didn't get Francie.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.38,0:15:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not have wanted him to.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.59,0:15:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would have given anything
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.33,0:15:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to read a book
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.19,0:15:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the girl who did not escape
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.05,0:15:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man at the foot of the stairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.97,0:15:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, it would have been a lifeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.78,0:15:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, those books just were not available.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.52,0:15:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.92,0:15:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am very grateful for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.91,0:15:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.08,0:15:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)