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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.17,0:00:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salam alaykum.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.23,0:00:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I start talking: We've been sitting for a long time, \Nso I just want to play a little game.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.76,0:00:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need two volunteers from the crowd, \Nany two random volunteers...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.42,0:00:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...little game.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.34,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another random volunteer?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.23,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, come up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.56,0:00:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.68,0:00:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stand right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.87,0:00:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stand facing each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.10,0:00:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the game we are going to play\Nhas only one rule.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.14,0:00:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a red line here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.03,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the person who convinces \Nthe other person to cross the red line, wins.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.53,0:01:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the only rule.\NIf you convince her to cross the line, you win.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.37,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you convince her to cross the line, you win.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.27,0:01:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you tell her \Nto convince her to cross the line?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.65,0:01:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl 1: "Be strong. Use your strength."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.92,0:01:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl 2: "There is an iPad over the line."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.50,0:01:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RA: So you try to bribe her to cross the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.42,0:01:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good thing, that's a good thing.\NThank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.51,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.82,0:01:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.94,0:01:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the real answer to that question is, \Nyou tell that person:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.70,0:01:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you cross the red line, I will cross \Nthe red line and then we'll both win."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.18,0:01:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's the difference between \Nreal life and competitive sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.82,0:01:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In competitive sports, we believe \Nthat there has to be only one winner,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.06,0:01:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in real life we can all win together \Nand I'll try to explain this later.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.86,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.30,0:01:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I decided to talk \Nabout racism today is because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.98,0:02:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four months ago, I was chilling in the 'Nile Street' \Nwith around 15 of my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.23,0:02:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,University of Khartoum Students,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.13,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that society considers to be educated people \Nand the future of our country,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.05,0:02:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were talking about politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.53,0:02:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, UoK students love talking \Nabout politics, religion and all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.69,0:02:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I said, you know, let's see what these \Neducated people have to say about racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.89,0:02:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I decided to start\Na conversation about racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.93,0:02:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were are all saying beautiful things \Nuntil this one guy asked a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.73,0:02:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "What if a man from Southern Sudan, \Nwho happens to be a Muslim, well educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.59,0:02:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has a decent job,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.38,0:02:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if this man proposes to your sister?\NWill you allow it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.11,0:02:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,14 out of the 15 guys\Nthat were sitting said no,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.40,0:02:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they insisted they said this \Nhas nothing has to do with racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.58,0:02:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that brings me to a question. \NDo people understand what racism is?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.15,0:02:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A statistic that we did in 12 schools\Nthroughout Khartoum,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.28,0:02:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 high schools –
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.10,0:02:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have been working with high school kids\Nabout racism, doing workshops –
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.21,0:02:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 percent of our high school students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.02,0:02:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not know anything about racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.97,0:03:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know what racism is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.53,0:03:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But once you explain it to them, once you say,\N"Racism is this, that and the third,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.42,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you give them examples of racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they all click, they say, "I know this is happening \Nbut I just didn't know that it has a name."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.77,0:03:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it shows you that this is \Na big problem that we live in everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.22,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't have a name for it, that means \Nwe cannot point to it as a problem and solve it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.76,0:03:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.34,0:03:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there racism in Sudan?\NIs there racism in Sudan?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.85,0:03:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys wanna answer it?\NAudience: Yeaah!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.34,0:03:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RA: OK. But the average person...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.98,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before before we continue, \Nlet's define racism, alright?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.08,0:03:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Racism is views, practices and actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.52,0:03:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflecting a belief, a belief that members \Nof the same race share certain attributes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.07,0:03:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make this race collectively, as a whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.62,0:03:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less desirable, more desirable, inferior, superior.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.71,0:03:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when you say,\N"Black people are thieves,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.19,0:03:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's it, you are closing the door, \Nsaying black people are thieves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.03,0:03:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"White people are this," \Nthis is racism, when you generalize.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.74,0:03:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.83,0:03:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to answer the question,\N"Is there racism in Sudan?",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.74,0:04:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we'll do instead of saying yes or no – \Nyou guys already said yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.75,0:04:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then my presentation will be over \Nso we still have to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.49,0:04:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to answer the question, \Nwe'll look at racism
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.10,0:04:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it does to an individual and \Nwhat it does to society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.46,0:04:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we'll look at the Sudanese \Nindividual and the Sudanese Society
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.25,0:04:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if there are traces of racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.06,0:04:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first we'll talk about 'stereotypical racism'.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.60,0:04:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stereotyping is when you generalize something,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.10,0:04:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like I said, "Black people are thieves."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.18,0:04:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see one black thief, you say,\N"All black people are thieves."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.18,0:04:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is stereotypical racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.49,0:04:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what stereotypical racism does \Nis that it reinforces the stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.92,0:04:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, we continue with the thief thingy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.04,0:04:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if – let's say we have a tribe called Tribe X, \Nand Tribe X is known to be a tribe of thieves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.88,0:04:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what we'll see on the streets, \Nif a lady is walking by, she sees a kid from Tribe X.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.63,0:04:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hasn't stolen anything yet, still a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.35,0:04:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Oh, that's the Tribe X kid, \Nso I'm gonna cling on to my bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.55,0:04:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know what he is trying to do, \Nhe is trying to steal my purse."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.32,0:04:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this Tribe X kid goes and \Nsits on the public transportation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.67,0:04:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man sitting next to him is like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.41,0:05:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Tribe X kid is sitting next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.07,0:05:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to check my pocket every two minutes \Nto make sure my wallet is still there."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.76,0:05:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this kid is being treated like a thief \Nbefore he steals anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.58,0:05:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if anything is missing, \Nsociety accuses him of being a thief.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.32,0:05:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So society actually pushes this guy \Ntowards being a thief,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.06,0:05:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we look at the Sudanese society, \Nwe have a lot of stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.35,0:05:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the stereotypes that we have \Nis about the Shaigiya people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.93,0:05:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is anybody here Shaigiya?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.60,0:05:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand if you are Shaigiya.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.32,0:05:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So OK, we love Shaigiya people, \Nit's OK to be proud of yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.10,0:05:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you don't think you are better \Nthan anybody else, that's not racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.10,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.89,0:05:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One stereotype that we have about \NShaigiya People is that they are cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.08,0:05:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say Shaigiya people \Ndon't like giving anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.22,0:05:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let's look at a kid \Nwho's born to a Shaigiya family.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.46,0:05:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy is born and society treats him\Nlike he is cheap,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.34,0:05:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example if I want to make a phone call \Nand I don't have credit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.72,0:05:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this guy sitting in the middle is Shaigiya,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.59,0:05:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I go like, "Do you have credit?",\Nhe says, "No,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.74,0:05:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I'm like, "Oh, he's Shaigiya."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.50,0:05:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have credit?"\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.26,0:05:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this guy – so I'm giving him \Nan excuse for being cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.40,0:06:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, "You are Shaigiya, it's OK, \Nyou don't have to be generous."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.26,0:06:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he does something nice,\NI'm like, "Oh my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.78,0:06:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Shaigiya person\Nhas actually invited me for a drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.74,0:06:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how it happened."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.38,0:06:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.19,0:06:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we are doing is, we are not giving \Nhim a chance to be a generous person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.17,0:06:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are giving him an excuse\Nfor being cheap
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.38,0:06:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are not actually encouraging him \Nto do do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.07,0:06:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this enforces the stereotype, \Nit makes him more and more cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.40,0:06:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this can be seen in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.41,0:06:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that racism causes\Nis what we call self-hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.07,0:06:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a person is constantly subjected to racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.60,0:06:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they start to question themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.35,0:06:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They start to hate themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.69,0:06:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, "Oh, I'm black, maybe there is \Nsomething wrong with my color,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.07,0:06:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people are making fun of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.63,0:06:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hair is nappy, there is \Nsomething wrong with nappy hair."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you become embarrassed of who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.64,0:06:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see this in the Sudanese society.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.58,0:06:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of our sisters, they're bleaching \Ntheir skin with toxic chemicals
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.78,0:06:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because society tells them that \Nif you become white,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.50,0:06:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you behave like white people,\Nthen you become a better person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.35,0:07:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.42,0:07:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you see a Sudanese person \Ngoes to Egypt, he stays in Egypt for two months,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.67,0:07:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he comes back as an Egyptian.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.42,0:07:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He stays in Saudi Arabia, \Nhe comes back as a Saudi Arabian,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.63,0:07:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we don't have a reason \Nto be proud of ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.80,0:07:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have racism within ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.83,0:07:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you consider self-hatred\N– (Applause) –
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.45,0:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at the Sudanese society, \Nyou see a lot of self-hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.10,0:07:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One other thing that racism does is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates more racism, \Nwhat we call reverse racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.68,0:07:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reverse racism is when \Nsomebody is being racist towards you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.86,0:07:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't want to hate yourself, \Nso you say, "Hey, I'll just hate you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.85,0:07:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll become racist towards you," \Nand this will create a head-on collision
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.85,0:07:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that can be seen\Nin the African-American struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.22,0:07:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It lead to the rise of militant groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.24,0:07:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the Black Panthers, \Nthe Black Panthers is a militant group.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.35,0:07:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the average African-American \Nwas straightening his hair and lightening his skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.05,0:07:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Black Panthers, they were growing afros \Nand taking the AK47
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.84,0:07:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that created more violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.94,0:07:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The white people called them niggers,\Nthey called them wiggers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.38,0:08:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You call me chocolate,\NI'll call you vanilla.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.50,0:08:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it just became\Na conflict within the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.39,0:08:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So racism leads to more racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.32,0:08:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see this in our society here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.26,0:08:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some tribes, they never get along here in Sudan,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.27,0:08:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one tribe might have started this \Nand became racist against this tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.55,0:08:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they are racist against each other
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.10,0:08:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this leads to nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.77,0:08:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's being done\Nto fight racism in Sudan?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.59,0:08:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm actually here\Nto talk about a group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.20,0:08:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very honored\Nto be a member of this group.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.48,0:08:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it the Unity House,\Nand what we do is –
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.48,0:08:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shout out to the Unity House –
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.34,0:08:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big round of applause!\N(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.17,0:08:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Unity House is a group of artists, \Nmusicians, writers and... yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.63,0:08:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do is we fight racism through art.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.99,0:08:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We perform at open mic nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.12,0:08:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we perform at poetry events and we try \Nto fight racism through poetry and writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.72,0:08:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also conduct workshops, \Nwe have conducted twelve workshops
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.90,0:09:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the capital in high schools... \N(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.30,0:09:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with high school children, where 80 percent \Nof them don't know what's racism is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.83,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have conducted five workshops \Nin Aldamazeen and in Babanosa
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.50,0:09:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have conducted a workshop\Nfor poets in Aldamazeen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.40,0:09:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how this works? \NWhy do we use arts to fight racism?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.43,0:09:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing with arts is that arts is a soft tool, \Nart is easy to accept,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.07,0:09:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you saw the play\Nby Shawareea earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.77,0:09:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they're trying to send you\Na very deep message
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.93,0:09:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just see it in a form of entertainment, \Nit doesn't have to be rare
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.16,0:09:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's what we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.43,0:09:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in performances we create scenarios,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.82,0:09:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in workshops what we do\Nis we usually work with artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we get them to feel comfortable first
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.55,0:09:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we start talking about racism, \Nand then we create scenarios.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.01,0:09:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the workshops we were working on,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.54,0:09:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poets from Aldamazeen, this one girl \Nat the beginning of the workshop,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.14,0:09:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she introduced herself, she said, \N"My name is so so, and I'm a war poet."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.50,0:09:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "What is a war poet?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.100,0:09:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I write poetry to provoke people \Nand encourage people to fight the rebels."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.26,0:10:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was her idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.86,0:10:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After five days, after the workshops finished,\Nshe performed the piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.14,0:10:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that piece she was talking about \Nbuilding a house with her lover,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.30,0:10:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her and her lover building a house.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.91,0:10:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I called her and said, \N"What is this that you're talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.16,0:10:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, what does this\Nhave to do with racism?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.40,0:10:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "My lover is the rebels that I'm fighting \Nand the house is Sudan that I'm trying to build."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.02,0:10:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.66,0:10:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the whole idea changed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.16,0:10:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we just got together and we started \Ntalking and we started creating scenarios.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.46,0:10:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the power of scenario is
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.02,0:10:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes you don't know something is wrong \Nuntil we put you in that position.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.23,0:10:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing a workshop in \NAbubaker Alamin High School in Omdurman for girls
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.22,0:10:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this one girl, she said, "A man proposed to my sister\Nand we rejected him because of his tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.88,0:10:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sister loved this man very much
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.23,0:10:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she got depressed and \Nshe dropped out of school for two years now."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.75,0:10:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Is this right?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.71,0:10:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't tell me it was wrong,\Nso she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.09,0:10:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, we are tribe, we have our traditions, \Nwe can't give our daughter to anybody."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.44,0:11:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tried to switch things a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.18,0:11:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "What if the man that you love \Ncomes to propose to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.16,0:11:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your family rejects him\Nbecause of his tribe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.28,0:11:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she was quiet,\Nso then I tried to flip it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.35,0:11:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Is your mom and dad\Nfrom the same tribe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.58,0:11:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Yes." I said, "Let's assume \Nthey were not from the same tribe."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.18,0:11:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Is your dad a good person?",\Nshe said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.64,0:11:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Does your dad deserve\Nto be rejected?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.06,0:11:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "No."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.23,0:11:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said, "What if your dad came \Nand proposed to your mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.14,0:11:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he was rejected because of his tribe, \Nwould that be fair?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.92,0:11:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said,\N"No, that's not fair."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.17,0:11:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we do is we mix things a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.30,0:11:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we put them\Nin positions that they're not in,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.67,0:11:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that way we can change the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.16,0:11:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One other thing that art does\Nis art gives you a lot of options,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.68,0:11:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I can talk about racism,\Nor I can talk about the things that racism does.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.56,0:11:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of my favorite topics\Nis to talk about self hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.11,0:11:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I feel like a group of people hate themselves \Nbecause people have been racist towards them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.69,0:11:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to make them feel better.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.71,0:11:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to end this, I'm going to share \Na piece of poetry that I wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.10,0:11:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all Africans, because I believe \NAfricans are very beautiful people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.91,0:11:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they deserve to be happy\Nfor who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.62,0:11:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.93,0:12:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this piece is called "Africa".
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.69,0:12:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Africa, please wake up, \Nyour history was stolen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.21,0:12:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of it survived \Nbut still it was taught wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.35,0:12:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wasn't taught about the beautiful \NAfrican beings, the African kings
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.63,0:12:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that traveled all across the globe\Ndoing African things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.83,0:12:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African rhythm,\NAfrican words over African beats.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.93,0:12:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African [artists] [still sleeping] \Nthrough them African streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.36,0:12:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African eyes, open up and realize \Nthat sit back and watch as the melanine dries.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.45,0:12:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hurts me to see all the Africans cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.30,0:12:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Africans, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.70,0:12:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why Africans die, over hunger \Nwhile the colonizer's eating our pie.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.36,0:12:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Africa is not poor,\Nthat's an African lie
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.44,0:12:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black gold still glitters\Nunder African sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.62,0:12:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best believe these facts\Nfrom this African guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.71,0:12:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.96,0:12:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.62,0:12:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)