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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.84,0:00:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to have this recurring dream
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.93,0:00:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'd walk into a roomful of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.39,0:00:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd try not to make\Neye contact with anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.22,0:00:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until someone notices me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.96,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just panic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.21,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the person walks up to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "Hi, my name is So-and-so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.57,0:00:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.31,0:00:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just quiet, unable to respond.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.20,0:00:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After some awkward silence, he goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.66,0:00:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you forgotten your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.85,0:00:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm still quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.29,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, slowly, all the other people\Nin the room begin to turn toward me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.96,0:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask, almost in unison,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.83,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Voice-over, several voices)\N"Have you forgotten your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.62,0:00:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the chant gets louder,\NI want to respond, but I don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.35,0:00:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a visual artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.75,0:00:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of my work is humorous,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.36,0:00:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some is a bit funny but in a sad way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.16,0:01:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one thing that I really enjoy doing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.89,0:01:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is making these little animations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.18,0:01:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I get to do the voice-over\Nfor all kinds of characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.98,0:01:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been a bear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.26,0:01:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Bear (Safwat Saleem's voice): Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.35,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.13,0:01:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Safwat Saleem: I've been a whale.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.81,0:01:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Whale (SS's voice): Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.53,0:01:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.81,0:01:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: I've been a greeting card.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.30,0:01:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Greeting card (SS's voice): Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.38,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.48,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: And my personal favorite\Nis Frankenstein's monster.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.51,0:01:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Frankenstein's monster\N(SS's voice): (Grunts)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.23,0:01:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.30,0:01:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: I just had to grunt\Na lot for that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.42,0:01:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago,\NI made this educational video
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.13,0:01:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the history of video games.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.05,0:01:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for that one, I got to do\Nthe voice of Space Invader.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.81,0:01:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Space Invader (SS's voice): Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.89,0:01:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: A dream come true, really,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.36,0:01:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.39,0:01:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that video was posted online,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.49,0:01:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just sat there on the computer,\Nhitting "refresh,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.21,0:01:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excited to see the response.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.21,0:01:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first comment comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.65,0:01:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Great job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.96,0:01:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.71,0:02:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hit "refresh."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.99,0:02:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Excellent video.\NI look forward to the next one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.12,0:02:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: This was just the first\Nof a two-part video.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.64,0:02:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to work\Non the second one next.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.70,0:02:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hit "refresh."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.89,0:02:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Where is part TWO?\NWHEREEEEE? I need it NOWWWWW!: P
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.75,0:02:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.29,0:02:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: People other than my mom\Nwere saying nice things about me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.26,0:02:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.45,0:02:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like I had finally arrived.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.81,0:02:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hit "refresh."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.13,0:02:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: His voice\Nis annoying. No offense.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.86,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: OK, no offense taken. Refresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.55,0:02:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Could you remake this\Nwithout peanut butter in your mouth?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.14,0:02:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: OK, at least the feedback\Nis somewhat constructive. Hit "refresh."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.63,0:02:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Please don't use\Nthis narrator again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,u can barely understand him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.58,0:02:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: Refresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.76,0:02:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Comment: Couldn't follow\Nbecause of the Indian accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.76,0:02:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: OK, OK, OK, two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.27,0:02:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one, I don't have an Indian accent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.37,0:02:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a Pakistani accent, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.32,0:02:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And number two, I clearly\Nhave a Pakistani accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.48,0:02:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.23,0:02:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But comments like that kept coming in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.28,0:03:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I figured I should just ignore them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.05,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start working\Non the second part of the video.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.10,0:03:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recorded my audio,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.66,0:03:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every time I sat down to edit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.68,0:03:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just could not do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.69,0:03:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single time, it would take me\Nback to my childhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.70,0:03:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I had a much harder time speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.93,0:03:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've stuttered for as long\Nas I can remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.28,0:03:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the kid in class
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.59,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would never raise his hand\Nwhen he had a question --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.25,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or knew the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time the phone rang,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.78,0:03:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would run to the bathroom\Nso I would not have to answer it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.91,0:03:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was for me, my parents\Nwould say I'm not around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.14,0:03:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of time in the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.72,0:03:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hated introducing myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.22,0:03:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.85,0:03:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd always stutter on my name,\Nand there was usually someone who'd go,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.25,0:03:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you forgotten your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then everybody would laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.86,0:03:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That joke never got old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.73,0:03:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.64,0:04:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent my childhood\Nfeeling that if I spoke,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.47,0:04:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would become obvious\Nthat there was something wrong with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.64,0:04:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was not normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.07,0:04:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I mostly stayed quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.14,0:04:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you see, eventually for me to even\Nbe able to use my voice in my work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.93,0:04:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a huge step for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.99,0:04:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I record audio,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.61,0:04:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fumble my way through saying\Neach sentence many, many times,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.13,0:04:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I go back in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.79,0:04:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pick the ones\Nwhere I think I suck the least.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.100,0:04:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Voice-over) SS: Audio editing\Nis like Photoshop for your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.10,0:04:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can slow it down, speed it up,\Nmake it deeper, add an echo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.94,0:04:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I stutter along the way,\Nand if I stutter along the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.71,0:04:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just go back in and fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.35,0:04:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.77,0:04:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: Using my highly edited\Nvoice in my work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.70,0:04:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a way for me\Nto finally sound normal to myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.30,0:04:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after the comments on the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.92,0:04:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it no longer made me feel normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.90,0:05:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I stopped\Nusing my voice in my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.98,0:05:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, I've thought a lot\Nabout what it means to be normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.22,0:05:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've come to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.26,0:05:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "normal" has a lot to do\Nwith expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.31,0:05:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.86,0:05:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came across this story
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.21,0:05:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Ancient Greek writer, Homer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.50,0:05:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Homer mentions\Nvery few colors in his writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.65,0:05:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even when he does,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.28,0:05:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he seems to get them quite a bit wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.94,0:05:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the sea\Nis described as wine red,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.25,0:05:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's faces are sometimes green\Nand sheep are purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.84,0:05:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just Homer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.24,0:05:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at all\Nof the ancient literature --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.57,0:05:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ancient Chinese, Icelandic, Greek, Indian
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.79,0:05:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the original Hebrew Bible --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.50,0:05:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they all mention very few colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.74,0:05:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the most popular theory\Nfor why that might be the case
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.15,0:05:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that cultures begin\Nto recognize a color
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.58,0:05:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only once they have the ability\Nto make that color.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.69,0:05:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically, if you can make a color,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.56,0:05:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only then can you see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.73,0:06:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A color like red, which was fairly easy\Nfor many cultures to make --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.41,0:06:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they began to see that color\Nfairly early on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.26,0:06:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a color like blue,\Nwhich was much harder to make --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.03,0:06:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many cultures didn't begin to learn\Nhow to make that color
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.81,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until much later.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.100,0:06:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't begin to see it\Nuntil much later as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.54,0:06:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So until then, even though\Na color might be all around them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.21,0:06:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they simply did not have\Nthe ability to see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.68,0:06:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was invisIble.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.86,0:06:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not a part of their normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.59,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that story has helped\Nput my own experience into context.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.38,0:06:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I first read\Nthe comments on the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.87,0:06:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my initial reaction was to take it\Nall very personally.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.54,0:06:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the people commenting did not know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.46,0:06:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how self-conscious I am about my voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.26,0:06:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were mostly reacting to my accent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.93,0:06:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is not normal\Nfor a narrator to have an accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.09,0:06:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is normal, anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.47,0:06:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that reviewers will find\Nmore spelling errors in your writing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.86,0:06:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they think you're black.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.14,0:07:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that professors are less likely\Nto help female or minority students.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.35,0:07:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that resumes\Nwith white-sounding names
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.02,0:07:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get more callbacks than resumes\Nwith black-sounding names.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.04,0:07:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.01,0:07:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of our expectations\Nof what is normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.14,0:07:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think it is normal
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.74,0:07:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a black student has spelling errors.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.26,0:07:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think it is normal
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.00,0:07:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a female or minority student\Ndoes not succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.96,0:07:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we think it is normal
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.62,0:07:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a white employee\Nis a better hire than a black employee.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.40,0:07:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But studies also show\Nthat discrimination of this kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.02,0:07:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in most cases, is simply favoritism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.09,0:07:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it results more from wanting\Nto help people that you can relate to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.49,0:07:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the desire to harm people\Nthat you can't relate to.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.94,0:07:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not relating to people\Nstarts at a very early age.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.18,0:07:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.95,0:07:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One library that keeps track of characters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.52,0:07:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the children's book\Ncollection every year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:08:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that in 2014,\Nonly about 11 percent of the books
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.14,0:08:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a character of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.37,0:08:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just the year before,\Nthat number was about eight percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.07,0:08:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though half of American children\Ntoday come from a minority background.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.90,0:08:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.35,0:08:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are two big issues here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.00,0:08:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one, children are told\Nthat they can be anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.68,0:08:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.86,0:08:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, most stories\Nthat children of color consume
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.35,0:08:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are about people who are not like them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.26,0:08:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two is that majority groups\Ndon't get to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.04,0:08:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great extent to which\Nthey are similar to minorities --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.10,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our everyday experiences, our hopes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.17,0:08:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our dreams, our fears
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.06,0:08:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our mutual love for hummus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.86,0:08:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's delicious!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.19,0:08:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.91,0:08:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like the color blue\Nfor Ancient Greeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.62,0:08:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minorities are not a part\Nof what we consider normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.44,0:08:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because normal is simply a construction\Nof what we've been exposed to,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.42,0:08:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how visible it is around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.59,0:08:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where things\Nget a bit difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.71,0:09:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can accept the preexisting notion\Nof normal -- that normal is good,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.02,0:09:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything outside of that very\Nnarrow definition of normal is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.76,0:09:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I can challenge\Nthat preexisting notion of normal
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.46,0:09:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.03,0:09:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with my voice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.34,0:09:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with my accent
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.63,0:09:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by standing here onstage,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.17,0:09:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though I'm scared shitless\Nand would rather be in the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.52,0:09:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.86,0:09:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.30,0:09:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Sheep (SS's voice):\NI'm now slowly starting to use my voice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.50,0:09:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my work again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.67,0:09:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it feels good.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.85,0:09:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not mean I won't have a breakdown
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.84,0:09:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next time a couple dozen\Npeople say that I talk
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.33,0:09:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Mumbling) like I have peanut\Nbutter in my mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.66,0:09:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.69,0:09:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: It just means I now have\Na much better understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.39,0:09:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what's at stake,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.16,0:09:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how giving up is not an option.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.52,0:09:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ancient Greeks didn't just wake up\None day and realize
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.43,0:10:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the sky was blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.20,0:10:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took centuries, even, for humans\Nto realize what we had been ignoring
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.66,0:10:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for so long.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.89,0:10:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we must continuously challenge\Nour notion of normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because doing so is going\Nto allow us as a society
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.09,0:10:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finally see the sky for what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.27,0:10:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Characters: Thank you. Thank you.\NThank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.06,0:10:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frankenstein's monster: (Grunts)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.68,0:10:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.71,0:10:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SS: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.88,0:10:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)