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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.05,0:00:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.74,0:00:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three of my family members\Nwere gruesomely murdered
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.27,0:00:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a hate crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.09,0:00:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes without saying\Nthat it's really difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to be here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.20,0:00:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my brother Deah,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.81,0:00:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his wife Yusor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.25,0:00:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her sister Razan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.80,0:00:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't give me much of a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.27,0:00:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hopeful that by the end\Nof this talk you will make a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.69,0:00:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join me in standing up against hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.66,0:00:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's December 27, 2014:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.77,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the morning of my brother's wedding day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.03,0:00:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asks me to come over and comb his hair
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.11,0:00:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in preparation\Nfor his wedding photo shoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.61,0:00:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 23-year-old, six-foot-three basketball,\Nparticularly Steph Curry, fanatic --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.97,0:00:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.68,0:00:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An American kid in dental school\Nready to take on the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.72,0:00:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Deah and Yusor\Nhave their first dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.51,0:00:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see the love in his eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.34,0:00:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her reciprocated joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.99,0:00:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my emotions begin to overwhelm me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.18,0:01:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I move to the back of the hall\Nand burst into tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second the song finishes playing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.57,0:01:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he beelines towards me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.78,0:01:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buries me into his arms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.06,0:01:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rocks me back and forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.93,0:01:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everything was so distracting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.05,0:01:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was attuned to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.92,0:01:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cups my face and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.78,0:01:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Suzanne,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.98,0:01:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am who I am because of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.18,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.87,0:01:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.18,0:01:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About a month later, I'm back home\Nin North Carolina for a short visit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.69,0:01:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the last evening,\NI run upstairs to Deah's room,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eager to find out how he's feeling\Nbeing a newly married man.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.74,0:01:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a big boyish smile he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.07,0:01:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so happy. I love her.\NShe's an amazing girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.90,0:01:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At just 21, she'd recently\Nbeen accepted to join Deah
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.86,0:01:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at UNC dental school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.97,0:01:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She shared his love for basketball,\Nand at her urging,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.27,0:01:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they started their honeymoon off\Nattending their favorite team of the NBA,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.22,0:01:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the LA Lakers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.65,0:02:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, check out that form.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.42,0:02:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.23,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never forget that moment\Nsitting there with him --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how free he was in his happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.55,0:02:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My littler brother,\Na basketball-obsessed kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.04,0:02:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had become and transformed\Ninto an accomplished young man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.45,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was at the top\Nof his dental school class,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and alongside Yusor and Razan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.22,0:02:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was involved in local and international\Ncommunity service projects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.46,0:02:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedicated to the homeless and refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.82,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a dental relief trip\Nthey were planning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.13,0:02:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.67,0:02:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Razan, at just 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.82,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used her creativity\Nas an architectural engineering student
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.100,0:02:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve those around her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.71,0:02:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making care packages\Nfor the local homeless,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.98,0:02:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among other projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.24,0:02:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is who they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.42,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standing there that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.69,0:02:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take a deep breath\Nand look at Deah and tell him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.65,0:02:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have never been more proud of you\Nthan I am in this moment."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.58,0:02:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pulls me into his tall frame,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.40,0:03:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hugs me goodnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.59,0:03:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I leave the next morning\Nwithout waking him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.84,0:03:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back to San Francisco.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.96,0:03:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the last time I ever hug him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.62,0:03:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten days later, I'm on call\Nat San Francisco General Hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.64,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I receive a barrage of vague\Ntext messages expressing condolences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.51,0:03:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confused, I call my father,\Nwho calmly intones,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.34,0:03:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's been a shooting\Nin Deah's neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.37,0:03:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's on lock-down. That's all we know."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.83,0:03:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hang up and quickly Google,\N"shooting in Chapel Hill."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.35,0:03:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One hit comes up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.90,0:03:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quote:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.35,0:03:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Three people were shot\Nin the back of the head
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.63,0:03:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and confirmed dead on the scene."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.82,0:03:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something in me just knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.49,0:03:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fling out of my chair and faint\Nonto the gritty hospital floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.63,0:03:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wailing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.42,0:03:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take the first red-eye\Nout of San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.78,0:03:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numb and disoriented.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.44,0:03:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk into my childhood home\Nand faint into my parents' arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.97,0:03:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sobbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.18,0:03:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then run up to Deah's room\Nas I did so many times before,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just looking for him,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.19,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to find a void\Nthat will never be filled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.77,0:04:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Investigation and autopsy reports\Neventually revealed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.03,0:04:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sequence of events.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.07,0:04:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deah had just gotten\Noff the bus from class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.80,0:04:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Razan was visiting for dinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.40,0:04:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already at home with Yusor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.55,0:04:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they began to eat,\Nthey heard a knock on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.41,0:04:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Deah opened it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.46,0:04:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their neighbor proceeded\Nto fire multiple shots at him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.79,0:04:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to 911 calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.34,0:04:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the girls were heard screaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.52,0:04:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man turned towards the kitchen\Nand fired a single shot into Yusor's hip,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.20,0:04:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immobilizing her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.37,0:04:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then approached her from behind,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.16,0:04:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pressed the barrel of his gun\Nagainst her head,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.43,0:04:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with a single bullet,\Nlacerated her midbrain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.36,0:04:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then turned towards Razan,\Nwho was screaming for her life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.48,0:04:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, execution-style, with a single bullet
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.93,0:04:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the back of the head,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.39,0:04:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.75,0:04:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On his way out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.93,0:05:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he shot Deah one last time --\Na bullet in the mouth --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.23,0:05:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a total of eight bullets:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.10,0:05:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two lodged in the head,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.98,0:05:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two in his chest
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.52,0:05:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rest in his extremities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.38,0:05:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deah, Yusor and Razan were executed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.69,0:05:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a place that was meant\Nto be safe: their home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.82,0:05:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For months, this man\Nhad been harassing them:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.34,0:05:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knocking on their door,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.77,0:05:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brandishing his gun\Non a couple of occasions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.58,0:05:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Facebook was cluttered\Nanti-religion posts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.63,0:05:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yusor felt particularly threatened by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.95,0:05:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As she was moving in,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.50,0:05:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he told Yusor and her mom\Nthat he didn't like the way they looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.86,0:05:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, Yusor's mom told her\Nto be kind to her neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.30,0:05:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as he got to know them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.69,0:05:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd see them for who they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.28,0:05:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess we've all become\Nso numb to the hatred
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.82,0:05:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we couldn't have ever imagined\Nit turning into fatal violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.68,0:05:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man who murdered my brother\Nturned himself in to the police
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.68,0:05:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shortly after the murders,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.52,0:06:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying he killed three kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.77,0:06:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,execution-style,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.34,0:06:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over a parking dispute.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.32,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police issued a premature\Npublic statement that morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.23,0:06:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,echoing his claims\Nwithout bothering to question it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.70,0:06:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or further investigate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.70,0:06:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out there was no parking dispute.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.77,0:06:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no argument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.40,0:06:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No violation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.20,0:06:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the damage was already done.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.33,0:06:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a 24-hour media cycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.41,0:06:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the words "parking dispute" had already\Nbecome the go-to sound bite.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.58,0:06:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sit on my brother's bed\Nand remember his words,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.76,0:06:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the words he gave me\Nso freely and with so much love,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.03,0:06:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am who I am because of you."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.94,0:06:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it takes for me\Nto climb through my crippling grief
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.98,0:06:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speak out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.16,0:06:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot let my family's deaths\Nbe diminished to a segment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.97,0:06:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is barely discussed on local news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.73,0:06:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were murdered by their neighbor\Nbecause of their faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.18,0:06:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of a piece of cloth\Nthey chose to don on their heads,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.66,0:06:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were visibly Muslim.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.72,0:07:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the rage I felt at the time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.44,0:07:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that if roles were reversed,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.39,0:07:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an Arab, Muslim\Nor Muslim-appearing person
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.23,0:07:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had killed three white American\Ncollege students execution-style,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.10,0:07:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their home,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.28,0:07:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would we have called it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.04,0:07:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A terrorist attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.30,0:07:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When white men commit\Nacts of violence in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.50,0:07:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're lone wolves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.74,0:07:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentally ill
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.96,0:07:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or driven by a parking dispute.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.32,0:07:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I have to give\Nmy family voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.94,0:07:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do the only thing I know how:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.16,0:07:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I send a Facebook message\Nto everyone I know in media.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.25,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of hours later,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.73,0:07:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of a chaotic house\Noverflowing with friends and family,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.55,0:07:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our neighbor Neal comes over,\Nsits down next to my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.62,0:07:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asks, "What can I do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.93,0:07:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neal had over two decades\Nof experience in journalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.56,0:07:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he makes it clear that he's not\Nthere in his capacity as journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.99,0:08:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a neighbor who wants to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.37,0:08:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask him what he thinks we should do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.23,0:08:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the bombardment\Nof local media interview requests.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.31,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He offers to set up a press conference\Nat a local community center.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.43,0:08:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now I don't have\Nthe words to thank him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.65,0:08:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just tell me when, and I'll have\Nall the news channels present," he said.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.87,0:08:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did for us what we\Ncould not do for ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.16,0:08:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a moment of devastation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.74,0:08:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I delivered the press statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.36,0:08:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still wearing scrubs\Nfrom the previous night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.51,0:08:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in under 24 hours from the murders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.54,0:08:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm on CNN being interviewed\Nby Anderson Cooper.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.03,0:08:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The following day, major newspapers --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.93,0:08:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the New York Times,\NChicago Tribune --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.70,0:08:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,published stories about Deah,\NYusor and Razan,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.36,0:08:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing us to reclaim the narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.56,0:08:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call attention the mainstreaming\Nof anti-Muslim hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.32,0:08:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.52,0:08:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels like Islamophobia\Nis a socially acceptable form of bigotry.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.99,0:09:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just have to put up with it and smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.92,0:09:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nasty stares,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.53,0:09:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the palpable fear when boarding a plane,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.95,0:09:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the random pat downs at airports\Nthat happen 99 percent of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.15,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.06,0:09:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have politicians reaping political\Nand financial gains off our backs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.29,0:09:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.47,0:09:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have presidential candidates\Nlike Donald Trump,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.86,0:09:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,casually calling to register\NAmerican Muslims,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.29,0:09:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ban Muslim immigrants and refugees\Nfrom entering this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.35,0:09:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is no coincidence that hate crimes rise
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.10,0:09:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in parallel with election cycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.75,0:09:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a couple months ago, Khalid Jabara,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.06,0:09:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Lebanese-American Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was murdered in Oklahoma\Nby his neighbor --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.66,0:09:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man who called him a "filthy Arab."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.63,0:09:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man was previously jailed\Nfor a mere 8 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.36,0:09:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after attempting run over\NKhalid's mother with his car.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.63,0:09:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chances are you haven't heard\NKhalid's story,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.50,0:09:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it didn't make it\Nto national news.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.23,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The least we can do is call it what it is:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.03,0:10:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hate crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.37,0:10:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The least we can do is talk about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.18,0:10:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because violence and hatred\Ndoesn't just happen in a vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.76,0:10:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not long after coming back to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the senior on rounds in the hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.48,0:10:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when one of my patients\Nlooks over at my colleague,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.12,0:10:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gestures around her face\Nand says, "San Bernardino,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.70,0:10:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referencing a recent terrorist attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.60,0:10:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am having just lost three\Nfamily members to Islamophobia,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.18,0:10:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having been a vocal advocate\Nwithin my program
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.38,0:10:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to deal with such microaggressions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.63,0:10:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.81,0:10:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.54,0:10:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was disheartened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.21,0:10:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humiliated.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.41,0:10:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Days later rounding on the same patient,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.37,0:10:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she looks at me and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.71,0:10:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your people are killing\Npeople in Los Angeles."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.22,0:10:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look around expectantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.30,0:10:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.65,0:10:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.86,0:10:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that yet again,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.62,0:10:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to speak up for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.80,0:11:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sit on her bed and gently ask her,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.31,0:11:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have I ever done anything\Nbut treat you with respect and kindness?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.40,0:11:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I done anything but give\Nyou compassionate care?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.14,0:11:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looks down and realizes\Nwhat she said was wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.60,0:11:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in front of the entire team,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.36,0:11:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she apologizes and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.90,0:11:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I should know better.\NI'm Mexican-American.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.51,0:11:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I receive this kind\Nof treatment all the time."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.34,0:11:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us experience\Nmicroaggressions on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.16,0:11:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Odds are you may have experienced it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.52,0:11:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether for your race,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.95,0:11:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gender,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.12,0:11:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexuality
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.30,0:11:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or religious beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.73,0:11:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all been in situations\Nwhere we've witnessed something wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.89,0:11:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and didn't speak up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.17,0:11:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we weren't equipped\Nwith the tools to respond in the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.85,0:11:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we weren't even aware\Nof our own implicit biases.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.47,0:11:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all agree that bigotry\Nis unacceptable,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.61,0:11:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.84,0:11:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're silent,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.03,0:11:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it makes us uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.83,0:11:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But stepping right into that discomfort
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.01,0:12:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means you are also stepping\Ninto the ally zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.47,0:12:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be over three million\NMuslims in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.67,0:12:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's still just one percent\Nof the total population.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.97,0:12:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martin Luther King once said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.59,0:12:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.96,0:12:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will remember not\Nthe words of our enemies,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.10,0:12:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the silence of our friends."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.65,0:12:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what made my neighbor\NNeal's allyship so profound?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.31,0:12:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.17,0:12:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was there as a neighbor who cared,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.35,0:12:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was also bringing in\Nhis professional expertise and resources
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.57,0:12:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the moment called for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.93,0:12:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others have done the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.11,0:12:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Larycia Hawkins drew on her platform
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.60,0:12:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the first tenured African-American\Nprofessor at Wheaton College
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.11,0:12:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wear a hijab in solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.79,0:12:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Muslim women who face\Ndiscrimination every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.07,0:12:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, she lost her job.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.82,0:12:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within a month,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.100,0:12:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she joined the faculty\Nat the University of Virginia,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.54,0:12:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she now works on pluralism,\Nrace, faith and culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.56,0:13:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reddit cofounder, Alexis Ohanian,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.95,0:13:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demonstrated that not all active\Nallyship needs to be so serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.06,0:13:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He stepped up to support\Na 15-year-old Muslim girl's mission
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.96,0:13:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to introduce a hijab emoji.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.03,0:13:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.04,0:13:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a simple gesture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.65,0:13:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it has a significant\Nsubconscious impact
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.21,0:13:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on normalizing and humanizing Muslims,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.47,0:13:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the community\Nas a part of an "us"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.14,0:13:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of an "other."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.35,0:13:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The editor in chief\Nof Women's Running magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.69,0:13:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just put the first hijabi to ever be\Non the cover of a US fitness magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.00,0:13:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are all very different examples
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.79,0:13:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people who drew upon\Ntheir platforms and resources
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.77,0:13:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in academia, tech and media,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.12,0:13:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actively express their allyship.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.84,0:13:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What resources and expertise\Ndo you bring to the table?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.59,0:13:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you willing to step\Ninto your discomfort
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.69,0:13:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speak up when you witness\Nhateful bigotry?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.83,0:13:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you be Neal?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.26,0:13:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many neighbors appeared in this story.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.58,0:14:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you, in your respective communities,\Nall have a Muslim neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.37,0:14:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colleague
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.54,0:14:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or friend your child plays with at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.90,0:14:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reach out to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.39,0:14:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them know you stand\Nwith them in solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.33,0:14:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may feel really small,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.75,0:14:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I promise you it makes a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.27,0:14:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing will ever bring back\NDeah, Yusor and Razan.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.72,0:14:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we raise our collective voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.09,0:14:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is when we stop the hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.35,0:14:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.54,0:14:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)