种族奇事（2024）

for being willing to participate
首先，感谢你们来到这里
and for, first and foremost, being here
我们无法结束系统性种族主义
We will not end systemic racism
我们不可能拆除一个
It is not possible for us to dismantle a system
已经存在了400年的系统，
that has been around for 400 years,
它有效且高效地
and has effectively and efficiently
摧毁了数百万人的生活
destroyed the lives of millions of people
你们都已经被纳入这个系统
You all have been grandfathered into the system
我们在这里是为了关注你们
We are here to focus on you
以及你们的经历和悲伤
and your experience and your grief
因为这是导致
because that is the source
后续反黑人和种族主义的根源
of downstream anti-Blackness and racism of downstream anti-Blackness and racism
坦白说，我祈求上帝
And quite frankly, I pray to God
你们都能感到如此不适
you all feel this uncomfortable
如果你们感到极度不舒服
我会非常高兴
I will be so happy if you all feel extremely uncomfortable,
如果你们真正看到白人至上主义
if you are truly looking at what white supremacy
不仅对，嗯，
has done to not only, um,
非裔美国人
而且对你们自己造成的影响
African Americans, but to yourselves
你们在这里是为了
面对你们正在经历的
You are here to sit amidst whatever suffering
任何苦难和痛苦
and pain you are experiencing
为了他人的解放
for the sake of the liberation of others
这就是爱
That is love
我不知道你们中是否有人在
I don't know if any of you grew up
基♥督♥教背景下长大
我是在基♥督♥教背景下长大的
with a Christian background,I did with a Christian background,I did
呃
Uh
但爱并不总是耐心和善良的
But love is also not always patient and kind
当我们谈论系统性压♥迫♥时，
When we are talking about systemic oppression,
以及我们在缓解它方面所扮演的角色，
and the role that we are playing to mitigate it,
不需要耐心
patience is not needed
人们正在死去
People are dying
善良不是所需要的
Kindness is not what is called for
我们在这里是为了讨论
We are here to talk about the fact
黑人美国人不安全的事实
that Black Americans are not safe
坦白说，
If I'm going to be quite frank,
当我做这项工作，参与这类圈子时，
when I do this work, and these types of circles,
我是不安全的
I'm not safe
但我出于必要这样做
But I do them out of necessity
你为什么
Why are you
为什么你在这个圈子里不安全？
Why are you not safe in the circle?
作为一个非裔美国人
Being an African American
在以白人为主的空间里对我的心理
in primarily white spaces is not safe for me mentally
或情感来说是不安全的
or emotionally
我们稍后会更深入地
讨论这个问题，
We will go into more depth about that,
但我感谢你的提问
but I appreciate that question
这些话题可能很困难，有时，
These topics may be difficult, and at times,
你可能会被情绪压倒。这没关系
you may feel overcome by emotions That's okay
左边有一个房♥间
There is a room to the left
如果你发现你的情绪，嗯，
If you find that your emotions are, um,
干扰了小组的进程，
interfering with the group process,
我请你礼貌地退到一边
I kindly ask you to step aside
呃，那我们可以从你开始吗？
Um, so can we start with you? Um, so can we start with you?
我来这里是因为
I'm here because
我觉得我被社会化成了一个混♥蛋♥，
I feel like I've been socialized to be an asshole,
这感觉并不好
and that doesn't feel good
我对黑人社区的承诺是
And my promise to the Black community
要勇于面对
is to lean into
勇敢和不舒服的情况，
being brave and uncomfortable,
并以不方便的方式去爱
and to love in inconvenient ways
谢谢
Thank you
嗯，我来这里是为了追求
Well, I'm here on a journey towards
一个更光明的未来
为了我自己
a brighter future, uh, for myself
也希望为这个世界
and for, you know, hopefully, the world and for, you know, hopefully, the world
我对自己的承诺是爱
My promise to myself is love
爱自己
To love myself
这非常重要，
Which is so important,
我一直为此挣扎
and I've struggled so much with that
我一生都在为此挣扎
I've struggled so much with it
在我的生活中，去找寻自我，呃
in my life, to find myself,Um
我对黑人社区的承诺是
My promise to the Black communities
要变得更好
to be so much better
比我过去对他们的态度好得多
So much better than I have been to them
在许多方面变得更好
To be better in so many better ways
提升自己，让世界变得更好
To better myself,To better the world,To better myself,To better the world
我知道我过去做得不够好
And I know that I haven't been better
我没有做到
I haven't been
但我会做到的
But I'm going to be
这是我的承诺
That's my promise
谢谢
Thank you
哦
Oh
我来这里的目的是
I am here with the intention
去理解
to understand
和学习，呃
and learn and, um and learn and, um
深入挖掘一下 - 对不起，我能
dig a little bit into - I'm sorry, can I
我忘了另一件事，我想承诺
I forgot one other thing,I wanted to promise
对黑人社区 - 呃
the Black community - Um
我们在小组讨论时不要互相打断
It's really important that we don't interrupt
这一点很重要
each other during the group
哦，对不起 - 但我很感谢
Oh, I'm sorry - But I appreciate
我还有一个对黑人的承诺
I have one other promise for the Black
我们可以稍后再回到这个话题
谢谢
- We can circle back around - Thank you
我们之后还会回到这个话题吗？
Are we going to circle back around?
不会 不会 呃
No No Uh
其他事情会出现，这是过程的一部分
Other things will come up,That's part of the process
但我想确保
But I want to be very sure
我们尊重每个人的时间
that we respect everybody's time
好的，我不想让别人代替我
向黑人社区许下的承诺
Okay I didn't want someone else to take my promise
我本来要说的承诺
to the Black community that I was gonna make
好的，谢谢你，请继续
Well, thank you,Please continue
我对自己许下的承诺
我对自己许下的承诺
The promise that I am making to myself,The promise that I am making to myself
是要有弹性
is to be elastic
要利用我的声音和特权，
To use my voice and my privilege,
让自己被听到
to be heard
呃，去
Uh, to
这就是我要说的，但是
That's what,I was gonna say, but
请让她说完 - 对不起
Please allow her to finish - Sorry
如果我们考虑白人身份的构建
If we think about the construction of whiteness
作为一种身份，
as an identity,
白人至上主义的种子
it makes sense that the seeds of white supremacy
埋藏在你的潜意识中是有道理的，
are buried within your subconscious,
无论你是否意识到
也不需要你的同意
whether or not you realize it, and without your consent
白人美国人通常不会
It is often uncommon for white Americans
意识到自己的特权
to be aware of their privilege
更不用说它在日常生活中
是如何发挥作用的
let alone how it's functioning on a day-to-day basis
你刚才说，
You said, a moment ago
嗯，会有机会 - 我能说点什么吗？
Um, there'll be an oppor - Can I say something?
呃，可以，问个问题
Uh, yes Ask a question
你刚才说，
You said, a moment ago,
白人至上主义的种子
that the seeds of white supremacy
存在于我们所有人身上 - 是的
are in all of us - Yes
我们如何去除它们？
How do we get them out?
这就是演讲的内容
That's what the presentation
我们正在进行演讲来讨论这个问题
We're going through the presentation to discuss that
如果再有人打断，
If there is another interruption,
我将不得不请你
I'm going to have to respectfully ask you
走出去，到左边第二个房♥间
to step out and go to the second room to the left