种族主义在美国存在吗？

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网友：我是个棕皮肤的印度人，有一点点口音。有一次我下班的时候很累，我一岁的孩子脾气一直很暴躁，当时沃尔玛结账处排起了长队，超市只开了一个结账台。我礼貌地问收银员......

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Rahul Mehta,
I am brown, Indian with a little bit of accent. One time I was tired at the end of the day and my 1 year old wont stop being cranky and there was huge line at the Walmart checkout with just one checkout line open.I just politely asked the cashier why doesn’t her manager open more lines and she called the manager who then called he security and I was asked to get out without buying anything.

我是个棕皮肤的印度人，有一点点口音。有一次我下班的时候很累，我一岁的孩子脾气一直很暴躁，当时沃尔玛结账处排起了长队，超市只开了一个结账台。我礼貌地问收银员，为什么她的经理不再开几个队，她打电话给了经理，经理叫来了保安。我什么都没买，就被赶了出去。

Another time at Navy Pier, Chicago. There were some school children - probably some private school camp because everyone was in uniform and a 7–8 year old little girl called me brown dog at my face. I was so embarrassed. This is like 15 years back when I was relatively new to this country. I couldn’t believe what I heard. I couldn’t do anything because I didn’t know what I’d be accused for if I said anything to a child.

另一次是在芝加哥海军码头。一些学校的孩子，可能是在参加一些私立学校的营地，因为每个人都穿着制服，一个七八岁的小女孩在我面前叫我棕狗。我觉得很尴尬。这大概是十五年前，我刚来这个国家的时候。我简直不敢相信我听到了什么。我什么也做不了，因为我不知道如果我对一个孩子说了什么，我会被指控什么罪。

Another time in Bryn Mawr, about 5–6 years back I was getting out of my apartment complex and I opened the door to an elderly lady she just snubbed me saying - get out of here I hate Indians. Go back to the 3rd world where you came from.She didn’t give me a chance to explain to her what kind of third world I came from and what I am bringing to this country.

还有一次在布林莫尔，大约五六年前，我正要离开自己的公寓大楼，我给一位老太太开了门，她对我说: “滚开，我讨厌印度人。回到你来的第三世界。” 她没有给我机会向她解释我来自什么样的第三世界，以及我给这个国家带来了什么贡献。

Last weekend in Hyannis- a middle aged guy asked me and my wife where we are from - I said Philly, then he asked no where are you originally from - I said India. Then he goes “Indian people I have met never tell me in the first shot that they are from India”. I smiled and got on with my business. Well, both my wife and I are American citizens - we try to get amalgamated into American society but this society doesn’t accept us completely…

上个周末在海恩尼斯，一个中年男人问我和我妻子是从哪里来的，我说是费城，然后他问：不对，你原来是从哪里来的？我说是印度。然后他说: “我见过的印度人从来没有在第一次就老实告诉我，他们来自印度。” 我微笑着继续做我的事情。嗯，我和我的妻子都是美国公民——我们试图融入美国社会，但这个社会并不完全接受我们。

This is a beautiful country with many amazing opportunities but sadly a handful are bringing it down and our President is leading this pack!!There is racism everywhere, you just get used to of it and take it as part of your life.

这是一个美丽的国家，有许多惊人的机会，但可悲的是，少数人正在拖它的后腿，我们的总统正在领导这个群体! ！种族主义无处不在，你需要习惯它，并把它作为你生活的一部分。

The prison industrial complex is where the government uses prisoners and over incarceration to benefit their economic and social problems. The more prisoners there are, the more free labor will be done and the more money and benefits will be made for the government—so, as a result, the US prison population is on an extreme increase.

监狱工业综合体是政府利用囚犯和过度监禁，来解决他们经济和社会问题的地方。囚犯越多，就有越多的免费劳动力，政府也会得到更多的钱和福利，因此，美国的囚犯人数正在急剧增加。

However, did you know that 1 in 3 black men, on average, go to jail in their lifetime (compared to 1 in 17 white men)?And, did you know that 97% of prisoners have never gone on trial?And African Americans who have been convicted of murder are approximately seven times more likely to be innocent than white Americans.
As a result of all of this, we can see that black Americans are often wrongfully incarcerated for crimes that they didn’t commit.

然而，你知道吗，平均每三个黑人中就有一个，在他们的一生中进过监狱，相比之下，每十七个白人中才有一个？而且，你知道97% 的犯人从来没有受过审判吗？被判犯谋杀罪的非洲裔美国人是无辜的可能性，大约是美国白人的七倍。所有这一切的结果是，我们可以看到，美国黑人往往因为他们没有犯下的罪行而被错误地监禁。

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It was after this trip that they decided they actually wanted to move to Vermont. Keep in mind that nothing is set in stone and it was just an idea. I was under the impression they wanted to move down South to escape the cold NY weather half the year (it doesn't get warm until early May on Long Island, it's ridiculous). So they want to freeze their asses off even more up in Vermont?It was then my father revealed he doesn't want to move down South because “the further South you go, the darker it gets”. Opposite if you go North. Referring to the color of people's skin. It was a perfect example of racism.

在这次旅行之后，他们决定搬到佛蒙特州。记住，没有什么是一成不变的，这只是我的一个想法。我一直以为他们想搬到南方来躲避纽约半年的寒冷天气，长岛要到五月初才会暖和起来，太荒谬了。所以他们想去佛蒙特州被冻得更惨吗? 就在那时，我父亲透露他不想搬到南方去，因为“你越往南走，就越黑”。如果你向北走，那就刚好相反。这里黑白指的是人们的肤色。这是种族主义的一个完美例子。

Jason Helmon
I’d like to offer an alternative response. I would say, “yes, there is racism in America.” BUT it goes both ways. I believe that white people can experience racism from non-whites and it’s happening increasingly here. Here’s a few particularly extreme examples from my experiences growing up in Center City Philadelphia of racism, yes RACISM, against whites…Okay, so, when my parents divorced, my mother moved to a majority black inner city neighborhood and I lived there for much of my upbringing and went to a majority black school.

我想提供另一种回答。我会说，“是的，美国存在种族主义。” 但这是双向的。我相信白人会经历来自非白人的种族歧视，而且这种现象在美国越来越普遍。这里有一些特别极端的例子，是我在费城中心城长大的经历，种族主义，是的，针对白人的种族主义... 好吧，话说当我的父母离婚时，我母亲搬到了一个主要是黑人居住的市中心社区，我在那里长大，上了一个主要是黑人的学校。

Here’s a few of experiences I had while living there…When I was 10 years old, I snuck out of the house and went for a brief walk in the neighborhood( my mom rarely let me out). I was outside for all of about 5–10 minutes and an adult 20/30-something black guy comes up to me and says, “Hey, you got any money? Give me some money.” He proceeded to shove his hands into all of my pockets, including my back pockets, and then walked away after finding nothing of value. It was a terrifying experience I will never forget.

以下是我在那里生活时的一些经历。当我十岁的时候，我偷偷溜出房子，在附近散步（我妈妈很少让我出去)。我在外面呆了大约五到十分钟，一个二十岁左右的黑人成年人走过来对我说: “嘿，你有钱吗？给我点钱呗。” 然后他把手伸进我所有的口袋，包括我后面的口袋，然后在没有找到任何有价值的东西之后走开了。那是一次我永远不会忘记的可怕经历。

When I was 13, a friend(another white boy) and I were walking through the neighborhood and suddenly a group of 7–8 older black teenagers chased us down. Fortunately, we ran into a convenience store for cover where the owner locked the door. But, unfortunately, my friend got hit in the face while running into the store and had a mild concussion.A few years after this, my mother was going for a jog in the morning and a group of black kids on bicycles were riding by playing something called the “knockout game.” One of the kids sucker punched my mother who fell to the ground and came home with a giant welt on her face.

当我十三岁的时候，一个朋友(另一个白人男孩)和我在街区散步，突然一群七八岁的黑人少年追上了我们。幸运的是，我们跑进了一家便利店，店主锁上了门。但是，不幸的是，我朋友在跑进商店的时候脸部被击中，并且有轻微的脑震荡。几年后，我的母亲早上去慢跑，一群骑自行车的黑人小孩正在玩一个叫做“击倒”的游戏，其中一个混蛋小孩打了我母亲一拳，我母亲倒在地上，回到家时脸上留下了巨大的伤痕。

There were many other instances of insane behavior that I witnessed or experienced living down there but these were the worst and most memorable. I can’t help but notice that most of the complaints of white people’s racism involved negative things that people thought or said to or about you. My instances involved ACTUAL THREATS to the physical safety and well-being of myself and loved ones.If you or anyone else thinks that white people are uniquely evil in regards to racism, you are all out of your goddamn minds. I am so sick of the lie. If you spend enough time living in a black neighborhood or in a majority black city school, you know what a load of crap this whole spiel about evil white people is.

我还有很多亲眼目睹或亲身经历过的疯狂例子，但上面这些是最糟糕和最令人难忘的。我不禁注意到，大多数关于白人种族主义的抱怨，都涉及到人们对你的想法、言论或者对你的负面评价。我的例子，包括了对我和对我所爱的人的人身安全和幸福的实际威胁。如果你或者其他任何人认为白人在种族主义方面是独一无二的邪恶，你们都他妈的疯了。我受够了这个谎言。如果你花足够的时间生活在一个黑人社区，或者一个黑人占大多数的城市学校，你就会知道这些关于邪恶白人的高谈阔论是多么的胡说八道。

Majority white societies are, for the most part, the most open and tolerant places in the world. Very few other parts of the world are as open to immigrants or as open to self-critique and self-correction as white societies. Are there assholes amongst whites? Are their people who say or thing bad things about others? Absolutely. But that’s true of literally every other group of people on Planet Earth. Look at the tribalism, colorism, genocides, wars, etc. that exist in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, etc. This idea that whites are uniquely evil or hateful of outsiders is not only wrong but, in my opinion, it’s a complete inversion of reality as I’ve experienced it.

大多数白人社会是世界上最开放和最宽容的地方。世界上很少有其他地方像白人社会那样对移民开放，或者像白人社会那样对自我批判和自我纠正开放。白人中有混蛋吗？他们会说别人的坏话吗？当然。但是对于地球上的每一个人群来说都是如此。看看存在于非洲、中东、亚洲等地的部落主义、种族歧视、种族灭绝、种族战争等等。这种认为白人特别邪恶或憎恨外来者的想法不仅是错误的，而且在我看来，还完全是我所经历现实的对立面。

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