E43 种族歧视 | 被嫌弃的亚裔的一生

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PHOTOGRAPH BY MEI-LING HOPGOOD
Shortly after Mei-Ling's adoption, Mei-Ling sits on the lap of her adopted parents, Rollie and Diane Hopgood in 1974.
这张照片摄于1974年，美玲（Mei-Ling）被领养后不久，坐在养父母罗里·霍普古德（Rollie Hopgood）和黛安·霍普古德（Diane Hopgood）的腿上。

撰稿人：李大猫

讲述人：熊叔

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Navigating the complexities of the Asian American experience amid rising racism at home

在美国国内种族情绪高涨之时，带你亲身感受亚裔美国人的复杂经历

①Fury and grief raged my heart. The crime—following thousands of other reports of harassment and attacks against Asian Americans—struck at one of my greatest fears growing up.

 一时之间，愤怒和悲伤涌上心头。这场枪击案，狠狠击中了我成长过程中最大的恐惧—而在此之前，已经发生过无数起类似针对美国亚裔的骚扰和攻击事件。

②I heard racial slurs regularly. In my memory, a blurry amalgamation of perpetrators carried out the offenses: a car full of young white men yelling, go back to “your country”; the teen who taunted “Ching, chang, chong!”. I hated the prickling feeling of the stares.

我时常听到种族歧视的言论。在我模糊的记忆中，那些用语言行凶的人们常对我口出恶言：一车年轻白人对我喊道：“滚回你的国家去”；某个少年嘲讽我：“青虫！中国佬！”我非常讨厌人们凝视我的目光，它使我如芒在背。

③No one ever physically hurt me, but even as a child, I sensed a fine line between insult and injury.

没有人真的用暴力伤害过我，但即便当时还是个孩子的我，也能感受到侮辱和伤害之间仅有一线之隔。

④During my first year of college, I'd walk around campus, acutely aware of every other Asian person I saw—and that I saw them as foreigners. That's how people must see me, I thought. I began to face my self-loathing and ignorance.

大一时，我走在校园里，我会格外在意遇到的每一张亚洲面孔——而我把他们视为外国人。人们一定也是这样看待我的。我终于开始直面自己的自我憎恶与愚昧无知。

⑤As a radicalized college student, I became strident in response to the wounds of the past. Once, I heard a group of kids say “Ah-so!” behind me, while my family and I were buying popcorn at a movie theater.

作为对过去创伤的回应，我，一名被迫激进的大学生，变得有些咄咄逼人。有一次，我和家人正在电影院买爆米花，听见一群孩子在我背后叫嚷“啊索！”。

⑥“You think you are more American because you are white?!” I screamed and swore at the kids, who cowered. The crowd lobby seemed to stop moving. I stood before them, smoldering.

我大声怒吼并咒骂道，“就因为你们是白人，你们就觉得比我更美国？！”那群孩子退缩了。那一瞬间，整个售票厅似乎都静止了。我站在那群孩子面前，强压着心中的怒火。

⑦I came to believe that culture and identity are choices that evolve, and not just something you are born with or that society imposes on you.

我突然意识到，文化和身份是不断演变的，是可以选择的，并非是你出生时自带的烙印，也并非是社会强加给你的东西。

⑧My childhood worst nightmares seemed to come alive en masse, in viral videos of Asian people being attacked, and in enraged accounts of being screamed at in restaurants and spit on in parks.

现在，我童年最糟糕的噩梦死灰复燃，出现在亚洲人被袭击、在网上疯传的视频里，也出现在那些亚洲人在餐馆里被人怒斥，在公园里被人吐痰的场景中。

Portrait of Mei-Ling in her toddler years on Halloween.

美玲幼年时过万圣节的照片。

Mei-Ling and her brother, Hoon-Yung Hopgood, being hugged by their adopted Father, Rollie Hopgood.

美玲和她的哥哥勋容·霍普古德（Hoon-Yung Hopgood），被他们的养父抱在怀中。

精选语言点 

1. 词汇

1）navigate /ˈnævɪɡeɪt/ v. 航行，驾驶；导航，确定方向

navigator 领航员

2）amid /əˈmɪd/ prep. 在...中

amid the pandemic 在疫情期间

3）racism /ˈreɪsɪzəm/ n. 种族主义

4）rage /reɪdʒ/ n. 愤怒 v. 爆发，肆虐

The pandemic is raging in the United States. 新冠疫情正在美国肆虐。

5）fury /ˈfjʊəri/ n. 暴怒

furious adj. 激烈的；狂怒的

6）strike /straɪk/ v. 击打；突然袭击

A large earthquake struck Japan. 一场大地震袭击了日本。

7）slur /slɜː(r)/ n. 诽谤，诋毁

We won't tolerate such slurs on our country. 我们不会容忍这些对我国的诽谤。

8）blurry /ˈblɜːri/ adj. 模糊的；污脏的

9）amalgamation /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃn/ n. 融合；合并

10）perpetrator /ˈpɜːpətreɪtə(r)/ n. 犯罪者；作恶者；行凶者

11）taunt /tɔːnt/ v. 讥讽，嘲弄

12）prickling /ˈprɪklɪŋ/ adj. 刺痛的

prickle n. 刺；刺痛 v.（使）刺痛

13）stare /steə(r)/ v. 凝视

14）acutely /əˈkjuːtli/ adv. 剧烈地，尖锐地

15）self-loathing /ˌself ˈloʊðɪŋ/ n. 自我厌恶

16）radicalized /ˈrædɪklaɪzd/ adj. 变得激进的

radicalize v. 使…激进

radical adj. 激进的

There are many radical speeches online. 网上有很多极端言论。

17）strident /ˈstraɪdnt/ adj. 刺耳的；尖锐的

a strident news report 一篇措辞强硬的新闻报道

18）swear /sweə(r)/ v. 发誓；咒骂

swear at sb. 咒骂某人

19）cower /ˈkaʊə(r)/ v. 退缩；抖缩

coward 胆小鬼

20）smolder /ˈsməʊldə(r)/ v. 闷烧；郁积

She was smoldering with rage. 她强压着满腔怒火。

2. 词组

1）at home 国内

2）carry out the offenses 作恶

3）a fine line 细微差别

There is a fine line between love and hate. 爱恨只在一念之间。

4）be aware of sth 意识到

At that time, she was not aware of the risks. 那时，她并没有意识到风险。

5）come to believe sth 顿悟

 I come to believe that I can be whoever I want. 我突然意识到，我可以成为任何想成为的人。

6）impose sth on sb 将某物强加于某人

I don't think parents can impose their ideas on children. 我不觉得家长可以把他们的想法强加在孩子身上。

7）en masse 一起，全体

The shop's 80 workers have resigned en masse. 这家店的80名员工全体辞职了。

8）enraged accounts 令人生气的报道

原文链接 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/navigating-the-complexities-of-the-asian-american-experience-amid-rising-racism-at-home