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该文选译自美国《时代》周刊的封面报道,其封面标题为:“美国1 968—2015,变与不变”。文章将对巴尔的摩骚乱根源的探究置于一个时间跨度内,即从1968年4月4日马丁·路德·金遇刺,到2015年4月12日黑人青年弗雷迪·格雷遭警方逮捕后“非正常”死亡这两起引发骚乱的导火索展开。47年中,尽管美国选出了第一位黑人总统,出现了第一名非洲裔女司法部长,巴尔的摩市长与警察局长都是黑人,巴尔的摩的3000人警力中也有一半是黑人,但精英队伍中日渐增加的黑人数量并未使社会底层黑人的命运有所转变。曾是美国工业中心、且有“魅力之都”之称的巴尔的摩如今却成为分裂之城:一边是面对贫困、教育、失业等问题,在边缘化困境中挣扎的非裔美国人社区;另一边则是拥有美丽的海滨,在养尊处优中生活的大批年轻富有的定居者。为了后者的平静生活,主要散落在巴尔的摩西部的贫困人口常年被“无处不在的”警察苛刻地盯着。这里凸显了“占领华尔街”运动中“1%和99%之别”的两极分化。长期的高压政策、暴力执法、偏见与不公则使种族歧视问题进一步激化。巴尔的摩骚乱既非偶然,也非个案。正因如此,始终以呼唤“自由”、“平等”为主旋律的“抗议歌曲复归来”便势所必然。
The anthology is translated from the cover story of the U.S. “Time” magazine under the cover of the title “USA 1 968-2015, Changeable and Unchanged.” The article puts the inquiry into the roots of the riot in Baltimore within a time span, from the assassination of Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968 until the black young Freddie Gray was arrested by the police on April 12, The “abnormal” death triggered the riots of the fuse. In 47 years, although the United States elected the first black president, the first female justice minister of African descent appeared, the mayor of Baltimore and the chief of police were all black, and half of the 3,000 police officers in Baltimore were black, but the elite ranks The ever-increasing number of blacks did not change the fate of the Negroes at the bottom of society. Baltimore, once the center of the U.S. industrial center and known as the “Capital of Charm,” is now a city of divisions: one is the African-American community struggling in the face of marginalization in the face of poverty, education and unemployment On the other side are a large number of young and wealthy settlers with beautiful seaside lifestyles. For the quiet life of the latter, the poor, mostly scattered in the west of Baltimore, are staring harshly by the “ubiquitous” police. This highlights the polarization of “1% and 99%” in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Prolific high-pressure policies, violent law enforcement, prejudice and injustice further exacerbate racial discrimination. Baltimore riots are neither accidental nor incidental. Because of this, it has always been necessary to return to the “protest song” whose main theme is “freedom” and “equality”.