It's funny how the world has different time zones,

世界上有不同的時區，這很有趣，

how it could be Saturday on this side of the world and Friday somewhere else.

在世界的這一邊可能是星期六，而在其他地方則是星期五。

Yet somehow, the United States of America is stuck in 1920.

然而不知為何，美國卻停留在 1920 年。

That was a hundred years ago,

那已經是一百年前的事了，

yet we're still fighting for our lives,

但我們仍然在為我們的生命而戰，

for a place here.

只為求在這有一席之地。

(Jolia is 11 years old)

(Jolia 11 歲)

(This is the speech she gave at her fifth-grade graduation in June 2020.)

(這是她在 2020 年 6 月，五年級的畢業典禮上的演講。)

What did we ever do to make them hate us so much?

我們做了什麼讓他們這麼恨我們？

I know for a fact they love our culture. They love to steal our braids, the way we talk, anything we call ours.

我知道他們其實很喜歡我們的文化，他們喜歡模仿我們的辮子，我們說話的方式，我們的所有東西。

But when it's that one white bad cop and that one innocent Black person, that Black person fears for their life.

但當一個白人的壞警察遇到一個無辜的黑人時，那個黑人就會擔心自己的生命受到威脅。

This is the world we live in.

這就是我們生活的世界。

See, when I was younger, teachers used to ask kids what they wanted to be when they grew up.

我小的時候，老師曾問過孩子們長大後想要做什麼，

Some kids said "famous." I was one of those kids.

有些孩子說要 「成名」，我也曾是其中之一。

But now I change my answer. The thing I want to be when I grow up is alive.

但現在我改變了我的答案，我長大後想做的事是活著。

How do I know that I'm gonna make it out alive if I'm suspicious doing nothing?

我怎麼知道如果我被懷疑做什麼都沒有的事，我會不會活下來？

If I'm suspicious when I'm at my own house sleeping in my own bed.

如果我在自己家，睡在自己的床上被懷疑呢？

Why am I suspicious?

我會什麼會被懷疑？

Because I could have sworn from one to three I was the cutest thing.

只因為我可能發誓我自己是最可愛的嗎？

But when did I stop being cute and start being scary?

但從何時起我開始不可愛，而且開始害怕了呢？

Am I scary if I have a black hoodie? Am I scary if I wear a backpack?

如果我穿黑色帽兜會很嚇人嗎？如果我背背包會很嚇人嗎？

Am I scary if I do nothing?

如果我什麼都沒做也很嚇人嗎？

Am I scary? Does my dad scare you? Does my mom scare you? Does my auntie scare you?

我很嚇人嗎？我爸爸嚇到你了嗎？我媽媽嚇到你了嗎？我的阿姨嚇到你了嗎？

Because let me tell you something: we are not scary.

讓我來告訴你：我們並不可怕。

(Black Americans killed by police)

(遭警察槍殺的黑人們)

Say their names.

說出他們的名字。

You will earn my respect when I don't have to fear for my life or anybody else's.

當我不用擔心自己或他人的生命時，你就會贏得我的尊重。

Until then, my respect will not come for free.

在那之前，我的尊重並不會隨意給的。

(Black Lives Matter)

(黑人的命也是命)