Name: 選擇共同點的激進行為｜Nisha Anand (The radical act of choosing common ground | Nisha Anand)
Uploaded: 2020-11-06T18:16:29.000Z
Duration: 15 min 59 s

Transcriber: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer: Ivana Korom

謄寫者： Leslie GauthierLeslie Gauthier Reviewer:Ivana Korom

In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act passed.

1994年，《暴力犯罪控制和執法法》通過。

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It ushered in an era of mass incarceration

它開創了一個大規模監禁的時代。

signed into law by Democratic President, Bill Clinton.

由民主黨總統比爾-克林頓簽署成為法律。

I was a senior in high school when this bill got passed,

這個法案通過的時候，我還是個高中生。

on the streets protesting any number of causes ...

So that's what makes this picture all the more surprising.

所以，這才是這張照片更讓人驚訝的地方。

Newt was not on the top of my "Favorite Person in this Country" list.

在我的 "這個國家最喜歡的人 "名單中，紐特並不在前列。

that would pass a bill called the First Step Act.

將通過一項名為《第一步法》的法案。

The "New York Times" called it the most significant reform

"紐約時報 "稱這是最重大的改革。

This is what I'm here to talk to you about today.

這就是我今天要和大家聊的內容。

And I'm not talking about the kind of common ground where --

you know, we can talk about how much we love springtime

你知道，我們可以談談我們有多愛春天的事。

And it's not, you know, compromised common ground.

而且這不是，你知道，妥協的共同點。

It's the type of common ground where you will be ridiculed and judged.

這是一種會被嘲笑和評判的共同點。

But it's the type of common ground that can secure human freedom.

但正是這種共同點，才能保證人類的自由。

And it's the type of common ground I was born to find.

而這正是我生來就想找到的共同點。

My dad was born during the partition in India.

我爸爸是在印度分治時期出生的。

After the Indian independence movement, the country was really divided

印度獨立運動後，國家真的分裂了。

between people who wanted to keep the country together

在那些想保持國家統一的人之間

and those who wanted different independent nations.

和那些希望有不同獨立國家的人。

they just decided to draw a line, the partition and make a new country.

他們只是決定畫一條線， 分割，使一個新的國家。

This started the largest forced mass migration in human history.

這開啟了人類歷史上最大規模的強迫性大規模移民。

Fifteen million people trapped on the wrong side of these new borders.

1500萬人被困在這些新邊界的錯誤一側。

Two million people dead during the partition.

And my dad was the youngest baby in a Hindu family

而我爸爸是印度教家庭中最小的孩子。

and like families all around the border on both sides,

And I was told when I was little about the story of my family in hiding,

而我小的時候，就有人給我講過我家隱居的故事。

and one day when armed men came into the house that they were hiding in,

有一天，當武裝人員來到他們藏身的房子裡時。

searching for families, my dad started crying.

he made the choice that he'd sacrifice his son in order to save the family.

他做出的選擇是，為了拯救這個家庭，他要犧牲自己的兒子。

But luckily, in that moment he stopped crying.

但幸運的是，在那一刻，他停止了哭泣。

My grandma, she shook him and he stopped crying

我奶奶，她搖了搖他，他就不哭了

and I'm here today because he stopped crying.

我今天在這裡，因為他停止了哭泣。

because of that Muslim family that took us in.

因為那個收留我們的穆斯林家庭。

and an armed man asked if they were hiding anyone,

和一個武裝人員問他們是否藏了人。

and they swore on the Quran that nobody was in that house.

他們對著古蘭經發誓，那房子裡沒有人。

They chose in that moment when the entire country --

他們選擇在那個時刻，當整個國家 -- --

you could hate people who had different politics than you,

你可以恨人 誰有不同的政治比你。

And I start with this story because often people tell me

而我之所以從這個故事開始，是因為經常有人告訴我

that my mission for common ground is the weak position.

我的求同存異任務是弱勢地位。

But I ask how was that Muslims family's actions weak?

但我要問的是，那個穆斯林家庭的行為怎麼會是弱者？

Because of that, my dad did grow up healthy in India

正因為如此，我爸爸在印度確實是健康成長的

and like most first-generation kids I was born to build bridges.

和大多數第一代的孩子一樣，我生來就是為了造橋。

I was a bridge between the old country and the new.

而剛剛成長起來的我，就是這麼做的。

I was a brown girl in the Black and white South in Atlanta, Georgia.

我是喬治亞州亞特蘭大市黑白南方的一個棕色女孩。

我也是這個激進的女權主義者。

punk-rock activist sneaking out of the house for concerts

朋克搖滾活動家偷跑出去開演唱會

and, you know, getting arrested like, all the time for causes.

而且，你知道，越來越多的逮捕 像，所有的時間的原因。

我是一個混合了很多東西的人。

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