they have to walk miles just to get water.

便是出生在需要走好幾英哩才能拿到水的家庭

All I have to do is turn on a faucet- that's privilege.

而我只需要打開水龍頭就有水了 - 這就是特權

What is Privilege?

特權是什麼？

The privilege walk is an activity designed to help people understand the effects of societal privileges.

「特權之步」是一項活動，讓人們可以了解到社會特權的效應

A list of 35 social privileges or disadvantages were read to a group of 10 people.

我們找了10個人，對他們一一列出35個特權或是劣勢問題

Each person took a step forward or a step back based on how they identified with the statement.

每個人會依據自己跟問題的關聯性往前或是往後退一步

- I think privilege is when some people have some things

我認為「特權」就是部分人擁有一些

and other people don't have things.

其他人沒有的東西

- I feel privilege is something that you don't even really even have control over.

我感覺特權是我們無法掌握、控制的

- I think it'd be silly for me to say I don't have a fair amount of privilege,

我覺得我擁有的特權已經蠻多的了

considering the country I live in and the job I get to do and the college I was allowed to go to.

像是我住的國家、我的工作以及我上得了的大學

- I suppose being a white male will help me end up somewhere towards the front,

我想身為一個白人男性，我遙遙領先

but I'll take a few steps back from being gay.

但又會因為我是同性戀而喪失一部分的優勢

- I don't think I'll make it to the front.

我應該不會是最前面的

I think I'll maybe be in the middle.

我可能會落在中間吧

That's just a gut feeling I have.

這是我的猜測

-If your parents worked nights and weekends to support your family,

如果你的父母為維持家計，需要晚上或是週末工作的話

take one step back.

請後退一步

If you can show affection for your romantic partner in public without fear of ridicule or violence,

如果你可以在公共場所與另一半表達愛意，不需要擔心被嘲笑或暴力

take one step forward.

請往前一步

If you were embarassed about your clothes

如果你曾經對你的穿著、

or house while growing up, take one step back.

或從小住的房子而感到不好意思，請往後退一步

If you have ever been diagnosed as having a physical

如果你曾經被診斷出擁有生理上

or mental illness or disability, take one step back.

或是心理上的疾病，請往後退一步

If you have ever been bullied or made fun of based on

如果你曾經基於一些你無法改變的事情

something you can't change, take one step back.

而被霸凌或嘲笑，請往後退一步

If you get time off for your religious holidays,

宗教節慶得以休假的人

take one step forward.

請往前走一步

If you came from a supportive family environment-

若你的家庭全力支持你

If you can see a doctor whenever you feel the need-

生病時隨時可以去看醫生

If you are able to move through the world

可以隨心所欲的旅遊

without fear of sexual assault-

而不會遭到性騷擾

If you took out loans for your education-

如果你因教育而背負龐大貸款

If there were more than 50 books in your house right now-

家中有超過50本書的

So these are your final positions.

所以這就是你們的最終位置

How was it?

感覺如何？

- I think it felt kind of strange for everyone.

我想對於每個人來說感覺都有點詭異

- It's a hard thing to discuss or even reflect on.

討論、反省根本有些難以啟齒

It was very awkward.

這真的很尷尬

- I think when you can represent it so visually like this

把特權如此視覺化的表現出來

and so immediately, it definitely takes on a new form.

而且如此即時，這絕對讓一切有了一百八十度的轉變

- Oh, I think we're all joking around in the beginning.

噢，我想大家一開始的時候都沒有太認真看待

It was pretty lighthearted

覺得其實這沒什麼

and as soon as the questions started coming in,

但是隨著一個又一個的問題

the mood shifted immediately and it was just silent.

大家的心情馬上就有變化，氣氛也變得安靜凝重

- Just looking back and seeing a bunch of people behind you is not a good feeling.

看到你身後有這麼多人，心中還蠻難受的

- It's like weird how you want to hold onto explaining a certain privilege

這很彆扭，你會有衝動想解釋你擁有某種特權是因為

like, "Oh, but that's not actually me because I hard to work really hard for that."

「噢，這不算特權啦，我很努力才有今天。」

So it's weird to take a step forward when you feel like

所以當你要跟別人一起往前跨一步時，你會覺得很奇怪

you're taking a step forward with someone else,

所以當你要跟別人一起往前跨一步時，你會覺得很奇怪

but you wear a lot of the baggage of how those things were hard.

畢竟你為了這些很艱難的事情揹負了許多包袱

- It was more emotional than I thought it would be.

這比我想像中更感傷

- It reminded me of when they talk about slavery in high school and you feel angry for a few days,

這讓我想起高中討論到奴隸制度時，我氣了很久

but then you just realize like, this is how it is.

但之後你會理解：事情便是如此

- For me it was just kind of frustrating almost

對我來說，看到身後還有這麼多人

to look back and see how much further some people were behind me

真的很令人沮喪

and realizing that, you know, a lot of that stuff,

最後你理解到，很多事情

no amount of hard work or even legislation can make up that gap.

並不是你夠努力或是立法規定就可以填補這之間的鴻溝

- It's interesting being an Asian American

當一個亞裔美國人是一件很有趣的事情

because you're not really sure where

因為其實你不是很確定

you fall on the spectrum of privilege.

你在這個特權光譜中會落在哪裡

- I know that for me one of the reasons I ended up

我知道我之所以最後會在這麼後面

so far back was that there were questions around safety.

是因為那些安全性問題

As an African American, as a woman, as a gay woman,

作為一個非裔美國人而言，作為一個女人，作為一個同性戀女性

there was just so many different ways that I don't feel safe.

有太多情況會讓我感到不安

- I feel like I just learned to be grateful for what you have.

我學到的一課是：珍惜你擁有的一切

You know, we're in such a huge society where

你知道的，我們生活在一個龐大的社會

it's always complaining about what you don't have.

你好像總是在抱怨你所沒有的

- It just shows you that for some families, like each family, you're meant to do better.

這顯示出，對於某些家庭而言，你本來就應該做得更好

My grandparents did good, my parents did good,

我祖父母做得很好，我父母做得很好

and I'll do even better.

而我會做得更好

- I do think if you're not aware of privilege you should do

我誠心認為如果你不了解自己擁有怎麼樣的特權，你應該

this exercise, but it's more complicated.

試試看這個實驗，但一切比你想像中更錯綜複雜。