非洲外交官在美受歧视事件与肯尼迪政府的应对

Discrimination Against African Diplomats in the United States and the Kennedy Administration’s ResponseChinese Full Text

肯尼迪政府时期,赴美的非洲外交官遭受了住房和旅行等各方面的种族歧视,引发了国际社会的批评。肯尼迪政府在冷战环境和民权运动的压力下,尽其所能,全力以赴,为受歧视的非洲外交官解决困难。但是由于国内的种族歧视和隔离没有废除,美国政府的努力解决不了实质性问题,他们采取的自愿、说服和游说的方法有很多的局限性,只能像救火队员那样疲于奔命。他们竭尽所能却无法成功,致使后来强制性地方立法策略成了全国性民权立法的先声。

During the Kennedy administration,African diplomats to the United States suffered racial discrimination in housing and travel,which led to international criticism.The Kennedy administration under pressure from the Cold War and the civil rights movement did everything in its power to solve the problems of discriminated African diplomats.However,since the domestic racial discrimination and segregation were not abolished,the efforts of the US government could not solve the substantive problems.Their voluntary,persuasion and lobbying methods had many limitations.But it was precisely because they had tried their best and failed to succeed in doing so that they turned to a strategy of mandatory local legislation,which became the precursor to national civil rights legislation.