摘要
“我无法呼吸”“黑人的命也是命”“没有正义就没有和平”“对种族主义说不!”……美国黑人乔治·弗洛伊德在白人警察暴力执法后死亡所引发的抗议活动仍在继续。“无法呼吸”的弗洛伊德正是当下美国黑人在政治、经济、法律、福利等多重社会不公中挣扎求生的一个象征符号。今天,我们一起重温美国黑人民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金的演讲。
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.Instead of honoring this sacred obligation,America has given the Negro people a bad check;a check which has come back marked“insufficient funds”.But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.We refuse to believe that there are a insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.So we have come to cash this check a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
