政治极化对美国种族问题的重塑

The Reshaping of Racial Issues in the United States by Political Polarization

美国种族歧视由来已久,当今美国由于政治极化,种族矛盾加剧,种族冲突不断,两党更多的是利用种族问题攻击对方,造成党争升级、社会撕裂,使得种族问题陷入政治僵局之中,最后的结果就是:问题还是那个问题,受害者还是少数族裔本身。将种族/族裔角色置于政治极化背景之下,从一个侧面展现在意识形态、党派认同等因素影响下,民众的种族立场和态度存在着严重对立,一旦发生极端事件,就会出现极化的社会思潮和社会运动,在大选之年用选票的方式表达自己的政治诉求,而这种政治参与往往被党派所利用。由此可以发现,美国的政治极化重塑了种族关系,种族冲突进一步加剧了党派斗争,加深了政治极化。

Racial discrimination in the United States has a long history. In today’s United States, due to political polarization, intensified racial contradictions and continuous racial conflicts, the two parties use racial issues to attack each other, resulting in the escalation of party disputes and social tear and making the racial issue fall into a political impasse. The final result is that the problem still remains, and the victim is still the minorities. Putting racial/ethnic issues under the background of political polarization, this paper discusses from a perspective that under the influence of ideology, party identity and other factors, there is serious opposition between people’s racial positions and attitudes. Once an extreme event occurs, there will be polarized social thoughts and movements. In the election year, they express their political demands through their votes, and this kind of political participation is often taken advantage of by the parties. It can be found that the political polarization in the United States has reshaped racial relations, while racial conflicts have further intensified partisan struggle and deepened political polarization.