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Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided
阿納德．吉利達拉達斯: 兩個美國的故事，和衝突發生的那個超商
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美國 911 恐怖攻擊事件 10 天後，德州一家超商發生的一起驚人襲擊行動，粉碎了兩個男子的生活：受害人和攻擊犯。在這個令人震懾的演講中，”The True American” （真美國人）一書作者阿納德．吉利達拉達斯 (Anand Giridharadas) 述說事件後續的故事。這是個關於美國人生兩條岔路的寓言故事，一個尋求和解的強烈籲求。
Anand Giridharadas - Writer
Anand Giridharadas writes about people and cultures caught amid the great forces of our time. Full bio
Anand Giridharadas writes about people and cultures caught amid the great forces of our time. Full bio
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00:12
"Where are you from?"
said the pale, tattooed man.
said the pale, tattooed man.
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「你是哪個國家來的？」
一個紋身白人男子問。
一個紋身白人男子問。
00:19
"Where are you from?"
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「你是哪個國家來的？！」
00:24
It's September 21, 2001,
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這一天是 2001 年 9 月 21 日，
00:28
10 days after the worst attack
on America since World War II.
on America since World War II.
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是美國自二次大戰以來
所遭遇最駭人的恐怖襲擊後第 10 天。
所遭遇最駭人的恐怖襲擊後第 10 天。
00:34
Everyone wonders about the next plane.
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每個人都擔心下一架飛機會怎樣。
00:38
People are looking for scapegoats.
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大家都在找替罪羔羊。
00:42
The president,
the night before, pledges to
the night before, pledges to
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美國總統，在前一晚誓言：
00:46
"bring our enemies to justice
or bring justice to our enemies."
or bring justice to our enemies."
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「將敵人繩之以法，
或以公義之名嚴懲！」
或以公義之名嚴懲！」
00:52
And in the Dallas mini-mart,
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而在達拉斯的一家超商，
00:58
a Dallas mini-part surrounded
by tire shops and strip joints
by tire shops and strip joints
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周圍滿是車胎行和脫衣舞廳，
01:04
a Bangladeshi immigrant
works the register.
works the register.
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有一個孟加拉新移民，在這裡做收銀員。
01:08
Back home, Raisuddin Bhuiyan
was a big man, an Air Force officer.
was a big man, an Air Force officer.
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在家鄉，Raisuddin Bhuiyan
是個有身分地位的空軍軍官，
是個有身分地位的空軍軍官，
01:15
But he dreamed of a
fresh start in America.
fresh start in America.
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但他夢想來美國展開全新的人生，
01:18
If he had to work briefly in a mini-mart
to save up for I.T. classes
to save up for I.T. classes
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即使得暫時屈就超商的收銀工作，
存錢上電腦課程、
存錢上電腦課程、
01:24
and his wedding in two months, so be it.
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為兩個月後的婚禮籌措資金，他也甘願。
01:27
Then, on September 21,
that tattooed man enters the mart.
that tattooed man enters the mart.
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然後，在 9 月 21 日這一天，
那名紋身白人男子闖入了這家超商，
那名紋身白人男子闖入了這家超商，
01:32
He holds a shotgun.
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手裡拿著一把霰彈槍，
01:36
Raisuddin knows the drill:
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Raisuddin 知道該怎麼做，
01:38
puts cash on the counter.
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就把現金乖乖擺在收銀台上。
01:42
This time, the man doesn't
touch the money.
touch the money.
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不過這一次，男子並沒有拿錢。
01:46
"Where are you from?" he asks.
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「你是哪個國家來的？」男子問。
01:50
"Excuse me?" Raisuddin answers.
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「您說什麼？」Raisuddin 回問，
01:56
His accent betrays him.
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他的口音洩漏了種族背景，
02:00
The tattooed man, a self-styled
true American vigilante,
true American vigilante,
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這個紋著身、自以為在
捍衛美國治安的男子，
捍衛美國治安的男子，
02:05
shoots Raisuddin in revenge for 9/11.
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以為 9/11 事件復仇為名，
開槍射了 Raisuddin，
開槍射了 Raisuddin，
02:10
Raisuddin feels millions of bees
stinging his face.
stinging his face.
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Raisuddin 突然感覺好像
幾百萬隻蜜蜂刺著他的臉，
幾百萬隻蜜蜂刺著他的臉，
02:15
In fact, dozens of scalding,
birdshot pellets puncture his head.
birdshot pellets puncture his head.
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其實，是好幾十顆小鉛彈
打爛了他的頭，
打爛了他的頭，
02:22
Behind the counter, he lays in blood.
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他在收銀台後倒下，躺在血泊中。
02:25
He cups a hand over his forehead
to keep in the brains
to keep in the brains
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他一隻手壓住額頭，
硬把腦漿壓回去，
硬把腦漿壓回去，
02:30
on which he'd gambled everything.
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畢竟這腦子是他花了一輩子心血培養的。
02:34
He recites verses from the Koran,
begging his God to live.
begging his God to live.
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他誦唸著可蘭經的經句，
祈求他的真主讓他活下去。
祈求他的真主讓他活下去。
02:40
He senses he is dying.
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他感覺到自己快要死了。
02:45
He didn't die.
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可是他並沒有死。
02:47
His right eye left him.
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他失去了左眼，
02:51
His fiancée left him.
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未婚妻也離開了他。
02:54
His landlord, the mini-mart owner,
kicked him out.
kicked him out.
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他的房東，也是那家超商的老闆，
把他趕走。
把他趕走。
02:58
Soon he was homeless and
60,000 dollars in medical debt,
60,000 dollars in medical debt,
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他一下子無家可歸，
還欠了 6 萬美金的醫藥費，
還欠了 6 萬美金的醫藥費，
03:04
including a fee for dialing
for an ambulance.
for an ambulance.
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包括叫救護車的電話費。
03:09
But Raisuddin lived.
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但他終究還是活了下來。
03:12
And years later, he would ask
what he could do to repay his God
what he could do to repay his God
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幾年以後，他一直自問，
可以做什麼才能報答他的真主，
可以做什麼才能報答他的真主，
03:18
and become worthy of this second chance.
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也才配得這個重生的機會。
03:21
He would come to believe, in fact,
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他逐漸相信，事實上，
03:23
that this chance called for him
to give a second chance
to give a second chance
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他的重生，是要教他
也給別人第二次機會──
也給別人第二次機會──
03:29
to a man we might think
deserved no chance at all.
deserved no chance at all.
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給那個絲毫不配的暴徒。
03:35
Twelve years ago, I was a fresh graduate
seeking my way in the world.
seeking my way in the world.
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12 年前，我大學剛畢業，
正在尋找自己的出路。
正在尋找自己的出路。
03:41
Born in Ohio to Indian immigrants,
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我在俄亥俄州出生，爸媽來自印度。
03:44
I settled on the ultimate rebellion
against my parents,
against my parents,
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我做了一個最忤逆父母的決定，
03:47
moving to the country they had worked
so damn hard to get out of.
so damn hard to get out of.
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就是搬回到他們費盡千辛萬苦
才逃離的國家。
才逃離的國家。
03:52
What I thought might be a six-month stint
in Mumbai stretched to six years.
in Mumbai stretched to six years.
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我本來想在孟買待 6 個月，
結果待了 6 年，
結果待了 6 年，
03:58
I became a writer and found myself
amid a magical story:
amid a magical story:
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我開始寫作，
而且置身一個不可思議的故事中：
而且置身一個不可思議的故事中：
04:02
the awakening of hope across much
of the so-called Third World.
of the so-called Third World.
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希望，正在所謂的第三世界中
甦醒過來。
甦醒過來。
04:07
Six years ago, I returned to America
and realized something:
and realized something:
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6 年前我回到美國，發覺：
04:12
The American Dream was thriving,
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美國夢正在壯大，
04:15
but only in India.
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但只有在印度。
04:18
In America, not so much.
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在美國本身，並沒有。
04:22
In fact, I observed that
America was fracturing
America was fracturing
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事實上，我看到美國正在分裂，
04:26
into two distinct societies:
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變成天壤地別的兩個社會：
04:28
a republic of dreams
and a republic of fears.
and a republic of fears.
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一個夢想共和國，和一個恐懼共和國。
04:32
And then, I stumbled onto this
incredible tale of two lives
incredible tale of two lives
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然後我發現這兩個生命的驚人故事，
04:36
and of these two Americas that brutally
collided in that Dallas mini-mart.
collided in that Dallas mini-mart.
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和在那個達拉斯超商裡
殘忍對撞的兩個美國。
殘忍對撞的兩個美國。
04:43
I knew at once I wanted to learn more,
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一開始我就知道，我想追蹤這個故事，
04:46
and eventually that I would write
a book about them,
a book about them,
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最後，寫成一本書。
04:48
for their story was the story
of America's fracturing
of America's fracturing
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因為他們的故事，就是美國分裂的故事，
04:52
and of how it might be put back together.
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更透現著美國如何能重新癒合的曙光。
04:58
After he was shot, Raisuddin's life
grew no easier.
grew no easier.
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被槍襲後，Raisuddin 的生活更加艱困，
05:02
The day after admitting him,
the hospital discharged him.
the hospital discharged him.
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送醫後第二天，醫院就請他出院。
05:06
His right eye couldn't see.
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他的右眼失明，
05:08
He couldn't speak.
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他無法說話，
05:10
Metal peppered his face.
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滿臉都是鉛彈，
05:13
But he had no insurance,
so they bounced him.
so they bounced him.
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但是因為沒有保險，所以醫院不收留他。
05:17
His family in Bangladesh
begged him, "Come home."
begged him, "Come home."
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他在孟加拉的家人央求他：
「快回家吧！」
「快回家吧！」
05:23
But he told them he had
a dream to see about.
a dream to see about.
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但他告訴他們，他要完成夢想。
05:27
He found telemarketing work,
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他找到了電話行銷的工作，
05:29
then he became an Olive Garden waiter,
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接著到橄欖園高級餐廳當服務生，
05:32
because where better to get over his fear
of white people than the Olive Garden?
of white people than the Olive Garden?
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因為，哪裡比這更適合克服
對白人的恐懼呢？
對白人的恐懼呢？
05:37
(Laughter)
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（觀眾笑聲）
05:40
Now, as a devout Muslim,
he refused alcohol,
he refused alcohol,
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他虔信穆斯林教，所以不喝酒，
05:44
didn't touch the stuff.
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滴酒不沾。
05:47
Then he learned that not selling it
would slash his pay.
would slash his pay.
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但他發現，不賣酒會影響收入，
05:52
So he reasoned, like a budding
American pragmatist,
American pragmatist,
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所以他學得像個美國實用主義者那樣
自我推論：
自我推論：
05:56
"Well, God wouldn't want me
to starve, would he?"
to starve, would he?"
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「上帝不會希望我餓肚子，不是嗎？」
06:00
And before long, in some months,
Raisuddin was that Olive Garden's
Raisuddin was that Olive Garden's
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很快地，短短幾個月後，
Raisuddin 變成那家餐廳
Raisuddin 變成那家餐廳
06:03
highest grossing alcohol pusher.
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業績最好的酒品促銷員。
06:07
He found a man who taught him
database administration.
database administration.
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他找到一個人，教他資料庫管理，
06:11
He got part-time I.T. gigs.
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兼差做資訊科技工作。
06:13
Eventually, he landed a six-figure job
at a blue chip tech company in Dallas.
at a blue chip tech company in Dallas.
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最後，在達拉斯一家績優股科技公司
獲得年薪百萬美金的工作。
獲得年薪百萬美金的工作。
06:20
But as America began
to work for Raisuddin,
to work for Raisuddin,
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但是當 Raisuddin 在美國開始順利，
06:24
he avoided the classic
error of the fortunate:
error of the fortunate:
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他沒有犯許多成功者的典型錯誤：
06:28
assuming you're the rule,
not the exception.
not the exception.
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把成功視為理所當然，而不是少數人的偶然。
06:32
In fact, he observed that many with
the fortune of being born American
the fortune of being born American
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其實，他看到許多幸運土生土長的美國人，
06:38
were nonetheless trapped in lives that
made second chances like his impossible.
made second chances like his impossible.
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卻生活困頓，毫無像他那樣的第二次機會。
06:45
He saw it at the Olive Garden itself,
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他在橄欖園餐廳就親眼看到，
06:48
where so many of his colleagues had
childhood horror stories
childhood horror stories
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很多同事經歷過可怕的童年，
06:52
of family dysfunction, chaos,
addiction, crime.
addiction, crime.
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充滿了家庭失和、混亂、成癮、犯罪。
06:56
He'd heard a similar tale about
the man who shot him
the man who shot him
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那個開槍襲擊他的人，也有類似的背景，
07:01
back when he attended his trial.
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Raisuddin 是在出庭時聽到他的故事。
07:04
The closer Raisuddin got to the America
he had coveted from afar,
he had coveted from afar,
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Raisuddin 越靠近他曾經夢想的美國，
07:09
the more he realized there was
another, equally real, America
another, equally real, America
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就越發現另一個同樣真實的美國，
07:13
that was stingier with second chances.
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一個不給第二次機會的美國。
槍擊他的人，就是在這一個嚴酷的美國長大。
07:19
The man who shot Raisuddin grew up
in that stingier America.
in that stingier America.
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表面上看來，Mark Stroman 總是派對焦點，
07:25
From a distance, Mark Stroman
was always the spark of parties,
was always the spark of parties,
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07:30
always making girls feel pretty.
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很會把妹。
07:34
Always working, no matter what
drugs or fights he'd had the night before.
drugs or fights he'd had the night before.
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不管前一晚吸毒或幹架，隔天照常上班。
07:39
But he'd always wrestled with demons.
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但他一直擺脫不了心魔。
07:43
He entered the world through
the three gateways
the three gateways
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他的成長背景，有三條途徑，
07:45
that doom so many young American men:
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每一條都注定了
許多年輕美國男子的厄運：
許多年輕美國男子的厄運：
07:48
bad parents, bad schools, bad prisons.
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不良父母、不良學校、不良監獄。
07:53
His mother told him, regretfully, as a boy
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小時候，媽媽懊悔地跟他說，
07:56
that she'd been just 50 dollars
short of aborting him.
short of aborting him.
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若非當時缺 50 塊美金，
早就把他墮胎了。
早就把他墮胎了。
08:02
Sometimes, that little boy
would be at school,
would be at school,
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有時候，這個小男孩在學校，
08:08
he'd suddenly pull a knife
on his fellow classmates.
on his fellow classmates.
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會突然對同學拔刀。
08:12
Sometimes that same little boy
would be at his grandparents',
would be at his grandparents',
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有時候，同樣這個小男孩，
會在祖父母家，
會在祖父母家，
08:16
tenderly feeding horses.
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溫柔地餵馬。
08:18
He was getting arrested before he shaved,
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他還沒長鬍子，就坐過牢。
08:21
first juvenile, then prison.
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先是少年感化院，然後又進監獄。
08:23
He became a casual white supremacist
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他相信白人比較優越，應該掌權，
08:26
and, like so many around him,
a drug-addled and absent father.
a drug-addled and absent father.
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而且，像周遭許多人一樣，
他也變成了毒蟲、缺席的父親。
他也變成了毒蟲、缺席的父親。
08:32
And then, before long,
he found himself on death row,
he found himself on death row,
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再過不久，終於面臨死刑。
08:37
for in his 2001 counter-jihad,
he had shot not one mini-mart clerk,
he had shot not one mini-mart clerk,
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因為在他 2001 年自詡反聖戰行動中，
他不只射殺一個超商店員，
他不只射殺一個超商店員，
08:43
but three.
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他槍襲了三個人。
08:45
Only Raisuddin survived.
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只有 Raisuddin 活了下來。
08:48
Strangely, death row was
the first institution
the first institution
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奇異的是，死囚監獄是第一個
08:53
that left Stroman better.
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真正改變 Stroman 的地方。
08:57
His old influences quit him.
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他戒掉壞習慣，
08:59
The people entering his life
were virtuous and caring:
were virtuous and caring:
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在這裡遇到的人
品德好，且關懷別人：
品德好，且關懷別人：
09:03
pastors, journalists, European pen-pals.
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牧師、記者、歐洲的筆友。
他們傾聽他的心聲，
09:07
They listened to him, prayed with him,
helped him question himself.
helped him question himself.
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跟他一起禱告，
幫助他自我探索，
展開自省和成長的旅程，
09:14
And sent him on a journey
of introspection and betterment.
of introspection and betterment.
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他終於面對挾制了他一生的仇恨意識。
09:19
He finally faced the hatred
that had defined his life.
that had defined his life.
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他讀大屠殺倖存者 Viktor Frankl 的書，
09:24
He read Viktor Frankl,
the Holocaust survivor
the Holocaust survivor
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後悔自己有納粹黨十字記號刺青。
09:27
and regretted his swastika tattoos.
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他找到了上帝。
09:30
He found God.
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然後 2011 年，他犯罪的 10 年後，
09:32
Then one day in 2011,
10 years after his crimes,
10 years after his crimes,
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09:37
Stroman received news.
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有一天 Stroman 聽到了這個消息：
09:39
One of the men he'd shot, the survivor,
was fighting to save his life.
was fighting to save his life.
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當年他槍襲的其中一人，
正在爭取讓他活命。
正在爭取讓他活命。
09:47
You see, late in 2009,
eight years after that shooting,
eight years after that shooting,
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原來，2009 年底，
槍擊事件 8 年後，
槍擊事件 8 年後，
09:53
Raisuddin had gone on his own journey,
a pilgrimage to Mecca.
a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Raisuddin 也展開了生命旅程，
前往麥加朝聖。
前往麥加朝聖。
09:59
Amid its crowds,
he felt immense gratitude,
he felt immense gratitude,
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在朝聖人潮中，他深深感恩，
10:03
but also duty.
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也體悟到使命感。
10:05
He recalled promising God,
as he lay dying in 2001,
as he lay dying in 2001,
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他想起 2001 年生命垂危時
曾經答應過上帝，
曾經答應過上帝，
10:09
that if he lived, he would serve
humanity all his days.
humanity all his days.
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如果他能存活，他將奉獻餘生服務人類。
10:14
Then, he'd gotten busy
relaying the bricks of a life.
relaying the bricks of a life.
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後來，他忙於重建自己的生活。
10:19
Now it was time to pay his debts.
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現在，該是還債的時候了。
10:23
And he decided, upon reflection,
that his method of payment
that his method of payment
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深思後，他決定
他回報上帝的方式，
他回報上帝的方式，
10:27
would be an intervention
in the cycle of vengeance
in the cycle of vengeance
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是介入報復的惡性循環──
10:31
between the Muslim and Western worlds.
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穆斯林和西方國家之間的冤冤相報。
10:33
And how would he intervene?
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那麼，他要怎麼介入呢？
10:36
By forgiving Stroman publicly
in the name of Islam
in the name of Islam
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他決定公開原諒 Stroman，
以伊斯蘭的聖名
以伊斯蘭的聖名
10:40
and its doctrine of mercy.
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和其慈悲的教誨。
10:42
And then suing the state of Texas
and its governor Rick Perry
and its governor Rick Perry
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然後對德州和州長 Rick Perry 提告，
10:49
to prevent them from executing Stroman,
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以制止他們處死 Stroman，
10:52
exactly like most people
shot in the face do.
shot in the face do.
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正像大多數被槍襲的人會做的事。
10:56
(Laughter)
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（觀眾笑聲）
10:58
Yet Raisuddin's mercy was inspired
not only by faith.
not only by faith.
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Raisuddin 的慈悲不只是因信仰的教導，
11:05
A newly minted American citizen,
he had come to believe that Stroman
he had come to believe that Stroman
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剛成為美國公民的他相信
11:11
was the product of a hurting America that
couldn't just be lethally injected away.
couldn't just be lethally injected away.
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Stroman 是受傷美國的產物，
不是處死刑就能癒合的傷痛。
不是處死刑就能癒合的傷痛。
11:18
That insight is what moved me
to write my book "The True American."
to write my book "The True American."
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這個洞見，啟發了我寫
"The True American" 這本書。
"The True American" 這本書。
11:23
This immigrant begging America
to be as merciful to a native son
to be as merciful to a native son
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這位新移民，懇求美國能夠
對親生兒子發慈悲，
對親生兒子發慈悲，
11:27
as it had been to an adopted one.
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如同對他這個養子一樣。
11:32
In the mini-mart, all those years earlier,
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當年在那家超商，
11:35
not just two men,
but two Americas collided.
but two Americas collided.
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不只是兩個男子，
而是兩個美國的撞擊，
而是兩個美國的撞擊，
11:40
An America that still dreams,
still strives,
still strives,
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一個美國依然懷抱夢想、持續茁壯、
11:42
still imagines that tomorrow
can build on today,
can build on today,
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相信明天建構在今日的基礎之上；
11:47
and an America that has resigned to fate,
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另一個美國接受宿命、
11:50
buckled under stress and chaos,
lowered expectations,
lowered expectations,
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被壓力和混亂壓垮、失去盼望、
11:53
an ducked into the oldest of refuges:
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只能躲進歷史最悠久的避難所：
11:56
the tribal fellowship of one's
own narrow kind.
own narrow kind.
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遁入一個狹隘的、想像的族群。
12:00
And it was Raisuddin, despite
being a newcomer,
being a newcomer,
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然而卻是 Raisuddin──
儘管是個新移民、
儘管是個新移民、
12:02
despite being attacked,
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儘管被襲擊、
12:04
despite being homeless and traumatized,
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儘管無家可歸、歷經創傷──
12:07
who belonged to that republic of dreams
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才屬於這個夢想共和國；
12:10
and Stroman who belonged to that
other wounded country,
other wounded country,
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而 Stroman 卻屬於受傷的
那個美國，
那個美國，
12:15
despite being born with the privilege
of a native white man.
of a native white man.
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儘管他有幸生為白皮膚的本國人。
12:20
I realized these men's stories formed
an urgent parable about America.
an urgent parable about America.
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我體認到，他們的故事是關於美國的
迫切寓言。
迫切寓言。
12:26
The country I am so proud to call my own
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這個我驕傲歸屬的國家
12:30
wasn't living through a
generalized decline
generalized decline
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並不是正在全面的衰微，
12:34
as seen in Spain or Greece,
where prospects were dimming for everyone.
where prospects were dimming for everyone.
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不像西班牙或希臘
全國人民都在受苦。
全國人民都在受苦。
12:41
America is simultaneously the most
and the least successful country
and the least successful country
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美國是工業化世界裡最成功、
同時也最失敗的國家。
12:46
in the industrialized world.
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12:49
Launching the world's best companies,
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創立全球最佳企業，
12:51
even as record numbers
of children go hungry.
of children go hungry.
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挨餓的兒童人數卻打破紀錄。
12:54
Seeing life-expectancy drop
for large groups,
for large groups,
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大批族群國民的壽命縮短，
12:59
even as it polishes
the world's best hospitals.
the world's best hospitals.
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縱使擁有世界一流的醫院。
13:02
America today is a sprightly young body,
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今日的美國，是個年輕有活力的身體，
半身中風，
13:07
hit by one of those strokes
that sucks the life from one side,
that sucks the life from one side,
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癱瘓無力，
另外半身卻完美無暇到
令人憂心的地步。
令人憂心的地步。
13:12
while leaving the other
worryingly perfect.
worryingly perfect.
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13:17
On July 20, 2011, right after
a sobbing Raisuddin
a sobbing Raisuddin
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2011 年 7 月 20 日，
就是在 Raisuddin 哽咽陳情──
就是在 Raisuddin 哽咽陳情──
13:24
testified in defense of Stroman's life,
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為 Stroman 請命不久之後，
13:26
Stroman was killed by lethal injection
by the state he so loved.
by the state he so loved.
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Stroman 死於死刑藥劑之下，
由他鍾愛的州行刑。
由他鍾愛的州行刑。
13:32
Hours earlier, when Raisuddin still
thought he could still save Stroman,
thought he could still save Stroman,
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行刑前幾小時，
Raisuddin 還抱持一線希望，
Raisuddin 還抱持一線希望，
13:37
the two men got to speak
for the second time ever.
for the second time ever.
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兩人在槍襲事件後第一次對話。
13:40
Here is an excerpt from their phone call.
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以下是他們通電話的一段內容：
13:43
Raisuddin: "Mark, you should know
that I am praying for God,
that I am praying for God,
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Raisuddin：「Mark，我要你知道
我在向上帝祈禱，
我在向上帝祈禱，
13:49
the most compassionate and gracious.
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最悲憫仁慈的神，
13:52
I forgive you and I do not hate you.
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我原諒你，也不恨你。
13:54
I never hated you."
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我從沒有恨過你。」
13:57
Stroman: "You are a remarkable person.
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Stroman：「你真了不起。
14:02
Thank you from my heart.
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我打從心裡感激你。
14:04
I love you, bro."
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我愛你，我的兄弟。」
14:07
Even more amazingly, after the execution,
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更動人的是，行刑之後，
14:11
Raisuddin reached out to Stroman's
eldest daughter, Amber,
eldest daughter, Amber,
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Raisuddin 連絡上 Stroman 的
長女 Amber，
長女 Amber，
14:15
an ex-convinct and an addict.
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一個有前科和毒癮的女孩，
14:18
and offered his help.
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他想幫助她。
14:20
"You may have lost a father,"
he told her,
he told her,
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「妳雖然失去了父親，」他對她說，
14:23
"but you've gained an uncle."
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「卻得到了一個舅父。」
14:26
He wanted her, too, to have
a second chance.
a second chance.
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他希望她也能有第二次機會。
14:32
If human history were a parade,
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如果人類歷史是一個遊行，
14:37
America's float would be
a neon shrine to second chances.
a neon shrine to second chances.
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美國花車就像
第二次機會的霓虹神龕。
第二次機會的霓虹神龕。
14:44
But America, generous with second chances
to the children of other lands,
to the children of other lands,
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然而美國，雖然
大方給予移民之子第二次機會，
大方給予移民之子第二次機會，
14:50
today grows miserly with first chances
to the children of its own.
to the children of its own.
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今天卻連第一次機會都
吝於給予親生之子。
吝於給予親生之子。
14:56
America still dazzles at allowing
anybody to become an American.
anybody to become an American.
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美國仍然以開放移民
成為美國人而令人炫目，
成為美國人而令人炫目，
15:01
But it is losing its luster at allowing
every American to become a somebody.
every American to become a somebody.
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卻無法扶植本國人順利成功，
因而漸失光彩。
因而漸失光彩。
15:07
Over the last decade, seven million
foreigners gained American citizenship.
foreigners gained American citizenship.
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過去 10 年，有 7 百萬移民
成為美國公民。
成為美國公民。
15:12
Remarkable.
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很了不起。
15:14
In the meanwhile, how many Americans
gained a place in the middle class?
gained a place in the middle class?
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同時，有多少美國人成為
中產階級？
中產階級？
15:19
Actually, the net influx was negative.
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事實上，淨流入量是負值。
15:23
Go back further,
and it's even more striking:
and it's even more striking:
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再往前追溯，統計更驚人：
15:25
Since the 60s, the middle class
has shrunk by 20 percent,
has shrunk by 20 percent,
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從 60 年代到今天，
中產階級縮減了 2 成，
中產階級縮減了 2 成，
15:31
mainly because of the people
tumbling out of it.
tumbling out of it.
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大多是因為人們掉出這個階級。
15:34
And my reporting around the country
tells me the problem is grimmer
tells me the problem is grimmer
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我的國內研究報告顯示，
這個問題的嚴重性
這個問題的嚴重性
15:38
than simple inequality.
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不單只是因為不平等。
15:40
What I observe is a pair of secessions
from the unifying center of American life.
from the unifying center of American life.
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我觀察到的是從美國中心
分裂開來的兩個社會：
分裂開來的兩個社會：
15:46
An affluent secession of up, up and away,
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一個是飛黃騰達的富裕社會，
15:50
into elite enclaves of the educated
and into a global matrix
and into a global matrix
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教育菁英的上流圈子，
15:53
of work, money and connections,
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擁有全球的事業、財富和人脈關係；
15:56
and an impoverished secession
of down and out
of down and out
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另一個是潦倒不堪的窮困社會，
16:00
into disconnected, dead-end lives
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孤立無援、永無翻身之日，
16:03
that the fortunate scarcely see.
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人生勝利組看不到的社會。
16:07
And don't console yourself
that you are the 99 percent.
that you are the 99 percent.
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但不要以為你屬於那 99%
而感到欣慰。
而感到欣慰。
16:13
If you live near a Whole Foods,
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如果你住的社區
有健康有機超市，
有健康有機超市，
16:18
if no one in your family serves
in the military,
in the military,
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如果你家族沒有人從軍，
16:22
if you're paid by the year,
not the hour,
not the hour,
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如果你賺的是年薪而不是時薪，
16:27
if most people you know finished college,
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如果你認識的人學歷幾乎都是
大學以上，
大學以上，
16:30
if no one you know uses meth,
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如果你的親友沒有吸毒，
16:33
if you married once and remain married,
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如果你一結婚就不曾離婚，
16:35
if you're not one of 65 million Americans
with a criminal record --
with a criminal record --
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如果你不像 6 千 5 百萬美國人一樣
有犯罪紀錄，
有犯罪紀錄，
16:39
if any or all of these things
describe you,
describe you,
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如果以上敘述
你符合任何一項或全部，
你符合任何一項或全部，
那你應該接受這個可能性：
16:43
then accept the possibility that actually,
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其實，你可能根本不了解現實狀況，
16:46
you may not know what's going on
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16:48
and you may be part of the problem.
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而且你很可能就是問題本身。
其他世代必須
在解放奴隸後重建社會、
在解放奴隸後重建社會、
16:54
Other generations had to build
a fresh society after slavery,
a fresh society after slavery,
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17:00
pull through a depression,
defeat fascism,
defeat fascism,
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捱過經濟大蕭條、
擊敗法西斯主義、
擊敗法西斯主義、
17:04
freedom-ride in Mississippi.
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冒險自由乘車進入密西西比
為種族平等奮鬥。
為種族平等奮鬥。
17:07
The moral challenge of
my generation, I believe,
my generation, I believe,
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我相信，我這個世代的道德挑戰
17:10
is to reacquaint these two Americas,
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是要讓這兩個美國重新認識彼此，
17:13
to choose union over secession once again.
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再度選擇團結，揚棄分裂。
17:18
This ins't a problem we can tax
or tax-cut away.
or tax-cut away.
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這不是增減稅收就能解決的問題，
17:22
It won't be solved by tweeting harder,
building slicker apps,
building slicker apps,
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也不能靠用力推文、
或開發更聰明的 App，
或開發更聰明的 App，
17:26
or starting one more
artisanal coffee roasting service.
artisanal coffee roasting service.
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或提供更多手工咖啡烘培服務。
17:30
It is a moral challenge that begs
each of us in the flourishing America
each of us in the flourishing America
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這是道德的挑戰，呼籲在繁榮美國
的每一個人
的每一個人
17:37
to take on the wilting America as our own,
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肩挑起枯萎的那個美國，
謀人事如己事，
謀人事如己事，
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as Raisuddin tried to do.
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就像 Raisuddin 致力的目標。
17:44
Like him, we can make pilgrimages.
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就像他，我們也能踏上朝聖之旅，
17:46
And there, in Baltimore and Oregon
and Appalachia,
and Appalachia,
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無論是巴爾的摩、俄勒岡、
阿帕拉契亞，
阿帕拉契亞，
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find new purpose, as he did.
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都能像他一樣找到新的目的。
17:52
We can immerse ourselves
in that other country,
in that other country,
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我們可以融入另外那一個國家，
17:56
bear witness to its hopes and sorrows,
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親身證歷它的希望與憂傷，
17:59
and, like Raisuddin, ask what we can do.
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並且就像 Raisuddin 一樣，
自問我們能做什麼。
自問我們能做什麼。
18:06
What can you do?
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你能做什麼？
18:09
What can you do?
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你能做什麼？
18:11
What can we do?
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我們能做什麼？
18:13
How might we build
a more merciful country?
a more merciful country?
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我們如何建造一個更慈悲的國家？
18:18
We, the greatest inventors in the world,
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我們這些世界最偉大的發明家
18:22
can invent solutions to the problems
of that America, not only our own.
of that America, not only our own.
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能找出另外那個美國問題的解答，
不只是我們自己的。
不只是我們自己的。
18:27
We, the writers and the journalists,
can cover that America's stories,
can cover that America's stories,
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我們這些作家和新聞人員
可以報導那個美國的故事，
可以報導那個美國的故事，
18:31
instead of shutting down
bureaus in its midst.
bureaus in its midst.
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而不是任其事務半途而廢。
18:34
We can finance that America's ideas,
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我們可以為那個美國的構想出資，
18:38
instead of ideas from New York
and San Francisco.
and San Francisco.
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而不總是金援紐約和舊金山。
18:41
We can put our stethoscopes to its backs,
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我們可以為她的背聽診，
去那裡教書、開庭、
製造、居住、祈禱。
製造、居住、祈禱。
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teach there, go to court there,
make there, live there, pray there.
make there, live there, pray there.
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This, I believe, is the calling
of a generation.
of a generation.
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這，我相信，
是一個世代的使命。
是一個世代的使命。
18:55
An America whose two halves learn again
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美國的兩個分化社會
重新學習
重新學習
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to stride, to plow, to forge,
to dare together.
to dare together.
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如何共同攜手
邁步、耕耘、開拓、迎接挑戰。
邁步、耕耘、開拓、迎接挑戰。
一個充滿機會的共和國──
19:06
A republic of chances, rewoven, renewed,
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重新交織、重新建造，
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begins with us.
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始於我們。
19:15
Thank you.
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謝謝。
19:17
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anand Giridharadas - WriterAnand Giridharadas writes about people and cultures caught amid the great forces of our time.
Why you should listen
Anand Giridharadas is a writer. He is a New York Times columnist, writing the biweekly "Letter from America." He is the author, most recently, of The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, about a Muslim immigrant’s campaign to spare from Death Row the white supremacist who tried to kill him. In 2011 he published India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking, about returning to the India his parents left.
Giridharadas's datelines include Italy, India, China, Dubai, Norway, Japan, Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Nigeria, Uruguay and the United States. He is an on-air contributor for NBC News and appears regularly on "Morning Joe." He has given talks on the main stage of TED and at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, the University of Michigan, the Aspen Institute, Summit at Sea, the Sydney Opera House, the United Nations, the Asia Society, PopTech and Google. He is a Henry Crown fellow of the Aspen Institute.
Giridharadas lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Priya Parker, and their son, Orion.
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