Embracing Diversity

Embracing Diversity-包容多元文化
為了學校通識教育學分而選修的課
其實本來是打算混混過去的
不過在課程討論中...
也讓我有機會去思考一些我很少會去關心或注意的事
像是偏見與刻板印象,種族歧視,同性戀議題等等
因為總覺得跟自己沒關係所以也就不曾去關注
但是在寫期末報告時,發現自己這種心態其實很糟糕啊...
總之雖然是為了拿必選修學分而上的課程
意外的讓我受益良多

在報告中我引用了一段原文為一位紱國牧師所說的短詩
英譯的句子也有刻在波士頓猶太人屠殺紀念碑上
幾年前剛到Boston時就有去參觀過
可是那時候還矇矇懂懂,看過去也沒在意
現在重新在網路上看到...超有感觸啊

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

---Martin Niemoeller

起初他們追殺共産主義者時,
我保持沉默,因為我不是共産主義者;

接著他們追殺猶太人時,
我保持沉默,因為我不是猶太人;

當他來抓貿易工會成員時,
我保持沉默,因為我不是貿易工會成員;

當他們來抓天主教徒時,
我保持沉默,因為我是新教徒;

當他們來抓我時,已經沒有人替我說話了。