what you're essentially saying is that
你本质上是说,
you can change your race and you can't
你可以改变你的种族,但你不能
change your race i'm korean you know
改变你的种族,我是韩国人,你知道
people need to accept that
人们需要接受这一点
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tell me how you racially identify i
告诉我你如何进行种族认同,我认为自己是
identify as korean i used to live in
韩国人,我曾经居住过
korea i was living there for one year i
韩国,我在那里住了一年,我
love the culture i love the history the
喜欢这里的文化,我喜欢这里的历史,
people you know i've put myself through
你认识的人,我让自己经历了
a lot of pain i've had a lot of surgical
很多痛苦,我做了很多外科
procedures to have more of a korean
手术,为了拥有更多的韩国
aesthetic i spend a lot of time learning
审美,我花了很多钱 学习
the language learning how to cook korean
语言学习如何烹饪韩国
foods i came out earlier this year
食物我今年早些时候出来
sharing that with the world people
与世界分享人们
didn't really get it not everybody will
并没有真正理解它不是每个人都会
understand straight away but i hope over
立即理解但我希望随着
time people will be kind of more
时间的推移人们会更
accepting with me transracial does not
接受我跨种族 不
exist and i think it is very very
存在,我认为
harmful for us to push the narrative
推动可能改变种族的说法对我们来说是非常非常有害的,
that it is possible switch races i was
我对自己的
not happy the way i was so i went to
方式不满意,所以我去了
korea and had the most incredible
韩国,经历了我一生中最令人难以置信的
experience of my life it changed me gave
经历,它改变了我给了
me happiness and people have no right to
我 幸福,人们没有权利
take that happiness away from me i can't
夺走我的幸福,我不能
sit up here and say oh i'm suddenly a
坐在这里说,哦,我突然变成了一个
white woman and if you as a white person
白人女性,如果你作为一个白人
say oh i can be black or i can be korean
说,哦,我可以是黑人,或者我可以是韩国人,
and i can't swap and benefit from the
我 不能交换并受益于
privilege that you benefit from then
你从中受益的特权,那么
it's clearly not an equal exchange
这显然不是平等的交换,
because whiteness in this country has
因为这个国家的白人已经以某种
been set up in a way how i interact in
方式建立起来,我如何在警察中互动,
the police how i interact with the
我如何与
medical system can result in me dying
医疗系统互动可能会导致我死亡
cultural appropriation
文化挪用
essentially dictates people who are
本质上决定了
ethnic minority whatever they do isn't
少数民族的人,无论他们做什么,都不是
really a value you don't deserve to be
真正的价值,你不应该
associated with something that you've
与你创造的东西联系起来,
created because a white person has
因为白人
either renamed it or use it for their
要么重新命名它,要么将它用于他们的
profit and you are not a korean man no
利益,而你是 不是韩国人,
matter how much surgery you do no matter
无论你做了多少手术,无论
how much of the aesthetic you adopt
你采用了多少审美观,
nobody can take away what a minority
没有人能夺走少数
group has been through but i think when
群体所经历的一切,但我认为,当
we do
我们
combined cultures and millions and
融合文化时,数以
millions of people now do
百万计的人现在
almost adopt a lot of the korean
几乎采用了一种 很多韩国
cultural aspects because through k-pop
文化方面,因为通过韩流
or k-drama they love it so much they
或韩剧,他们非常喜欢它,
then start adopting those whether that's
然后开始采用这些,无论是
the hairstyle whether that's the fashion
发型,还是时尚
style whether they want to go and live
风格,无论他们想去
in korea we all have the right to choose
韩国生活,我们都有权利选择
how we identify to be who we want to be
我们如何识别自己想成为的人
i'm korean you know people need to
我是韩国人你知道人们需要
accept that
接受这一点
i think your skin color has a lot to do
我认为你的肤色
with everything you're doing i think we
与你所做的一切有很大关系我认为我们
need to recognize that white supremacy
需要认识到白人至上
is a global issue what you are
是 这是一个全球性问题,你
essentially saying is that you can
本质上是说,你可以
change your race and you can't change
改变你的种族,但你不能改变
your race and i think if you don't
你的种族,我认为,如果你没有
recognize that power imbalance
认识到
in what you're doing and how it's
你所做的事情中存在权力不平衡,以及它对
disrespectful to me you're just kind of
我的不尊重,那么你就是 只是
proving the point that you're doing this
证明你这样做是
for money and attention no i agree with
为了金钱和关注,不,我同意你认识的
that every person that was you know born
每个出生于
asian they do go through these struggles
亚洲的人,他们确实经历过这些挣扎,
but i understand what you're saying in
但我理解你在
terms of white privilege i've never had
白人特权方面所说的话,我' 我从未有过
that experience you know but i am not
这样的经历,你知道,但我不是
one of those people i am completely
那些人中的一员,我完全
different so i don't like to be put in
不同,所以我不喜欢
the same category as someone like that i
与这样的人归为同一类别,我
understand some people might get
知道有些人可能会因为
offended by what i do but i'm not
我所做的事情而感到冒犯,但我' 我
actually going out there doing bad
实际上并没有出去做
things i'm not doing anything to hurt
坏事,我没有做任何伤害
people i'm just living my truth i'm
别人的事情,我只是活出我的真理,我正在
doing what makes me happy so you
做让我快乐的事情,所以你
identify as queer right non-binary
认为自己是酷儿,非二元
non-binary okay i'll recognize that
非二元,好吧,我会认识到
thank you so if you as a non-binary
谢谢你,如果你作为一个非二元性别的
person are adopting a culture of a
人正在接受
minority in a minority because we know
少数群体中的少数群体的文化,因为我们知道
that the queer experience in korea is
韩国的酷儿经历是
unique it's very difficult that's why i
独一无二的,这非常困难,这就是我
was speaking up and actually i helped a
发言的原因,实际上我帮助了
lot of people by doing that what you are
很多人 通过这样做,你
doing is really giving white savior like
所做的事情实际上是在给予白人救世主,
it really is because you seem to think
因为你似乎认为
that you can adopt the oppressions of
你可以接受少数族裔的压迫,
minorities what do you think
you can do as someone who is so far
作为一个
removed from that experience these
远离这些
people are fearing for their lives
人所害怕的经历的人,你认为你可以做什么 为了他们的生命,
i'm speaking up for these people i'm
我为这些人发声,我正在
trying to help these people you center
努力帮助这些人,你以
those who are affected you don't center
那些受到影响的人为中心,你不以
yourself and that's my problem with you
自己为中心,这是我对你的问题,这
well it's better than doing nothing what
比什么都不做要好,你
do you do what do you do to help people
做了什么,你做了什么 为了帮助
around the world you can't ask you guys
世界各地的人们,你们不能问你们,你们
you don't you don't get to ask me
不能问我
whether i go to protest or why are you
是否去抗议,或者你们为什么
criticizing me for doing something which
批评我做了一些
i'm actually helping a lot of people and
我实际上帮助了很多人的事情
i think about helping people by taking
我想通过拍照来帮助人们,
the picture you don't get to question me
你不能质疑我
and i'm not even going to entertain you
,我什至不会招待你,你
don't get to question me yes i do well i
不能质疑我,是的,我做得很好,我
just did so what's that why can't i
只是这么做了,那是什么,为什么我不能
question you because i think it's what
问你,因为我认为这就是
you're not questioning me because you
你问我的原因,而不是因为你
want to understand what i go through or
想了解我所经历的事情或
what i'm doing you're questioning me
我在做什么,你问我是
because you want to try and find out
因为你想尝试找出
what i'm saying
我在说什么,
so i understand exactly what you're
以便我完全理解 你
saying no one can take away someone's
所说的,没有人可以夺走某人的
lived experience but i do feel we're at
生活经历,但我确实觉得我们正处于一个
a time in history where we can embrace
历史时期,我们可以拥抱
other cultures you know it's great to be
其他文化,你知道多元文化是伟大的,
multicultural it's great to be diverse
多元化是伟大的,
and of course people do appropriate
当然人们也有适当的
cultures but for me i'm appreciating
文化 但对我来说,我欣赏
other cultures and i feel that is a good
其他文化,我觉得这是一件
thing and i think that will help break
好事,我认为这将有助于打破
down cultural barriers a lot of people
文化障碍很多人
say oh we're a different stage in
说哦,我们处于社会的不同阶段,
society now we're really not we're not
现在我们真的不是我们
far removed we've had blm and asian hair
离我们不远了,我们在同一年就拥有了黑人和亚洲人的头发,
all in the same year if that can happen
如果这仍然可以发生的话,
at still at this point we haven't really
made progress as a society enough for
作为一个社会还没有真正取得足够的进步,让
all of us to say that we can be
我们所有人都可以说我们可以
transracial or we can swap races so we
跨种族,或者我们可以 交换种族,这样我们
can adopt aspects of one's culture
就可以采用一个人的文化的各个方面,
without causing them harm or without
而不会对他们造成伤害或未经
their permission there's a way you can
他们的许可,有一种方法可以让你
interact with a culture without
在
disrespecting or disregarding their
不尊重或无视他们的
lived experiences i engage with korean
生活经历的情况下与一种文化互动,我参与韩国
culture but i will always be a black
文化,但我永远是一个黑人
woman period
女性,
i don't think he understands my lived
我不这样做 我不认为他了解我的生活
experience to me translational is not a
经历 对我而言翻译不是
real thing i respect people that have a
真实的事情我尊重有
different opinion they might not agree
不同意见的人他们可能不同意
with me nothing has changed i still
我什么都没有改变我仍然
identify as transracial and korean i
认为是跨种族和韩国人我
will always identify this way i am proud
将永远以这种方式识别我感到自豪
of how i stood my ground whatever excuse
我如何坚持自己的立场,无论
ollie came up with i was able to
奥利想出什么借口,我都能
dismantle it and i think that's very
拆除它,我认为这非常
important
重要
you