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1 | Are Black Americans More Aware of Race Than Black Caribbeans? | Ireo Amerikana Mainty Ve No Taitra Kokoa Amin'ny Resaka Fiaviana Raha Mitaha Amin'ireo Mainty Avy Any Karaiba? |
2 | A Jamaican and an American flag on display at the 2008 West Indian-American Carnival in Brooklyn, New York. | Saina Jamaikana sy Amerikana Nakopaka Tamin'ny Fetiben'ny Amerikana manam-piaviana Antillais, tamin'ny 2008 tao Brooklyn, New York. |
3 | Photo by Flickr user David Berkowitz. | Sary an'i David Berkowitz, mpampiasa Flickr, CC BY 2.0 |
4 | CC BY 2.0 Are Caribbean people over race? | Leo ny resa-piaviana ve ny olona avy ao Karaiba ? |
5 | One Jamaican-American blogger, Aidan Neal, says they are, at least in comparison with their American neighbors. | Aidan Neal, bilaogera Amerikana manam-piaviana Jamaikana, no miteny fa izany tokoa, farafaharatsiny raha ampitahaina amin'ireo Amerikana mpifanila amin-dry zareo. |
6 | In a provocative piece titled “Racism In America: Caribbeans Just Don't Get It“, she argued that because of their historical experiences, native-born African-Americans have an “often unwarranted sense of racial awareness” and so experience racism differently than Caribbean immigrants to the United States do: | Anatinà lahatsoratra iray somary mihantsy nomena lohateny hoe “Fanavakavahana volon-koditra ao Amerika: Tsy ilain'ny Avy Ao Karaiba Tsotra izao Izany“, notsindriany fa noho ny zava-niainan'izy ireo ara-tantara, ireo tena avy amin'ny razambe Afrikana-Amerikana no “mazàna manana fahatsapàna tsy hita hohamarinina momba io resaka fiaviana io” ary vokatr'izay dia miaina amin'ny fomba hafa ny fanavakavahana raha mitaha amin'ny ataon'ireo mpifindra monina avy ao Karaiba mankany Etazonia : |
7 | I can be at a restaurant and never once notice that my table has the only number of black people in the establishment. | Afaka mandeha aminà trano fisakafoana aho ary tsy hahamarika velively hoe ny latabatra misy ahy no hany misy olona mainty ao anatin'io toerana io. |
8 | I would have enjoyed my meal, engaged in great conversation, and left a healthy tip, without having noticed that ‘we didn't get straws with our water,' or that ‘the other table didn't have to ask for their bread.' | Mety hankafy ny sakafoko aho, ho tafiditra anatinà fifanakalozan-dresaka mafonja, ary hamela fankasitrahana kely ho an'ny mpandroso sakafo, amin'ny tsy fahatsapàna velively hoe ‘tsy nahazo fitrohana akory izahay niaraka tamin'ny ranonay,' na hoe ‘tsy nila nanafatra ny mofon'izy ireo akory ilay latabatra iray hafa.' |
9 | I'm not looking for racial discrepancies and as such, I don't find any. | Tsy hoe mikatsaka izay tsy fetezana ara-poko araka izay maha-izy azy izay aho, tsy mahita aho na kely aza…. |
10 | She said that Caribbean people, by comparison, were more easygoing when it comes to issues of race: | Nolazainy fa ny olona ao Karaiba, raha ampitahaina, dia mora iaraha-miaina kokoa raha olana ara-piaviana izany no resahana : |
11 | Those of us who were raised in the West Indies did not grow up in homes where race was a common topic of discussion. | Ny sasany amintsika izay nobeazina tany Antilles dia tsy nitombo tany aminà tokantrano izay nahitàna ny fifanakalozan-dresaka mikasika ny fiaviana ho toy ny lohahevitra mahazatra. |
12 | I never heard anyone call another person the N-word, and I never once distinguished my friends by their race. | Tsy mbola nandre velively aho olona iray niantso iray hafa tamin'ny hoe teny hoe N (fiandohan'ny hoe Noir/Negro), ary tsy mbola nanavaka velively ny namako tamin'ny fiavian'izy ireo. |
13 | Some time ago, when I received a friend-request from an old classmate, I was a tad surprised that she was Caucasian. | Fotoana ela lasa izao, raha nandray ny fangatahan'ny namana iray avy aminà mpiara-mianatra fahiny aho, somary zendana aho fa hay rasipa ka Kaokaziana. |
14 | When I reminisced on our time together I couldn't recall her race. | Rehefa namerina ny tsiahin'ny fotoana niarahanay aho dia tsy nahatsiaro velively ny fiaviany. |
15 | I always thought of her as having a lighter complexion than I, but I never thought of her as white. | Nihevitra azy mandrakariva ho nanana lokon-koditra mazavazava kokoa noho ny ahy aho, saingy tsy nihevitra azy velively ho fotsy. |
16 | Growing up, we didn't place each other in different racial categories. | Rehefa niha-lehibe, tsy nifametraka velively ny andaniny sy ny ankilany ho anaty sokajim-piaviana samihafa izahay. |
17 | Neal concluded that taking a more positive attitude and not seeking out grievances would be a better approach: | Nofintinin'i Neal hoe fomba fiasa/fanatonana mendrika kokoa ny fanehoana toetra miabo sy tsy filàna vaniny : |
18 | By no means am I suggesting that one ignore racist acts or persons. | Na amin'inona na amin'inona, tsy izaho no hanoso-kevitra hoe aza raharahaina ny hetsika fanavakavahana fiaviana na olona. |
19 | I am suggesting that instead of looking for racism in every act, slur or interpretation, that perhaps your outlook would be a bit brighter if you instead let it find you. | Fa sosokevitra omeko ny hoe raha toa ka eo amin'ny toeran'ny fanavakavahana amin'izay rehetra atao, amin'ny faniratsiràna na fandikàna vilana, dia angamba ny fomba fijerinao mety ho mazavazava kokoa raha toa aleonao mamela azy hahita anao. |
20 | We can change the course of our future if we desist from breathing life into acts of discrimination. | Azontsika atao ny manova ny ho fizotry ny hoavintsika raha ialantsika ny fifohana ny rivotry ny fifanavankavahana. |
21 | It is not, nor will it ever be acceptable. | Tsy ekena, ary tsy ho azo ekena velively izany. |
22 | However, we can remain conscious of the reality and fight to bring backward ideologies to an end without continuously perpetuating it in our own lives. | Kanefa, afaka mitoetra mandrakariva ho tonga saina amin'ny zava-misy iainana isika ary mitolona mba hitondra mankany amin'ny fampitsaharana ireo ideolojia mikorosy fàhana, amin'ny tsy fanohizana izany haharitra ela eo amin'ny fiainantsika manokana. |
23 | Her perspective echoes American actor Morgan Freeman's solution to racism: In a 2005 interview with 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, he advised, “Stop talking about it.” | Akon'ny vahaolana avy amin'ilay Amerikana mpilalao sarimihetsika, Morgan Freeman, hiadiana amin'ny fanavakavahana io fomba fijeriny io : tao anaty tafatafa iray tamin'ny 2005 niarahany tamin'ny “60 Minutes”, fandarahan'i Mike Wallace, toro-hevitra avy aminy ny “Atsaharo ny miresaka momba an'io.” |
24 | Still, Neal's blog post was the latest contribution to an ongoing discussion about the different ways African-Americans and their counterparts from the Caribbean react to racism. | Kanefa, ny lahatsoratry ny bilaogin'i Neal no fandraisana anjara farany indrindra tamin'ireo fifanakalozan-dresaka misy aminìizao fotoana izao mikasika ny fomba fanehoankevitra samihafan'ireo Afrikana-Amerikana sy ireo mitovy aminy avy atsy Karaiba momba ny fanavakavahana. |
25 | Even author Malcolm Gladwell, whose mother is Jamaican, explored the issue in a 1996 essay for The New Yorker. | Na i Malcolm Gladwell mpanoratra aza, izay Jamaikana ny reniny, dia nitrandraka io olana io tao anaty andrana iray nataony ho an'ny “The New Yorker” tamin'ny 1996. |
26 | While both groups experienced the injustice of slavery, it has been argued that blacks in the Caribbean, just by virtue of their numbers (blacks still comprise either the majority or a significant minority in all the Caribbean territories), were able to play a more active role in their societies and were therefore shielded from the harsh racism which continues to affect African-Americans. | Raha samy niaina fanandevozana ireo vondron'olona roa ireo, dia lazaina fa ireo mainty ao Karaiba, noho ny isany fotsiny (mbola manome ny, na ny maro an'isa, na ny vitsy an'isa tsy azo hamaivanina manerana ny faritra Karaiba manontolo ny Mainty), sy afaka nitàna anjara toerana mavitrika kokoa tao anatin'ny vondrom-piarahamonina nisy azy ary voaaro tamin'ny fanavakavahana henjana izay mitohy manjo ireo Afrikana-Amerikana. |
27 | Is it possible that because most black people from the Caribbean were accustomed to assuming positions of responsibility in their communities - largely denied to blacks in America - they are, today, either less aware of racism or less inclined to give it power in their lives? | Mety ho hisy ve ny hoe satria ny ankamaroan'ireo olona mainty avy ao Karaiba efa zatra nitàna andraikitra teny amin'ny vondrom-piarahamoniny - izay lavina be ho an'ireo mainty ao Amerika - dia somary tsy taitra loatra amin'ny resaka fanavakavahana ry zareo amin'izao fotoana izao, na tsy dia manome vàhana loatra azy io amin'ny fiainany? |
28 | On Facebook, Marva Linsday Reid thought so: | Ao amin'ny Facebook, nihevitra ny toy izany i Marva Linsday Reid : |
29 | We saw ourselves reflected in each other in our villages and saw that we were capable, strong and smart. | Hitanay mitovy daholo izahay tsirairay ao an-tanàna ary hitanay fa mahavita azy, matanjaka ary marani-tsaina izahay. |
30 | That gave us a strong sense of self confidence… | Nanome anay fahatokisan-tena matanjaka be izany…. |
31 | Other responses to Neal's post have been passionate. | Mahaliana ny valin-kafatra sasany ho an'ilay lahatsoratr'i Neal. |
32 | Corey Gks said that while the apparent differences could be explained by history, this simple conclusion downplays Caribbean radicalism: | Corey Gks niteny fa raha toa ny fahasamihafana hita ka afaka hazavaina amin'ny tantara, dia manamaivana ny hery vaikan'ny ao Karaiba ity famintinana ity : |
33 | For the most part yes…but I don't know why one could expect otherwise. | amin'ny ankapobeny dia “eny” ….saingy tsy haiko hoe ahoana no ahafahan'ny olona hiandrandra hafa ankoatra izay. |
34 | Racism was more overt and direct in the US which party explains why [African-Americans] would be more attuned to it. | Mibaribary kokoa sy mivantambantana ny fanavakavahana ao Etazonia izay ny ampahany no manazava ny antony mahatonga [ny Afrikana-Amerikana] ho mahay mifandrindra amin'izy io. |
35 | In the Caribbean it was much more subtle; in most of the islands whites were in the minority. | Ao Karaiba no somary sarotsarotra raisina kokoa io; any amin'ny ankamaroan'ireo nosy dia vitsy an'isa kokoa ny fotsy. |
36 | Because of this numerical imbalance there was a certain degree of confidence among young Caribbean people, especially when they settled in the US. | Noho io tsy fifandanjan'ny isa io dia nisy fahatokisana kokoa teo amin'ireo tanora ao Karaiba, indrindra rehefa mandeha mipetraka any Etazonia izy ireny. |
37 | It is no coincidence, and I find the writer displays a marked ignorance of this historical fact, that most of the radicalism of the US Civil Rights, Black Power and other anti-exploitation movements were influenced either by Caribbean people or African-Americans who lived among them. | Tsy kisendrasendra, ary hitako mampiseho mariky ny tsy fahafantarana tsara an'io zava-nisy ara-tantara io ilay mpanoratra, hoe ny ankamaroan'ny hery vaikan'ny hetsiky ny “US Civil Rights, Black Power” sy ireo hetsika hafa manohitra ny fanararaotana dia naka ny aingam-panahiny avy amin'ireo olona tao Karaiba na Afrikana-Amerikana niara-niaina teny anivon-dry zareo. |
38 | Gks argued that Caribbean people were not as indifferent to racism as Neal implied and named several activists and leaders of the Pan-Africanism movement who were of Caribbean descent: | Gks nilaza fa tsy dia manao tsinontsinona loatra ny resaka fanavakavahana toy ny anipazan'i Neal azy sy nanononany ireo mpikatroka mafàna fo ary mpitarika ny hetsika “Pan-Africanism” akory ireo taranak'olona avy ao Karaiba : |
39 | Where do African Americans think Edward Wilmot Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael, Claudia Jones or CLR James came from? | Avy aiza no heverin'ireo Afrikana-Amerikana fa tany niavian-dry Edward Wilmot Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael, Claudia Jones na CLR James ? |
40 | Who do they think help radicalise Malcolm X? | Iza no heverin-dry zareo fa hanampy hampahery vaika an-dry Malcolm X? |
41 | Caribbean people are not as innocent of racism some may want to think. | Tsy dia hoe olona tsy manan-tsiny toy inona araka izay mety ho fiheveran'ny sasany azy akory ny vahoaka avy any Karaiba raha resaka fanavakavahana. |
42 | However, novelist Marlon James was critical of Neal's post, maintaining that Jamaicans were not as close to being over racism as she implied. | Na izany aza, nokianin'i Marlon James, mpanoratra tantara, ny lahatsoratr'i Neal, tamin'ny fihazonany ny hoe tsy mbola afaka loatra amin'ny resaka fanavakavahana araka ny voalazan-dramatoa io ny Jamaikana. |
43 | “A country where people bleach skin is not over slavery. | “tsy mbola afaka amin'ny fanandevozana ny firenena iray izay mandoko ny hodiny ho fotsy kokoa. |
44 | A country where men still marry lighter to white up the family line is not over slavery. | Tsy mbola afaka aminìny fanandevozana ny firenena iray izay indro ralehilahy fa lasa maka vady somary fotsy kokoa mba hahatonga ny fianakaviana ho fotsy. |
45 | A country where people still talk about ‘good hair' is not over slavery. | Tsy mbola afaka amin'ny fanandevozana ny firenena iray izay mbola iresahan'ny olona ao aminy momba ny atao hoe “volo tsara”. |
46 | A country where many of its major industries were set up during the slave trade and still profits people who benefited from it for hundreds of years (hello Tate Gallery) is not over slavery,” James wrote. | Tsy mbola afaka amin'ny fanandevozana ny firenena iray izay ny ankamaroan'ny indostriany no naorina nandritry ny fotoana fivarotana andevo ary mbola mahazo misitraka an'izany hatrizao ireo olona anjatony nahazo tombony tamin'ireny, efa ho anjato taonany (kopa-tànana ho an'i Tate Gallery),” hoy ny nosoratan'i James. |
47 | While the debate will continue, it has already served to show the different ways that race and culture intersect - and perhaps to prove that racism, to quote Jamaica's Bob Marley, continues to impose a type of “mental slavery” on black people nearly 150 years after the slave trade was abolished in the United States. | Raha mbola mitohy ny adihevitra, dia nanampy izy ireny hanehoana ireo fomba samihafa ifanmpidimpidiran'ny resaka foko sy kolontsaina - ary angamba hanaporofoana fa ny fanavakavahana, hitanisàna an'ilay Jamaikana Bob Marley, dia hitohy hametraka karazana “fanandevozana ara-tsaina” mandritry ny 150 taona eo ho eo eny anivon'ireo olona mainty, taorian'ny nanafoanana ny varotra olona tany Etazonia. |