你喜歡的歌手、運動員、演員是黑人嗎？
你喜歡聽爵士音樂、嘻哈音樂、街頭服飾、塗鴉文化嗎？
這些都是非裔美籍人士的文化。
我們受惠於他們，就應該了解什麼是 #BlackLivesMatter
https://www.facebook.com/100003492622225/posts/2828196297306763/?d=n
Black Lives Matter FAQ - 從台灣的角度了解 #BLM
最近全球有一些人權相關的事件及紀念日，可以藉機思考我們每個人是如何無形中參與及改變社會中種種現象。其中，Black Lives Matter 運動引起了全世界的關注，很多人在社群網站及現實生活中紛紛表述關心，網上也有很多資料提供援助或分析此事件。
各地亞洲人也開始討論 #BLM 跟亞裔群體的關聯及相似點 -- 如香港、新加坡、印尼巴布亞等地的情況，但單純從台灣的角度討論 #BLM 的文章似乎少之又少。
種族歧視一直以來都是一個全球性的問題。就算台灣是個種族同質性很高的國家，排外 (xenophobia)、種族歧視 (racism)、膚色歧視 (colourism)、白人至上 (white supremacy) 等等問題在台灣文化中仍十分顯著 -- 對國外審美標準的執著、崇洋媚外的舉動、對不同文化跟語言背景的人產生偏見... 都是現實生活中很常見的例子。
台灣雖然與 #BLM 地理距離比較遙遠，但還是可以關心這個持續上百年的議題及從中檢視自己所在社會中相似的問題。
Aurora Chang 跟我只是貢獻小小的力量彙整這個簡單的FAQ，網路上還有許多詳細的資訊以便深入了解更多BLM及相關人權運動的消息。我們兩個並不是完全土生土長的台灣人，所以文化理解上不一定完全正確，但我們也都還在學習，所以也歡迎跟我們分享討論哦！
With the many human rights issues and memorial days around the globe this past week, it is a good time to reflect on how each one of us contributes to the system and norms that allow some of the ugliest realities in the world today.
One of the loudest campaigns is the Black Lives Matter movement, which is not a trend nor an Instagram challenge, but a cry for basic human rights which should not even be happening today. The #BLM movement was widely spread through various forms of media, urging people to partake in the action or at least have some awareness.
However, the silence (and even ridicule) from Taiwan is deafening. Less than a handful of articles/threads/posts articulate the #BLM movement and racism from a Taiwanese perspective. Hence Aurora Chang and I decided to make this simple FAQ as a tiny effort to raise awareness of this issue from a Taiwanese context.
Yes, the #BLM movement may not directly affect lives in Taiwan, but we could look at our own backyard before criticising other countries — though Taiwan is mostly regarded as a racially homogenous nation, discrimination, xenophobia, and white supremacy are still very prevalent and embedded in parts of the Taiwanese culture. Obsession with specific beauty standards, idolisation of the West, and the determination of social statuses by cultural backgrounds or certain linguistic skills are just a few examples that I can recall vividly from my period of upbringing in Taiwan.
It is a privilege to be ignorant of #BLM and racism, but it is ignorant to abuse this privilege by turning a blind eye on it. Although Taiwan is oceans away from the countries where #BLM is most pressing, we could start conversations about #BLM and racism right where we are.
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Do note that neither of us was raised entirely in Taiwan, so our understanding of the Taiwanese culture may be a little inaccurate. Nevertheless, just as everyone else on this topic, we are always keen to educate ourselves and discuss more about the issue, and we encourage you to observe and talk about it, too!
Let’s strive to become a better nation together :)
