Xu Jin: When talking about American race issues, the south cannot be around.Many years ago, the literary master Naipale had insight that the equal rights movement did not resolve discrimination; the poor white people also constituted a major background of Trump.
The recent popularity is the trend of American race protests.The reason is that the local police in Minnesota, the United States, had an unscrupulous law enforcement, causing a African -American man to die.
Will this lead to a complete tear in the United States?Race problems are just fuses, the key is the dispute over behind.American racial issues are old problems. To understand this problem, you may need to sort out the history of American society.
More than 30 years ago, the master of literature, Naipa, described the United States, and he keenly insight into many problems in the United States. From racial issues to the loss of poor white people, it can be said that the background of Trump's road was foreseen.
The real United States in the master's pen
In the 1980s, Naipa made a decision to travel to the United States.
Naipa was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He is not only a writer, but also insight.In everyone's impression, he generally thinks that he pays attention to post -developing countries such as India, Africa South America. Most people have not noticed that he has actually been to the United States and left his own observation.
In American racial issues, the south is an inevitable problem.The wet and rainy south is the hinterland of the United States.This is a benchmark such as Coca -Cola, Jazz, Elvis, but when it comes to the south, not to mention foreigners, even if many Americans still feel difficult to understand the south.
Naipa's intuitively believes that such a United States must be different from everyone's familiar New York or West Coast.Naipa spent four months to visit seven states in southern United States, from Atlanta to Charliston, from Florida to Mississippi, from Nashville to Church Mountain.
The southern United States is a heavy topic, and it has not been said for a long time.
From civil rights to racial conflicts, from the loss of white people to the music of Elvis, from the comfort of religion to the enthusiasm of politics, from the failed side of the Southern War to Tobacco Planting.
You will find that there is no sound in the south that can be briefly told.The south of the United States is full of multi -sound ensemble.
The equal rights movement does not solve discrimination
Race is a problem that the United States has not disappeared, especially in the south.Most people will think that the equity movement has completely resolved discrimination, but the real situation may be more complicated.
Naipau observed that the black people in the south encountered hidden discrimination after the equal rights movement.
When people talk about black people, they often consider their words and try to use neutral words, but behind many things, there are actually racial consciousness.At the same time, with the influx of foreign ethnic groups such as Latin and Asians, some of these new immigrants encountered discrimination from blacks.This also makes the racial consciousness dominated by black people, which has different colors.
In the past, black and white people had a tacit understanding of harmony.
The white and black relationships in the south are not simple discrimination and discrimination.White people are often willing to do anything for black people who have a relationship.Even the relationship between black and white is not as simple as opposition.Some people say that if you see white people begging, he may not ignore it, but the black people will stop to help. This is a subtle education for many years.
Today, these ways of getting along no longer exist.With various types of sports and social changes, the loss of white people is self -evident, but it has become more hidden and helpless.In the past, they regarded black people as the objects that could be cared about, and now they have lost their tenderness between each other.
From the perspective of white people in the south, they have their own defense of the manor serfs.Moreover, the situation of poor white people is not good. They think they are similar to Indians and are kept shrinking.
The civil rights movement is worth remembering, but it does not mean the end of history, and people's lives continue.
The glory of the black movement is often related to politicians, such as the Martin Bull; Lude Bull; Kim, Richard Bull; Allen, Bull Bull; TBULL; Washington, Harrite Bull; Tower Man, FrederikBull; Douglas, and many American black sports heroes.
In South America, the hometown of Naipao, black leaders become the hope of the black group, and the glory of the leader has become the glory of the group.In the south of the United States, the situation is a bit different. White celebrities occupy the similar ecological position of black leaders in South American, and they have attracted more attention.
Behind the white celebrities of the spotlight, the invisible lost white Mdash; mdash; they attracted the attention of Naipa.
He found that the cold owl Elvis Bull; Elvis Presley, which triggers the worship of the people, especially white.This worship is similar to the emotions of black leaders in South America mentioned earlier.
Naipa is not a racist in the general sense.His observations are different from people, even not so politically correct.But he is so powerful that he can find different things.
He observed the changes in black and white relationships, and the loss of white people was actually covered, hidden, and ignored in the voices of racial equality chorus.It can be said that Naipa could find these because they came to the United States without prejudice and their position.
The foundation of the United States
Naipa's writing elsewhere was always considered to be vicious and high, and many people thought he colonized.In fact, his viciousness also depends on the object.He wrote the United States, unexpectedly humble and sincere.
In most cases, his exploration of the United States has not been criticized as before, but is more listening.This allows him to find some people who can't see the United States.
For example, an elderly woman, saying that when she talks about her father's warning, she can never move on the back of others.We all need to be close to each other.This simple emotion touched Naipair.Even his biggest discovery in the south of the United States. In other parts of the world, I have not discovered that people are driven by such good behaviors and good religious life.
Other writers have also noticed the differences between the United States and Europe: Americans are naive under the calculation, and Europeans have calculations under innocence.Some people say that the sincerity of Europeans is spontaneous, but it is not always deep.Americans's sincerity is buried under many levels of calculations and opportunities, but under that, it is real and profound.
If you further investigate, you will find that this kind of eternal connection with daily life and religion and local people.
This emotion is real to both black and white people.This is not only the background of the south, but also the foundation of the United States as the immigration of the Puritans.Even if the times are changing, it has not changed.This is a universal civilization, and it can give people the simplest education.
May wish to reflect that when introducing the United States in the past, we will talk about economic and political, but often ignore the most important factor, that is, religious factor.
Scholar Qian Man Su studied the United States for many years, and she said that the purpose of the Puritan immigration to the United States was to establish a city of mountains.Their agreement is divided into three parts: one is the grace, that is, the contract of faith, the other is the church's contract, that is, the believers voluntarily establish a church, and the third is the government contract, that is, extend the approach to the world.
If you don't understand the agreement of the city on the top of the mountain, your understanding of the United States may have a lot of errors.
How to understand the United States
After trade disputes protest with blacks, the Chinese people are even more urgent to understand the United States.However.Do we really understand the United States?For example, race problems, real United States, under the tug of like a variety of cultural groups, in most cases, they almost miraculously maintain a balance.
Is this situation an accident or normal, or a madness?
A friend once left a message in the public account Xu Jin's economic man. Most Chinese people have a little knowledge about the United States.Itty Knowledge is a dangerous thing.It is said that a half -knowledge is a dangerous thing.The current Sino -US conflict is annotating for this statement.To take this lesson, Chinese people need to look at the reliable books, listen to reliable people, and observe with reliable eyes to gradually correct unreliable information that has been accepted.
really.The United States in the mouth of the world media is strong and hustle.On the other hand, the south in Naipa was closed, but it was not lost.This is a neglected United States and the foundation of the United States deeply underground.
After more than thirty years, when you look at the changes in the United States, you will find that the root cause of many changes today has already been buried.Many people will be confused about opposing globalization or the rise of Trump, but I think Naipaer will not.
The silent anger around the red neck, the blacks faced the contradictions of other non -ferrous races, and the decline and tension of the local community did not escape the pair of insightful eyes of Naipa.In a description and sigh, he revealed the calmness.
Naipau travels many countries. His judgments are often different from others, but they will often be fulfilled in the future.Someone once praised that he was a prophet.He replied that he was not a prophet, but he never smeared powder for his own opinions.What inspiration this is to be, that is, when judging a country, we need insight, and this kind of insight is often based on sincere observation.
What does it mean to see the changes in the United States and even the world?In fact, I hope to redefine China's position in the world with the help of different countries.
