不同肤色之美| Humanae: We Have to Work Hard to Abolish Discrimination
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Just like roses and clothes, human beings have different skin colors as well. Accepting different colors of roses, people take it for granted. However, facing with different human races, instead they turn it into discrimination!
如同玫瑰和衣服一样，人类也有不同的肤色。只是大家可以理所当然可以接受不同颜色的玫瑰，但是对于不同肤色的人种却将心安理得变成歧视！
As a Chinese, we share a single skin color. Commonly, we are the yellow people. Unfortunately, Americans and other people don’t follow us. Especially, the racial problems of America and South Africa are particularly serious and irreconcilable.
作为一个中国人，大家肤色比较单一，基本上都是黄种人。但是，美国人其他国家的好像没有那么庆幸。特别美国与南非的种族问题尤其严重，不可调和。
The black civil rights movement and anti-racial discrimination struggle enjoy a very strong argument. On August 28th in 1968, Martin Luther King, the leader of American black civil rights movement, he delivered a speech I Have A Dream in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. And he had tremendous impact on the United States and the whole world!
黑人民权运动以及反种族歧视斗争一直呼声很高。1968年8月28日，在华盛顿林肯纪念堂美国黑人民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金的演讲《我有一个梦想》对美国甚至是世界影响巨大！
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
我梦想有一天，在佐治亚的红山上，昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起，共叙兄弟情谊。
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将在一个不是以他们的肤色，而是以他们的品格优劣来评价他们的国度里生活。
Commonly, all the people in the world are divided into four categories—the white, the yellow, the black and the brown. Angélica Dass, a Brazilian photographer, set human skin color with the international general color card Pantone. After doing that, she found that there is no human race discrepancy. Instead, you can just find out different color codes.
通常，全世界的人被分为四种人：白种人、黄种人、黑种人和棕种人。但是，在拍照完后巴西摄影师Angélica Dass将人的肤色调设为Pantone国际通用色卡后，发现人的肤色没有种类之分，只有色号之说。
As a black, Angélica Dass was born in a multi-complexion family. Consequently, she had no idea of complexion and race. After leaving home, she encountered a lot of discrimination from time and time and she was mistaken as servant and waitress and so on. As a result, she started a project Humanae and aimed to change the remaining racial discrimination condition.
Angélica Dass作为一名黑人，出生在一个多肤色的家庭，所以她对肤色与人种完全没有概念。但是离开家以后，她不时遭遇过很多歧视，被当做佣人、服务生等等。所以她开启了项目Humanae，意在改变仍然存在的种族歧视。
At the very beginning, she invited the surrounding friends and relatives to join the photographing and focused on their expressions. After setting with Pantone, the racial difference has already disappeared. Taking a careful look at those pictures, can you identity which one is the lack and which is the white? At present, she has already been to more than ten countries and taken photos of several thousand persons.
最开始，她邀请周围的朋友与亲人参与拍照，锁定他们的表情，使用Pantone设置后，人种之分已经不在。仔细看着那些图片，你还可以判别哪一个是黑人，哪一个是白人？ 目前，她已经去过十几个国家并拍过几千人。
Complexion doesn’t directly determine our nationality, bank account or wealth. As a president, he can be both a white and a black. As well, both the white and black can be wealthy and rich. So, please open your mind and set aside your prejudice!
肤色并没有直接决定了我们的国籍还是银行账户还是财富，有白人总统，也有黑人总统，有白人富人，也有黑人富人。所以，请打开心扉放下偏见！
Knowledge Points （知识点）
discrimination
美 [dɪ.skrɪmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
英 [dɪ.skrɪmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 区别对待，歧视，偏袒；识别力，辨别力，鉴赏力；区别；识别；辨别
the practice of treating sb or a particular group in society less fairly than others; the ability to judge what is good, true, etc. ; the ability to recognize a difference between one thing and another; a difference that is recognized
例句：
The fact of the matter is that this is pure discrimination on the obese.
事情的事实是，这是对肥胖纯粹的歧视。
irreconcilable
美 [ɪ.rekən'saɪləb(ə)l]
英 [ɪ.rekən'saɪləb(ə)l]
adj. 不能调和的；无法化解的；相反的；势不两立的
n. 不能和解的人；(政治上的)死硬派；不能调和的思想[信仰等]
例句：
Our hatred for each other is absolutely irreconcilable. You and I are at daggers drawn.
我们的仇恨不共戴天，我与你势不两立。
discrepancy
美 [dɪ'skrepənsi] 英 [dɪs'krepənsi]
n. 差异；不符合；不一致
a difference between two or more things that should be the same
例句：
In case of any discrepancy, the Chinese language text shall prevail.
如有差异，以中文文本为准。
complexion
美 [kəm'plekʃ(ə)n] 英 [kəm'plekʃ(ə)n]
n. 面色，肤色，气色；（事物的）性质，特性
the natural colour and condition of the skin on a person's face; the general character of sth
例句：
But she's got quite a pale complexion and very beautiful eyes.
但是她的肤色十分白，眼睛非常漂亮。
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—共读书籍简介—
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