【口语】初级对话54

54.Don't Be a Racist

A: The police need our help finding a robber.
B: How do you know?
A: The TV news is reporting a bank robbery.
B: Do they know what the robber looks like?
A: Yes, he's 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, black hair, and about 30 years old.
B: What race is he?
A: They didn't say.
B: The TV news doesn't tell us the race anymore.
A: Of course not. That would be racist.
B: But how can we identify someone if we don't know their race?
A: Don't ask me.
B: Then they also shouldn't tell us if the robber is male or female, because that is sexist.

54.不要当种族主义者

警察需要我们帮忙找到一个抢劫犯。
你怎么知道？
电视新闻正在报道一起银行抢劫。
他们知道劫匪长什么样吗？
是的，他有6尺高，体重200磅，黑头发，大约30岁。
他是什么种族的？
他们没说。
电视新闻现在不再告诉我们种族了。
当然不了，因为那就会是种族歧视。
但是如果我们不知道种族怎么能认出某人呢？
别问我。
那他们就也不应该告诉我们抢劫犯是男的还是女的，因为那是性别歧视。