Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare?

On a cold evening last month, a Chinese man was walking home near Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood when a stranger suddenly ran up behind him and plunged ( ) a knife into his back.

For many Asian-Americans, the stabbing ( ) was horrifying, but not surprising. It was widely seen as just the latest example of racially targeted violence against Asians during the pandemic.

But the perpetrator ( ), a 23-year-old man from Yemen, had not said a word to the victim before the attack, investigators ( ) said. Prosecutors ( ) determined they lacked enough evidence to prove a racist ( ) motive ( ). The attacker was charged with attempted murder, but not as a hate crime ( ).

The announcement outraged ( ) Asian-American leaders in New York City. Many of them protested ( ) outside the Manhattan district attorney’s office, demanding that the stabbing be prosecuted as a hate crime. They were tired of what they saw as racist assaults being overlooked ( ) by the authorities ( ).

The rally ( ) reflected the tortured ( ) public conversation over how to confront ( ) a rise in reports of violence against Asian-Americans, who have felt increasingly vulnerable ( ) with each new attack. Many incidents have either not led to arrests or have not been charged as hate crimes, making it difficult to capture with reliable data the extent to which Asian-Americans are being targeted.

That frustration erupted on a national scale ( ) this week after Robert Aaron Long, a white man, was charged with fatally shooting eight people, including six women of Asian descent ( ), at spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday night.

Other incidents that clearly seemed racially motivated have not resulted in arrests. The police are still searching for a man who called an Asian-American mother the “Chinese virus” and spat ( ) at her child in Queens last week.

In New York State, to charge ( ) such attacks as hate crimes, prosecutors would need to show that the victims were targeted because of their race.

But proving a racist motive can be particularly difficult with attacks against Asians, experts say. There is no widely recognized symbol of anti-Asian hate comparable to a noose ( ) or a swastika ( ). Historically, many Asian crime victims around the country were small-business owners who were robbed, complicating ( ) the question of motive.

Under New York State law, certain offenses can be upgraded to hate crimes, increasing the potential prison sentence ( ). As evidence, prosecutors often point to hateful verbal statements or social media posts by the defendant ( ).

In the past month alone, several assaults ( ) on Asian victims have been reported to the police, including an attack on an older woman who was pushed outside a bakery in Queens. None of the incidents has been charged as a hate crime.

In fact, the only person who has been prosecuted for an anti-Asian hate crime in New York City this year is Taiwanese. He was accused of writing anti-Chinese graffiti outside several businesses in Queens.

Wayne Ho, president of the Chinese-American Planning Council, a social services agency, said many of his Asian colleagues were verbally harassed ( ) during the pandemic but chose not to alert law enforcement because they worried the perpetrators, who were often people of color, could be mistreated ( ) by the police.

“I asked myself, do I want this person in jail?” said Alice Wong, one of Mr. Ho’s colleagues. “Just because you put someone in jail doesn’t make them not hate anyone anymore.”

Recognizing ( ) this challenge, some law enforcement officials have called for people who commit hate crimes to attend antiracism classes as an alternative ( ) to prison.

為何針對亞裔的暴力襲擊難以被控仇恨犯罪？

上月一個寒冷的晚上，一名華裔男子在曼哈頓中國城社區附近步行回家時，一個陌生人突然跑到他身後，把刀刺進他的後背。

對許多亞裔美國人來說，這起事件令人驚恐，但並不意外。人們普遍認為，這只是在疫情期間針對亞裔的種族暴力的最新例子。

但調查人員表示，行兇者是一名23歲的葉門男子，他在襲擊前沒有對受害者說過一句話。檢察官認為缺乏足夠的證據來證明種族主義動機。襲擊者被指控謀殺未遂，而不是出於仇恨犯罪。

這一聲明激怒了紐約市的亞裔美國人領袖。他們中的許多人在曼哈頓地區檢察官辦公室外抗議，要求以仇恨犯罪的罪名起訴。他們厭倦了他們眼中的種族主義攻擊被當局忽視。

這次集會反映了對於如何應對暴力侵害亞裔美國人的報導增多，公眾開始了痛苦的討論。每一次新的襲擊都讓亞裔美國人感到越來越脆弱。許多事件要不是沒有逮捕任何人，就是沒有被指控為仇恨犯罪，因此很難用可靠的數據來了解亞裔美國人在多大程度上成為攻擊目標。

在白人男子羅伯特•亞倫•朗(Robert Aaron Long)被控週二晚在亞特蘭大地區的水療中心開槍打死八人（其中包括六名亞裔女性）後，這種不滿情緒本週在全國範圍內爆發。

其他明顯帶有種族動機的事件並沒有導致逮捕。目前警方仍在搜尋一名男子，此人上週在皇后區稱一名亞裔美國母親為「中國病毒」，並向她的孩子吐口水。

在紐約州，要指控此類襲擊為仇恨犯罪，檢察官需要證明受害者是因其種族而成為攻擊目標。

但專家表示，在針對亞裔的攻擊中，證明種族主義動機可能特別困難。沒有一種被廣泛認可的反亞裔仇恨象徵可以對應套索或納粹符號。歷史上，全國各地的許多亞裔犯罪受害者都是被搶劫的小商店業者，這使得動機問題變得更加複雜。

根據紐約州的法律，某些犯罪行為可以升級為仇恨犯罪，從而增加潛在的監禁刑期。作為證據，檢察官經常指出被告充滿仇恨的口頭聲明或社群媒體發文。

僅在過去的一個月中，警方就接到了數起針對亞裔受害者的襲擊報告，其中包括在皇后區一名老年女性被推出一家麵包店。沒有任何事件被指控為仇恨犯罪。

實際上，紐約市今年因反亞裔仇恨罪被起訴的唯一一人是台灣人。他被指控在皇后區的幾家商店外塗鴉反華內容。

社會服務機構華裔美國人規劃委員會(Chinese-American Planning Council)主席韋恩•何(Wayne Ho)表示，他的許多亞裔同事在疫情大流行期間受到了口頭騷擾，但他們選擇不向執法部門報告，因為他們擔心騷擾者（通常是有色人種）可能會受到警方的虐待。

「我問自己，我想讓這個人進監獄嗎？」韋恩•何的同事愛麗絲•黃(Alice Wong)說。「把一個人關進監獄並不會讓他們不再憎恨任何人。」

認識到這一挑戰，一些執法官員呼籲犯下仇恨罪行的人參加反種族歧視課程，以替代坐牢。

#高雄人 #學習英文 #多益達人林立英文
#高中英文 #成人英文
#多益家教班 #商用英文
#國立大學英文學系講師

今早為Asian Medical Students Association Hong Kong (AMSAHK)的新一屆執行委員會就職典禮作致詞分享嘉賓，題目為「疫情中的健康不公平」。
感謝他們的熱情款待以及為整段致詞拍了影片。以下我附上致詞的英文原稿：

It's been my honor to be invited to give the closing remarks for the Inauguration Ceremony for the incoming executive committee of the Asian Medical Students' Association Hong Kong (AMSAHK) this morning. A video has been taken for the remarks I made regarding health inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic (big thanks to the student who withstood the soreness of her arm for holding the camera up for 15 minutes straight), and here's the transcript of the main body of the speech that goes with this video:

//The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to be rampant around the world since early 2020, resulting in more than 55 million cases and 1.3 million deaths worldwide as of today. (So no! It’s not a hoax for those conspiracy theorists out there!) A higher rate of incidence and deaths, as well as worse health-related quality of life have been widely observed in the socially disadvantaged groups, including people of lower socioeconomic position, older persons, migrants, ethnic minority and communities of color, etc. While epidemiologists and scientists around the world are dedicated in gathering scientific evidence on the specific causes and determinants of the health inequalities observed in different countries and regions, we can apply the Social Determinants of Health Conceptual Framework developed by the World Health Organization team led by the eminent Prof Sir Michael Marmot, world’s leading social epidemiologist, to understand and delineate these social determinants of health inequalities related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to this framework, social determinants of health can be largely categorized into two types – 1) the lower stream, intermediary determinants, and 2) the upper stream, structural and macro-environmental determinants. For the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized that the lower stream factors may include material circumstances, such as people’s living and working conditions. For instance, the nature of the occupations of these people of lower socioeconomic position tends to require them to travel outside to work, i.e., they cannot work from home, which is a luxury for people who can afford to do it. This lack of choice in the location of occupation may expose them to greater risk of infection through more transportation and interactions with strangers. We have also seen infection clusters among crowded places like elderly homes, public housing estates, and boarding houses for foreign domestic helpers. Moreover, these socially disadvantaged people tend to have lower financial and social capital – it can be observed that they were more likely to be deprived of personal protective equipment like face masks and hand sanitizers, especially during the earlier days of the pandemic. On the other hand, the upper stream, structural determinants of health may include policies related to public health, education, macroeconomics, social protection and welfare, as well as our governance… and last, but not least, our culture and values. If the socioeconomic and political contexts are not favorable to the socially disadvantaged, their health and well-being will be disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Therefore, if we, as a society, espouse to address and reduce the problem of health inequalities, social determinants of health cannot be overlooked in devising and designing any public health-related strategies, measures and policies.

Although a higher rate of incidence and deaths have been widely observed in the socially disadvantaged groups, especially in countries with severe COVID-19 outbreaks, this phenomenon seems to be less discussed and less covered by media in Hong Kong, where the disease incidence is relatively low when compared with other countries around the world. Before the resurgence of local cases in early July, local spread of COVID-19 was sporadic and most cases were imported. In the earlier days of the pandemic, most cases were primarily imported by travelers and return-students studying overseas, leading to a minor surge between mid-March and mid-April of 874 new cases. Most of these cases during Spring were people who could afford to travel and study abroad, and thus tended to be more well-off. Therefore, some would say the expected social gradient in health impact did not seem to exist in Hong Kong, but may I remind you that, it is only the case when we focus on COVID-19-specific incidence and mortality alone. But can we really deduce from this that COVID-19-related health inequality does not exist in Hong Kong? According to the Social Determinants of Health Framework mentioned earlier, the obvious answer is “No, of course not.” And here’s why…

In addition to the direct disease burden, the COVID-19 outbreak and its associated containment measures (such as economic lockdown, mandatory social distancing, and change of work arrangements) could have unequal wider socioeconomic impacts on the general population, especially in regions with pervasive existing social inequalities. Given the limited resources and capacity of the socioeconomically disadvantaged to respond to emergency and adverse events, their general health and well-being are likely to be unduly and inordinately affected by the abrupt changes in their daily economic and social conditions, like job loss and insecurity, brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak and the corresponding containment and mitigation measures of which the main purpose was supposedly disease prevention and health protection at the first place. As such, focusing only on COVID-19 incidence or mortality as the outcomes of concern to address health inequalities may leave out important aspects of life that contributes significantly to people’s health. Recently, my research team and I collaborated with Sir Michael Marmot in a Hong Kong study, and found that the poor people in Hong Kong fared worse in every aspects of life than their richer counterparts in terms of economic activity, personal protective equipment, personal hygiene practice, as well as well-being and health after the COVID-19 outbreak. We also found that part of the observed health inequality can be attributed to the pandemic and its related containment measures via people’s concerns over their own and their families’ livelihood and economic activity. In other words, health inequalities were contributed by the pandemic even in a city where incidence is relatively low through other social determinants of health that directly concerned the livelihood and economic activity of the people. So in this study, we confirmed that focusing only on the incident and death cases as the outcomes of concern to address health inequalities is like a story half-told, and would severely truncate and distort the reality.

Truth be told, health inequality does not only appear after the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, it is a pre-existing condition in countries and regions around the world, including Hong Kong. My research over the years have consistently shown that people in lower socioeconomic position tend to have worse physical and mental health status. Nevertheless, precisely because health inequality is nothing new, there are always voices in our society trying to dismiss the problem, arguing that it is only natural to have wealth inequality in any capitalistic society. However, in reckoning with health inequalities, we need to go beyond just figuring out the disparities or differences in health status between the poor and the rich, and we need to raise an ethically relevant question: are these inequalities, disparities and differences remediable? Can they be fixed? Can we do something about them? If they are remediable, and we can do something about them but we haven’t, then we’d say these inequalities are ultimately unjust and unfair. In other words, a society that prides itself in pursuing justice must, and I say must, strive to address and reduce these unfair health inequalities. Borrowing the words from famed sociologist Judith Butler, “the virus alone does not discriminate,” but “social and economic inequality will make sure that it does.” With COVID-19, we learn that it is not only the individuals who are sick, but our society. And it’s time we do something about it.

Thank you very much!//

Please join me in congratulating the incoming executive committee of AMSAHK and giving them the best wishes for their future endeavor!

Roger Chung, PhD
Assistant Professor, CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, @CUHK Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 - CUHK
Associate Director, CUHK Institute of Health Equity

【公子獻頭】＃全文中英翻譯　美國打擊中國從來只是欠一個借口，今次北京被香港獻頭，換來的可能不只是華府為港人發聲，更是重新檢討對北京策略。首兩段已見真章。#跟提示機讀稿你就知佢係幾認真

#晨早做完港台訪問順便譯埋個講話
重點：
全面檢討對華政策
與世衛割席並另起爐灶
對中國上市公司提差別的金融待遇　
一國一制取代了一國兩制
取消香港特殊待遇 　

// #全面檢討對華政策

非常感謝你。 下午好。 謝謝。 我今天在這裡談論我們與中國的關係以及一些保護美國安全與繁榮的新措施。 中國失德行為模式眾所周知。 幾十年來，他們前所未有地搶劫美國。 與中國交易每年損失數千億美元，尤其是在上屆執政期間。中國突襲了我們的工廠，外判了我們的工作，掏空了我們的各行各業，竊取了我們的知識產權，並違反了他們對加入世界貿易組織的承諾。

更糟的是，它們被視為發展中國家，正在獲得包括美國在內的其他國家無權獲得的各種利益。 但是我從來沒有為此將責任放於在中國。 他們能夠為盜竊開脫，是因為過去的政客，坦率地說是因為過去的總統。

與之前的人不同，我的政府進行了談判並為正確的事而鬥爭。這就是所謂的公平互惠待遇。中國還非法佔領了太平洋領土，威脅了航行自由和國際貿易。他們還向世界展示，違反對香港的自治承諾。美國希望與中國建立開放和建設性的關係，但要實現這種關係，就需要我們大力捍衛我們的國家利益。

#與世衛割席並另起爐灶

中國政府不斷對我們以及其他許多國家的食言。這些簡單的事實不能忽視或遺忘。由於中國政府的瀆職行為，世界正在遭受苦難。中國對「武漢病毒」（原文）的掩蓋使該疾病傳播到世界各地，引發了一場全球性大流行，這場大流行使美國人喪生超過十萬人，在世界範圍內有超過一百萬的生命。當中國當局首次發現該病毒時，中國官員無視其對世界衛生組織的報告義務，並向世界衛生組織施加壓力，要求其誤導世界。

奪去了無數生命，並在全球範圍內造成了巨大的經濟困難。 世界衛生組織強烈建議我不要過早對中國作禁令，但我還是這樣做了，事實證明是100％正確的。 中國完全控制著世界衛生組織，儘管中國每年只支付4000萬美元，而美國每年只支付約4.5億美元。

我們詳細列出了世衛必須進行改革，並與他們直接對話，但是他們拒絕採取相關行動。由於它們未能答允要求的和急需的改革，因此我們今天將終止與世界衛生組織的關係，並將這些資金重新分配給全球其他組織，應滿足全球迫切的公共衛生需求。 世界需要中國為有關病毒事宜提供答案。 我們必須具有透明度。 為什麼中國將武漢的感染者與中國其他地區隔離開來？ 它無處可去。 它沒有去北京。 它無處可去，但是中國允許他們自由地在世界各地旅行，包括歐洲和美國。

由此造成的死亡和破壞是無法估量的。我們需要中國交代，不僅為我們，而且還必須對世界其他地方都有交代。這疫症大流行強調了美國經濟獨立的重要，確保我們關鍵的供應鏈並保護美國科學技術進步的至關重要性。多年來，中國政府一直在進行間諜活動，以竊取我們的工業機密，其中有許多秘密。今天，我將發表聲明，以更好地確保我國至關重要的大學研究，併禁止某些來自中國的外國公民的入境，並將其視為潛在的安全風險。

＃對中國上市公司提差別的金融待遇

我也正在採取行動來保護美國金融體系的完整性，這是迄今為止世界上最好的金融系統。我指示我的總統金融市場工作小組研究在美國金融市場上市的中國公司的差異措施，以保護美國投資者。投資公司不應使客戶承受與不按相同規則進行融資的中國公司冒上隱性和不當風險。

＃取消香港特殊待遇 #一國一制取代了一國兩制

美國人有權享有公正和透明。我們正在採取的一些最重要的行動回應在香港發生的令人深感不安的局勢。本週，中國單方面對香港實施國安控制。這完全違反了北京在1984年承諾的《中英聯合聲明》和《基本法》中明確規定的北京與英國的義務。香港還有27年的時間。中國政府反制香港的舉措是一系列措施中的最新舉措，這些措施正在削弱香港的長期和非常自豪的地位。這對香港人民，中國人民乃至世界人民都是悲劇。

中國聲稱它在保護國家安全，但事實是，香港是一個自由社會，非常安全和繁榮。北京的決定扭轉了所有這些情況。它將中國的入侵性國家安全機構擴展到了從前的自由堡壘。中國的最新入侵，以及其他最近的事態發展都使香港的自由度下降，這清楚地表明，香港不再具有足夠的自治權，無法保證自「移交」（原文用handover,而非回歸）以來我們給予香港的特殊待遇。

中國已經用「一國一制」取代了「一國兩制」的諾言。因此，我指示我的政府開始著手取消給予香港不同和特殊待遇的政策。我今天的宣布將影響我們與香港達成的所有協議，從引渡條約到對雙重用途技術的出口管制等等，除了少數例外。我們將修改國務院針對香港的旅行建議，以反映中國國家安全機構加大監視和懲罰的危險。

我們將採取行動，取消香港作為與中國其他地區分開的海關和旅行的優惠待遇。美國還將採取必要措施，制裁直接或間接參與削弱香港自治權的中國和香港官員。你看看他們他們扼殺，絕對扼殺香港的自由。我們的行動將是強有力的，我們的行動將是有意義的。

二十多年前，在1997年的一個雨夜中，英國士兵放下了聯合王國旗幟，中國士兵在香港舉起了中國國旗。香港人同時為自己的中國傳統和獨特的香港身份感到自豪。香港人希望，在未來的幾十年中，中國將越來越像這一個最耀眼，充滿活力的城市。人們樂觀地認為香港是中國未來的願景，而不是發展為中國過去的倒影。在今後每項決定中，我將繼續自豪地捍衛和保護美利堅合眾國的工人，家庭和公民。非常感謝你。謝謝。

＃以下為英文全文

Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you. I’m here today to talk about our relationship with China and several new measures to protect American security and prosperity. China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they’ve ripped off the United States, like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with China, especially over the years during the prior administration. China raided our factories, off shored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property and violated their commitments under the World Trade Organization.

To make matters worse, they are considered a developing nation, getting all sorts of benefits that others, including the United States are not entitled to. But I have never solely blamed China for this. They were able to get away with a theft, like no one was able to get away with before because of past politicians and frankly, past presidents.

But unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right. It’s called fair and reciprocal treatment. China has also unlawfully claimed territory in the Pacific Ocean, threatening freedom of navigation and international trade. And they broke their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of Hong Kong. The United States wants an open and constructive relationship with China, but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests.

The Chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. These plain facts can not be overlooked or swept aside. The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government. China’s coverup of the Wu Han virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world, instigating a global pandemic that has cost more than 100,000 American lives and over a million lives worldwide. Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the world health organization to mislead the world When the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities.

Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. They strongly recommended against me doing the early ban from China, but I did it anyway, and was proven to be 100% correct. China has total control over the World Health Organization, despite only paying $40 million per year, compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year.

We have detailed the reforms that it must make and engage with them directly, but they have refused to act. Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs. The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency. Why is it that China shut off infected people from Wuhan, to all other parts of China? It went nowhere else. It didn’t go to Beijing. It went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world, including Europe and the United States.

The death and destruction caused by this is incalculable. We must have answers not only for us, but for the rest of the world. This pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up America’s economic independence, reassuring our critical supply chains and protecting America’s scientific and technological advances. For years, the government of China has conducted elicit espionage to steal our industrial secrets of which there are many. Today I will issue a proclamation to better secure our nation’s vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from China, who we have identified as potential security risks.

I am also taking action to protect the integrity of America’s financial system, by far the best in the world. I am instructing my presidential working group on Financial Markets, to study the differing practices of Chinese companies listed on the US financial markets, with the goal of protecting American investors. Investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing Chinese companies that do not play by the same rules.

Americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. Several of the most significant actions we’re taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in Hong Kong. This week, China unilaterally impose control over Hong Kong security. This was a plain violation of Beijing’s treaty obligations with the United Kingdom in the Declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of Hong Kong’s basic law. It has 27 years to go. The Chinese government’s move against Hong Kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city’s longstanding and very proud status. This is a tragedy for the people of Hong Kong, the people of China, and indeed the people of the world.

China claims it is protecting national security, but the truth is that Hong Kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. Beijing’s decision reverses all of that. It extends the reach of China’s invasive state security apparatus into what was formerly a bastion of Liberty. China’s latest incursion, along with other recent developments that degraded the territory’s freedoms, makes clear that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have afforded the territory since the handover.

China has replaced its promise formula of one country, two systems, with one country, one system. Therefore, I am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment. My announcement today will affect the full range of agreements we have with Hong Kong, from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual use technologies and more, with few exceptions. We will be revising the state department’s travel advisory for Hong Kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the Chinese state security apparatus.

We will take action to revoke Hong Kong’s preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China. The United States will also take necessary steps to sanction PRC and Hong Kong officials directly or indirectly involved in eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy and just, if you take a look, smothering, absolutely smothering Hong Kong’s freedom. Our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful.

More than two decades ago on a rainy night in 1997, British soldiers lowered the Union flag and Chinese soldiers raised the Chinese flag in Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong felt simultaneously proud of their Chinese heritage and their unique Hong Kong identity. The people of Hong Kong hoped that in the years and decades to come, China would increasingly come to resemble it’s most radiant and dynamic city. The rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that Hong Kong was a glimpse into China’s future, not that Hong Kong would grow into a reflection of China’s past. In every decision, I will continue to proudly defend and protect the workers, families, and citizens of the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you.

這個世界之所以繽紛源於大自然能夠包容各種不同，
自由的白雲、蔚藍的大海、繁盛的草木與美妙的鳥鳴，
人與人之間也因為不同而能產生許多亙古流傳的佳話。
　　　　
　　　　
在我們看不見的地方，在陰暗的角落，在容易被忽略的周遭，
或許有人正處於水深火熱裡。
他們或許擔心，下一秒又會被誰給傷害。
他們或許恐懼，不曉得該用什麼面貌面對這個世界。
於是他們隱忍、武裝、甚至漸漸失去自我，躲進暗不見底的深淵，
最後，連走向陽光的能力都喪失了！
而理由，只因為他們與眾不同。
　　　　
　　　　
他們不需要同情，只需要一個理解的傾聽，
他們不需要救贖，只渴望一個平等的接納。
我們相信，最珍貴的愛，是尊重與包容，
是縱使不同，我也絕對願意捍衛你生存的權利與自由。
　　　　
因為不同，世界更值得我們駐足欣賞
　　　　
謝謝阿斌、Elain與慈婷協助英文翻譯，讓此影片可以被更多的人看見，讓更多人願意尊重與傾聽。
　　　　
　　　　
　　　　
Mother Nature fashioned a beautiful world by allowing diversity in the ecosystems.
Thank goodness for the diverse colors and sounds that combined to make the world an enduring beauty with white clouds, azure oceans, green flora and sweet melody of bird chirping.
Interactions between diverse people created tales that are cherished by many.
　　　　
Perhaps some people are in distress in some darks corners that are often overlooked.
They are worried because they do not know who might to hurt them next.
They lived in fear because they do not know how to face the world.
So they choose to remain hidden at the bottomless pit and gradually lose themselves.
Just because they dare to be different.

They want the right to be heard, not charity.
They desire equality, not salvation from themselves.
Ultimately, we believed that love means tolerance, respect, and the willingness to fight for others’ right and freedom despite of difference.

Diversity makes the world an even better and gorgeous place.

We thank Francis and Elain and Ting for providing English translation so that this video can reach more people and help spread the words about inclusion and appreciation.




里歐Leo
IG：heyitsleo_kai

阿凱KAI
IG：eyo_wang

歡迎訂閱夫夫
夫夫之道粉絲專頁：https://goo.gl/74Px8R
youtube頻道：http://ppt.cc/dFuJv
微博：http://ppt.cc/CPpyx
美拍：http://ppt.cc/YxM62