“新生非裔美国人”纪录片引发中美多元化差异讨论

“看这段录像之前，我根本不知道竟然有这么多不同种类的美国黑人，”3月18日一名中国学生在美国教育交流中心观看完“新生非裔美国人”的录像后称。这部纪录片是由来自于加纳的哈佛毕业生编写并导演的，他认为关于非裔美国人的传统定义过于狭隘,没有包括近来从非洲，美洲中部及拉丁美洲移民到美国的非洲血统的美国人。由来自北京不同大学的73名学生、2名领事官员、 还有电影导演Kobina Aidoo (从宾夕法尼亚州打电话过来)组成的小组就中美多元化的差异展开了令人振奋及大开眼界的讨论。大家注意到中国的多元化是由种族和地域区别构成的, 而美国却是由文化, 语言和地域的区别构成的.

“Before this film, I didn’t know there were so many different types of Black-Americans,” stated one Chinese student after watching The Neo-African Americans at the American Center for Educational Exchange on March 18. This documentary was written and directed by a Harvard graduate from Ghana who felt that the traditional definition of African-American was too narrow to include Americans of African descent who recently immigrated from Africa, Central America and Latin America. A group consisting of 73 students from various universities in Beijing, two Consular officers, and the director of the movie, Kobina Aidoo (dialing in from Pennsylvania), had a stimulating and eye-opening discussion on diversity differences between the U.S. and China. It was observed that diversity in China was based on ethnic makeup as well as regional difference, whereas in the U.S. there were cultural, language, and regional differences.