VOA慢速英語:美國紀念布朗案廢除學校種族隔離六十周年

U.S. Marks 60th Anniversary of Brown Ruling that Desegregated Schools

美國紀念布朗案廢除學校種族隔離六十周年

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語教育報道。

Sixty years ago this month, the highest court in the United States changed American education. On May 17, 1954, all nine judges of the Supreme Court ruled against racial separation in public schools. The court says such segregation in schools violates the United States constitution.

60年前的這個月，美國最高法院改變了美國教育。1954年5月17日，最高法院的九名法官否決了公立學校的種族隔離。最高法院稱，學校的這類隔離違反了美國憲法。

Many school systems had separate schools for white students and black students at the time of the ruling. The system was the result of a court ruling from 1896， that decision had permitted so called "separate but equal" schools. Some schools had only white children, others had only black children.

在判決的那個年代，許多學校系統都有分別面向白人學生和黑人學生的學校。該體系源于1896年一家法院的判決，該判決允許學校中所謂的“隔離但平等”原則。當時一些學校只有白人兒童，另一些則只有黑人兒童。

About sixty years later, the case Brown vs the Board of Education came before the Supreme Court. It involved five separate legal actions, but it centered on an African-American child from the state of Kansas.

大約60年之后，布朗狀告美國教育委員會一案走進了最高法院。該案涉及五個獨立的法律行為，但都聚焦于堪薩斯州的一位非裔美國人的孩子。

Linda Brown lived just short distance from a school, but she was forced to travel across town to a black school because the school near her permitted only white students.

琳達·布朗(Linda Brown)當時住得離一所學校不遠，但她被迫穿過市中心到一所黑人學校上學，因為她家附近的學校只接收白人學生。

Aderson Francois teaches law at Howard University in Washington D.C. He says the case ended official racial separation in the United States.

艾德爾森·弗朗索瓦(Aderson Francois)在華盛頓特區(qū)的霍華德大學教法律。他說，這起案子結束了美國的官方種族隔離。

"Brown essentially ended American apartheid... if by that we mean the process by which the government officially classifies people by race," said Francois.

弗朗索瓦說：“布朗一案基本結束了美國的種族隔離，如果我們說的是政府官方按種族劃分的過程的話。”

But Mr. Francois criticized the ruling because it did not set a time limit by which segregation had to end. As a result, some segregated schools in the south did not obey the Supreme Court ruling until the 1960s. Even today, many schools are still effectively segregated.

但弗朗索瓦對該判決提出了批評，因為它并未設定種族隔離必須結束的時間限制。其結果就是，一直到二十世紀六十年代，美國南方的一些種族隔離學校都不服從最高法院的判決。即使是在今天，許多學校仍然有效地隔離。

In 2012, the Civil Rights Project at the University of California studied racial populations in schools. The study showed that many schools are less racially mixed than forty years ago. The study says social and economic issues are partly to blame. It also says some court cases have weakened enforcement of desegregation.

2012年，加州大學的民權項目研究了學校的種族群體。該研究表明，和40年前相比，很多學校的種族融合更差。該研究稱，社會和經濟問題是部分原因。它還表示，一些法院案件削弱了廢除種族隔離的執(zhí)法。

That does not surprise education activist Jeanette Taylor. She came to Washington recently with other activists. They urged officials to act to stop putting more money into mainly white schools than those with many minority students.

這點并未讓教育活動家珍妮特·泰勒(Jeanette Taylor)感到奇怪。她最近和其他活動家來到了華盛頓，敦促官員們采取行動，停止把更多資金投入到白人為主的學校，而不是少數族群的學校。

"So we're here today to tell them to stop pushing bad policies," said Taylor.

泰勒說：“所以我們今天來到這里，告訴他們要停止推行不好的政策。”

Jitu Brown is with the Journey for Justice Alliance. He says separation based on race still exists. And he criticizes a recent Supreme Court decision, it ruled that the state of Michigan can bar public colleges and universities from considering a person's race when they decide whom to admit. Education officials say the number of African-American students has decreased at schools in states with similar bans.

布朗就職于正義聯盟之旅。他說基于種族的隔離仍然存在。他還批評最高法院最近判決密歇根州禁止公立大專院校在錄取學生時考慮其種族。教育官員說，在有著類似禁令的一些州，非洲裔學生人數有所下降。

And from VOA Learning English, that's the Education Report. I'm Jerilyn Watson.

以上就是本期美國之音慢速英語教育報道的全部內容。我是杰瑞林·沃特森(Jerilyn Watson)。