美國

The anthropologist who changed our thinking on race
改變西方種族思維的人類學家


邰蒂:20世紀初,種族優劣論調在美國根深蒂固,以至於後來被希特勒當作依據。但是,曾觀察因紐特人生活的人類學家博厄斯有不同看法。

In 1907, the US government created a commission to look into the causes and consequences of recent immigration to the country. An influx of eastern and southern Europeans had created a rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric, with some politicians declaring the new arrivals — many of whom were Catholic or Jewish — a threat to America. (Sound familiar?) The so-called United States Immigration Commission investigated many aspects of immigration, from conditions on ships crossing the Atlantic to the jobs that immigrants found.

1907年,美國政府成立了一個委員會,以調查該國近期移民的前因後果。先前東歐和南歐移民的湧入導致反移民論調升溫,一些政治人士宣稱新移民(其中很多是天主教徒或猶太人)對美國構成了威脅。(聽起來是不是耳熟?)所謂的美國移民委員會(United States Immigration Commission)調查了移民的許多方面,從橫渡大西洋的輪船上的條件,到移民找到的工作。

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