密歇根新闻广播 密歇根州立大学和"偏见克星"一起打破陈规

How do we break down stereotypes¹ about each other?

That question has driven a Michigan State University journalism² class to create a series of guides to help disassemble the myths and stereotypes about different groups in our country.

Bias³ Busters: Guides to Cultural Competence⁴ have been created by students. They're a series of questions and answers about African-Americans, East Asian cultures, Native Americans and more.

Joe Grimm is the instructor⁵ of the Seminar in Journalism class and editor-in-residence in the School of Journalism at Michigan State.

"The Bias Busters series is really intended for people who have a sincere interest in other people," Grimm says. "It might be somebody they work with, somebody who lives in their apartment building, somebody new to their family, and they have these questions, these very natural, human questions, but they are afraid to ask them because they don't want to sound dumb and they don't want to hurt someone's feelings. So we step in and take care of that."

Grimm says one of the core principles the students adhere to when writing these guides is, "respect for the people we write about and the people we're writing for."

"Nobody who reads the guide is going to get to a place where the guide says, 'Oh, well that's a dumb question,' or, 'That's a racist⁶ thing to ask about.' We take people as being sincerely interested in the subject, even if maybe the way they're phrasing the question isn't the best way."

1 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

3 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

4 competence   

n.能力，胜任，称职

参考例句：

• This mess is a poor reflection on his competence.这种混乱情况说明他难当此任。
• These are matters within the competence of the court.这些是法院权限以内的事。

5 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

6 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。