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Anti-Defamation League Official: Racist¹ Incidents 'A Wake-Up Call'

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Meeting with The New York Times today, Donald Trump³ said the words many have been waiting for - I disavow and condemn⁴ them. He was answering a question about a gathering⁵ of the so-called alt-right a few days ago here in Washington. A video taken at the conference shows a speaker calling out hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory and the crowd responding with cheers, some with Nazi⁶ salutes⁷. For reaction to Trump's remarks and to the spate⁸ of anti-Semitic incidents that have been reported since the election, we reached out to Deborah Lauter of the Anti-Defamation League.

DEBORAH LAUTER: I was very pleased to hear that he used the words condemn and disavow. We'd been asking him to do that over the course of the campaign and post-election. So yeah, I think he's going to need to continue to do it. It's an important statement for him to make, and it's important for the white supremacists who are touting⁹ him as their new leader to hear that he is not in their camp.

CORNISH: Some of our listeners may be going online and seeing some of the video from this meeting where people are doing Nazi salutes and slogans. Was that shocking to you?

LAUTER: No, it's certainly not shocking to the Anti-Defamation League because we've been monitoring these groups for decades. But it is shocking to most people. It should be. And in a way, it's good for people to understand that it still exists and that unfortunately, it's growing.

CORNISH: You know, regardless of what Trump says, there is reason to believe that his victory has emboldened¹⁰ a greater number of people to say things and do things they didn't feel at liberty to do before. Do you feel that way? Has the Anti-Defamation League, you know, really seen upticks in reports of hate speech or harassment¹¹?

LAUTER: Yeah, unfortunately we have. And that's probably our biggest concern, is that this mainstreaming of hate speech is something we never really thought we'd see in this country again. We've worked so hard over these decades to de-legitimize hate and to make it unacceptable.

CORNISH: And do you have any sense of actual numbers? I mean, is this two more incidents where there used to be one? What are we talking about here?

LAUTER: No. I mean, it's a definite dramatic increase. It's manifesting as vandalism - a lot of swastikas we're seeing. But it's also manifesting in diverse schools where, you know, some children, particularly immigrant children or families of immigrants, are being taunted¹² and bullied¹³. So the key is for people to continue to report those incidents because we can't address it unless we know about them and can provide support.

CORNISH: What's the concern if right now it is mainly graffiti or words?

LAUTER: It's a coarsening of our democracy. And it makes people who live here feel fear and insecurity. And that's just not what our country's about.

CORNISH: Does this feel like a turning point in some way?

LAUTER: I hope it's not a turning point. I would probably refer to it more as a wakeup call. You know, the Anti-Defamation League has always said we need to fight hate in a comprehensive way. And now that it's been exposed so graphically¹⁴ and in the public's face, I think what we need is for people to really heed¹⁵ that wakeup call and stand up to the hate.

CORNISH: You know, we're going into Thanksgiving. A lot of people may be having conversations that may touch on something like this over their dinner tables. What is your advice to people going forward? Like, if they want to speak out in some way or do something, what would that involve?

LAUTER: It's imperative¹⁷ that good people speak out. So if they do witness somebody who is being harassed¹⁸ or bullied because they have a hijab on, for example, they need to be an ally. They need to step forward and say, this is not acceptable. For people who see incidents in their community, whether it's a swastika or other bigoted¹⁹ incident, come together as a community and stand up and say, our neighborhood will not tolerate this.

There are things individuals can do, communities can do, but it's essential that we not be passive about it. And I think people who are doing this have a sense of pride that they are being part of something bigger and that they're helping²⁰ this country return to normalcy of civility.

CORNISH: Deborah Lauter is a senior vice¹⁶ president for policy and programs at the Anti-Defamation League. Thank you for speaking with us.

LAUTER: Thank you.

1 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。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

5 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

7 salutes   

n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
• A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句

8 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

9 touting   

v.兜售( tout的现在分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• He's been touting his novel around publishers for years. 他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Technology industry leaders are touting cars as a hot area for growth. 科技产业领袖吹捧为增长热点地区的汽车。 来自互联网

10 emboldened   

v.鼓励，使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆，走上前去向她作自我介绍。
• His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

12 taunted   

嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。

13 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 graphically   

adv.通过图表；生动地，轮廓分明地

参考例句：

• This data is shown graphically on the opposite page. 对页以图表显示这些数据。
• The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram. 这些数据可以用单线图表现出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

16 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

17 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

18 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

19 bigoted   

adj.固执己见的，心胸狭窄的

参考例句：

• He is so bigoted that it is impossible to argue with him.他固执得不可理喻。
• I'll concede you are not as bigoted as some.我承认你不象有些人那么顽固。

20 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。