时代周刊:美国的未来属于黑人?(2)（在线收听）

We must stop holding as a broad cultural expectation the idea that African Americans need to overperform in the voting booth to stave off fascism. Black people, especially Black women, consistently show up in large numbers to insist that America does not have to go the way of white supremacists and fascists. Based on the early numbers in this election, Black people could break records in places like Georgia and Texas. It is the energy that young Black voters are bringing back to the South—helped along by the vision of Stacey Abrams—that might actually change the political landscape of the country.

有一种普遍的文化期待认为非裔美国人需要在投票中表现出色才能避免法西斯主义，我们必须停止这么认为。有很多黑人，尤其是黑人女性不断涌现，他们坚持认为美国不必重蹈白人至上主义者和法西斯主义者的覆辙。根据这次选举的早期数据，黑人有可能在乔治亚州和得克萨斯州等地打破记录。正是年轻的黑人选民带着活力回到了南方——在史黛丝·艾布拉姆的帮助下——这才有可能真正改变这个国家的政治面貌。

And it is white voters, and increasing numbers of men across racial demographics, who show up to kill the hope of an expanded democracy. If Trump wins, white Democrats might have to accept what so many of us who are not white already know: the future of the country is young, Black and brown. Those are the people who represent where progressive politics is headed, and it is their votes that should be courted.

是白人选民以及越来越多跨越种族人口的男性的出现扼杀了扩大民主的希望。如果特朗普赢了，那么白人民主党人可能不得不接受我们很多非白人已经知道的事实：美国的未来属于年轻人、黑人和棕色人种。这些人代表着进步政治的走向，我们应该争取他们的选票。

As Abrams' own trajectory proves, Black turnout alone cannot best state-sanctioned voter suppression. Liberal politicians and commentators need to remember this, too, as they try to explain what happened in this election. If Biden and Harris prevail, it will be because Black voters overwhelmed the system. But white people—all white people—must stop holding this as the expectation and the standard. White voters overperform in their support for white-supremacist candidates, and white folks must grapple with the reasons as we determine what the story of 21st century American politics will be.

正如艾布拉姆斯自己的经历所证明的那样，仅凭黑人的投票并不能最好地通过国家制裁来压制选民。自由派政客和评论员在试图解释这次选举中所发生的事情时也需要记住这一点。如果拜登和哈里斯获胜，那将是因为黑人选民压倒了整个体系。但是白人——所有的白人——必须停止把这当作期望和标准。白人选民在支持白人至上主义者候选人方面表现突出，在我们决定21世纪美国政治将会如何发展时，白人必须抓住这些原因。