新奇事件簿 英国前外交部长种族歧视言论

The United Kingdom's former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of racism¹. He made a number of comments about women wearing the burka while writing in the British newspaper 'The Telegraph'. Mr Johnson said women who wear burkas "look like letter boxes". He also said: "If a female student turned up at school or at a university lecture looking like a bank robber," he would ask her to remove it so that he "could talk to her properly". Johnson was writing an article about the recent full-face veil ban in Denmark. In the article, Mr Johnson said full-face veils should not be banned in the UK, but said women who wear a burka "look absolutely ridiculous".

英国前任外交部长鲍里斯·约翰逊因种族主义而被指控。在英国纸媒《电讯报》中，他多次评论穿着蒙住全身长袍的女性。约翰逊称穿着这种长袍的女性“看起来像邮筒一样。”他还说：“如果一个女学生穿得像一个银行抢劫犯一样出现在学校或大学”，他会要求她脱去这身衣服，这样他“才能和她正常讲话”。约翰逊写一了篇关于丹麦近期的全脸面纱禁令的文章。在这篇文章中，约翰逊表示全脸面纱应该在英国被禁止，但是，他说，穿着蒙住全身长袍的女性“看起来简直荒谬”。

The UK's Prime Minister Theresa May has asked Mr Johnson to apologize for his comments. She said: "I do think that we all have to be very careful about the language and terms we use, and some of the terms Boris used describing people's appearance obviously have offended." Another senior British politician has asked Mr Johnson to resign. Many other politicians said Johnson's comments were Islamophobic and were a hate crime. They say he knew his comments would offend many Muslims and others in the UK. Mr Johnson was London's mayor for eight years and the UK Foreign Minster for two years and so had thousands of experiences interacting with Muslim people.

英国首相特雷莎·梅要求约翰逊为他的言论道歉。她说：“我认为我们应该十分注意自己的言论，鲍里斯用于描述人们穿着的言论显然让人觉得冒犯。”另一名英国高级政治家要求约翰逊辞去职务。很多其他政治家表示约翰逊的言论是一种伊斯兰恐惧症，也是一种仇恨犯罪。他们称他知道自己的言论会冒犯到英国的很多穆斯林以及其他人。约翰逊在伦敦当过八年市长，担任过两年英国外交部长，因此他在与穆斯林打交道方面经验丰富。

 

1 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。