中英对照：煽动种族歧视的人往往会沦为歧视的受害者

（大中报/096.ca特稿）：每当灾难来临，暴露人类阴暗面的丑行就会粉墨登场，而对异族的歧视和仇恨现象也随之飙升。种族歧视浪潮会以各种形式和姿态出现，其来源和攻击对象也会因时而异。某些华人社区的右翼势力曾是伊斯兰恐怖症的病患以及向穆斯林发起的种族袭击的罪魁，但近期爆发的新冠瘟疫却在加国掀起另一波恐怖浪潮，而其受害者恰恰为亚裔人士。目前，各种针对亚裔的歧视和仇恨犯罪给那些持种族偏见者敲响了警钟，使他们得以受害者角度审视种族歧视的极度危害。

Crisis brings out the worst in human nature, leading to acts of racism and intolerance. But racisms take a variety of shapes and forms and can be carried out by different ethnicities under the circumstances. Some far-right groups from the Chinese community had been the culprits behind the Islamic phobia and racial attacks against Muslims. But the recent COVID 19 pandemic has sparked a different wave of discrimination that put ethnic Chinese in the crosshair. The recent attacks on Asians may sound alarm bells to the prejudiced, allowing them to see racisms and its implications through victim lenses.

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在中国大陆，反穆斯林和穆斯林恐惧情绪不断上升，而很多来自中国大陆的移民也会把这种情绪带到加拿大。在中文社交媒体上，对穆斯林的鄙夷，轻视和诋毁司空见惯，而谁要是在网上替穆斯林说话就会遭到嘲笑，讽刺甚至炮轰。在特鲁多的移民政策下，大量来自中东的穆斯林涌入加国，这无形之中触动了很多华裔恐惧神经，让他们不寒而栗，也令他们恨得咬牙切齿。当叙利亚难民杀害了卑诗省13岁的小女孩申小雨后，华裔对穆斯林的仇恨和恐惧也达到了高峰。

Many newcomers from China, a country where anti-Muslim sentiment has continued to grow, hold deep-seated feelings of hatred and terror towards Muslims. On Chinese social media, derogatory name-calling on Muslims is the norm, and comments from Muslim supporters face backlash, criticism or sneering attacks. The flood of refugees from Muslim countries pouring into Canada under Trudeau’s immigration policy had fueled their anger and anxiety. Their resentment and fear towards Muslims reached a boiling point when a Syrian refugee was found responsible for the death of a 13-year-old Chinese girl from B.C.

2017年7月，卑诗省的申小雨被发现死在丛林中，一年后，叙利亚难民被判谋杀罪成。一些华裔势力认为这一案件凸显穆斯林族裔的暴力和残忍。在多伦多和温哥华举行的对申小雨的悼念仪式上，在小女孩遗像的两边都挂有攻击特鲁多移民政策的标语，充分显示华裔对被认作恐怖之乡的穆斯林族裔的仇视和痛恨之情。在另一起挑起对穆斯林仇恨事件中，一名小女孩戏称她曾遭到华裔侵犯，为此愤懑的华裔带者满腔仇恨地走上街头，高举“今天的闹剧，明天的恐惧！”标语，再一次将华裔对穆斯林的偏见情绪彰显无遗。

In July 2017, Malissa Shen from B.C. was found dead, and one year later, a Syrian refugee was convicted of her murder. Some elements in the Chinese community believe that the case underscores the violent nature of the entire Muslim race. At a public memorial service in Toronto and Vancouver held for the murdered girl, signs attacking Trudeau’s immigration policy appeared beside the photo of the girl, highlighting the fear and anger toward the community deemed as the source of terrorism. In a separate incident whereby a hoax by a Muslim girl alleged that she has been assaulted by an Asian man, angry protestors went on streets with signs of “Hoax Today, Horror Tomorrow,” further revealing their discriminatory attitude against the Muslim community in Canada.



但随着新冠瘟疫蔓延至加国并给加国老百姓带来巨大灾难，新冠病毒代替了恐怖主义成为加国老百姓头号恐怖根源。加国的歧视和仇恨情绪也来了一个180度大转弯，将攻击目标从穆斯林转向华人社区。恐惧心理促使人们急于寻找灾难的替罪羊，加剧一些低等教育人士对来自“不同文化社区”和有着“看不入眼”饮食习惯的其他族裔所持的偏见和歧视。

With COVID 19 pandemic engulfing Canada that has wreaked havoc on the lives of Canadians, coronavirus replaces terrorism to become the greatest fear of the time. Discriminatory actions and hate crimes in Canada have taken a different path, shifting its targets from Muslims to Asians. Growing ignorance and uninformed fears have triggered the human reaction of fanatically searching for those to blame, fueling their existing prejudice against a race deemed from an “inferior cultural background” and with a “disgusting eating habits”.

结果，越来越多的加拿大华人在工作场所受到骚扰和袭击，或者在大街上遭辱骂。同时，在温哥华和加拿大其他地区华裔人士遭到仇恨袭击现象激增。根据温哥华警方信息，3月份在该市发生的11起仇恨犯罪中有5起针对亚裔人士，而目前警方今年收到所有仇恨犯罪报案中有四分之三是针对亚裔。多伦多警方还报告说，带有种族动机的诽谤，仇恨犯罪显着增加，并且针对亚裔的辱骂和评论也不断上升。

As a result, a growing number of Chinese Canadians face harassment and assault in the workplace or the name-calling on the street. Meanwhile, hate attacks against East Asians surged in Vancouver and the rest of Canada. According to Vancouver police, five out of 11 hate crimes reported in the city in March targeted East Asians, and three-quarters of all hate crimes reported this year aimed at the ethnic group. Toronto police also reported a notable increase recently of hate crimes with racially motivated slurs and comments hurled against Asians. 

对某一族裔的偏见，仇视及负面情绪是造成种族歧视的根源，其始作俑者往往是那些教育程度低下，将少数人的负面特征群体化者。如果对偏见和怨恨情绪不进行遏制并任其泛滥，族裔间的暴力和攻击现象则是必然后果。种族歧视将在加拿大多元族裔社会中猖獗，而那些曾支持和发动针对其他族裔的歧视和仇恨运动之人士将沦为受害者。

The root of racial discrimination and hate crimes lies in overt prejudice, hostility, or negative feelings towards a race or ethnic group. It comes from those ill-informed who attribute negative characters of few individuals to the entire group. Violence and assaults are the inevitable outcomes when prejudice and resentment are allowed to take root and spur into furious growth. Racisms and discrimination will go rampant and come back to haunt those who had backed it and even fanned its flame.