美国国家公共电台 NPR--Buffalo's poet laureate is among those experiencing grief after Saturday's shooting

Buffalo¹'s poet laureate is among those experiencing grief after Saturday's shooting

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Jillian Hanesworth is the poet laureate of Buffalo, N.Y. In the aftermath of the racist³ attack that left 10 people dead, Hanesworth is hoping to validate⁵ the myriad⁶ of emotions people have now.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

People in Buffalo are experiencing immense pain and grief. Jillian Hanesworth is one of them.

JILLIAN HANESWORTH: All the pain that we're feeling is valid⁴. The tears are valid. The anger is valid. Yes, this happened. You're right. I know. It hurts. It's OK for you to cry. It's OK for you to not want to go to work today. It's OK for your kids to stay home from school today. They're afraid.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Hanesworth is Buffalo's poet laureate. She is 29 years old, born and raised on the city's East Side. She and so many others are trying to deal with the aftermath of the racist attack that left 10 people dead.

HANESWORTH: Black people in this country have lived through so much. So many people hate us just because we exist. And we experience that at different levels on a daily basis. So we - we're strong. We know that.

MART?NEZ: She's been asked to speak several times since Saturday's mass shooting, and she's struggled to get the right words because nothing could make sense of this senseless act of violence.

HANESWORTH: (Reading) You won't even walk around. It's like you're tethered to the ground. You know that something's wrong but can't put your finger on it. Holding on to all this pain, although you don't really want it. And no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to explain it. So the frustration⁷ becomes a box, and the goal is to contain it. Place that box up...

MARTIN: Hanesworth says her job right now is to validate the feelings of people in her community - their anger, confusion or grief.

HANESWORTH: There's the #BuffaloStrong hashtag that I really have been pushing back against because we don't need right now to be told that we're strong. We need to be told that we're right.

MART?NEZ: She says poetry has power in this moment.

HANESWORTH: As a poet, I see my role as a way to bridge the gap between what we know and what we need. So we know that racism⁸ exists. We know white supremacists are real. We know that we have been targeted. Now, we need change.

MART?NEZ: And she adds, what her city needs right now is honest dialogue.

HANESWORTH: We need you to talk. We need you to stop sitting around the dinner table acting⁹ like everything's great because it's not. Just because you aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it's not happening. Your role in this is to help change the system.

MARTIN: To bring about more honest conversation, Hanesworth proposes a hashtag - #BuffaloHonest.

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1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 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。

4 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

5 validate   

vt.（法律）使有效，使生效

参考例句：

• You need an official signature to validate the order.你要有正式的签字，这张汇票才能生效。
• In order to validate the agreement,both parties sign it.为使协议有效，双方在上面签了字。

6 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

7 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

8 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。

9 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。