狗一般

 

有罪!

白人手裡的球棒大叫

黃色有罪!

 

就這樣

一個黃人被狗一般活活打死

 

無罪!

白人手裡的法槌大叫

白色無罪!

 

就這樣

一個白人被狗一般活活開釋

 

附注﹕19826月汽車城底特律的華裔工程師陳果仁,因細故被白種工人誤認為搶飯碗的日本人,活活用球棒打死。事後白人法官祗判罰款的微刑了事。

 

 

狗一般

 

有罪!

白人手里的球棒大叫

黄色有罪!

 

就这样

一个黄人被狗一般活活打死

 

无罪!

白人手里的法槌大叫

白色无罪!

 

就这样

一个白人被狗一般活活开释

 

附注:19826月汽车城底特律的华裔工程师陈果仁,因细故被白种工人误认为抢饭碗的日本人,活活用球棒打死。事後白人法官祗判罚款的微刑了事。

 

            1987.5.16   非馬詩No.404

 

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LIKE A DOG

 

 

GUILTY!

The bat in a white man's hand shouted

YELLOW IS GUILTY!

 

So

a yellow man was killed

like a dog.

 

NOT GUILTY!

The gavel in a white man's hand shouted

WHITE IS NOT GUILTY!

 

So

a white man was released

like a dog.

 

*In June 1982, in the enclave of Highland Park, Detroit, Vincent Chin , a Chinese American, was beaten to death with a baseball bat by an unemployed white worker who mistook him as a job-grabbing Japanese.   The case generated public outrage over the lenient sentence of the murderer, and it became a rallying point for the Asian American community.

 

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