Ready, Primed, Go: Ending the Racism Pandemic in Science
Ready, Primed, Go: Ending the Racism Pandemic in Science
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准备好，准备好，出发：结束科学界的种族主义流行病
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10.1105/tpc.20.00783
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2020
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Pandey, Sona
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作者：
Pandey, Sona
2020年3月，我们所知的“正常”对我们所有人来说都发生了变化。当我们努力关闭实验室，部分重新开放，新的安全协议，在线教学和指导，无休止的缩放会议和同时戴着多顶帽子时，另一场大流行病已经成为焦点。一个存在于整个历史，仍然没有得到解决;一个出现了一年又一年，一次又一次，并继续猖獗的种族主义。随着每一个新的公开死亡，无论是迈克尔·布朗，埃里克·加纳，塔米尔·赖斯，弗雷迪·格雷，布雷纳·泰勒，还是乔治弗洛伊德（Ater，2020;马歇尔项目，2020），我们重新开始对话，我们希望这可能是最后一次。也许这一次我们会有所改变;也许这一次会有所不同。然后我们就忘记了这一切，我们变得自满，因为它没有“直接”影响我们。我们开始忙碌。然而，社会各界的参与，包括科学家和教育工作者在最近的事件，加上倡议# ShutDownAcademia# ShutDownSTEM组织在6月10日（shutdownstem. com）及其广泛的全球支持再次提供了一个机会，以反思种族主义问题并改变制度，使情况有所改观。因为种族主义就像一种传染病，感染了我们的社会，并通过不被承认和不被承认的信仰和做法传播。我们中没有人能免受种族主义的影响，但我们需要学会识别症状，保持警惕，并在我们与健康流行病作斗争时与之作斗争。我们都可以通过学习和反思我们在其中的个人作用来帮助结束系统性种族主义，以便我们能够成为阻止其蔓延的一部分。我当然希望我们作为科学家能够帮助为找到治疗这一流行病的方法铺平道路。在我的研究中，我对理解植物的感觉感兴趣，
In March 2020, the “normal” as we knew it, changed for us all. As we have struggled with lab closures, partial re-openings, new safety protocols, online teaching and mentoring, with endless Zoom meetings and wearing multiple hats at a time, another pandemic has come into focus. One that has existed all through history and remains uncured; the one that appears year after year, time after time and continues—the rampant racism. With each new publicized death, whether it is Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Breonna Taylor, or George Floyd (Ater, 2020; The Marshall Project, 2020), we start the conversation anew, and we hope that this may be the last time. Maybe this time we will change something; maybe this time it will be different. And then we forget all about it, and we become complacent, as it has not “directly” affected us. We get busy with our routine.However, the involvement of the diverse sections of the society, including the scientists and educators in the events of the recent past, plus the initiative# ShutDownAcademia# ShutDownSTEM organized on June 10 (shutdownstem. com) and its widespread, global support has presented an opportunity, again, to reflect upon the issue of racism and change the system to make a difference. For racism is like a pandemic disease that has infected our society and is spread by unrecognized and unacknowledged beliefs and practices. None of us is immune from experiencing the effects of racism, but we need to learn to recognize the symptoms, remain vigilant, and fight it as we fight a health pandemic. We can all help in ending systemic racism by learning and reflecting on our individual roles in it, so that we can be part of stopping its spread. I surely hope that we as scientists can help pave the way for finding a cure for this pandemic. In my research, I am interested in understandinghowplantssensetheirenvironment