George Floyd and Aquatic Science
George Floyd and Aquatic Science
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乔治·弗洛伊德和水生科学
DOI：
10.1002/lob.10392
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
Cuker, Benjamin
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作者：
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乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）被明尼阿波利斯警方杀害的视频在网上疯传，在美国和世界各地引发了一场起义。各种肤色和背景的人继续涌上街头，谴责弗洛伊德的谋杀，要求正义和深刻的社会变革。这和我们这些水生科学家有什么关系？一切。我们要么实践，要么渴望从事水生科学或相关领域的职业。这种追求只是构成我们社会结构的成千上万种职业中的一种。社会结构是由世界上形形色色的人和他们的才能编织而成的。由于历史和持续的种族主义实践，人们实际上被剥夺了参与和分享他们的才能的权利，社会织布的完整性受到了缺失的威胁。这种脆弱的结构使社会付出了无数个人的贡献，并使这些人遭受二等公民身份的经济和社会后果。这对水生科学很重要，原因有二。首先，种族主义和歧视限制了维持该领域活力所需的声音和观点的多样性。其次，更重要的是，所有人都必须表明立场，结束种族主义。水生科学家、银行家、环卫工人、农民等等，我们都要做自己的一份子。我们都是社会结构的一部分，必须努力使其成为一个整体。
The viral video of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police sparked an uprising in the US and around the world. People of all colors and backgrounds continue to flood the streets to decry Floyd’s murder, and demand both justice and deep social change. What does this have to do with us as aquatic scientists? Everything. We either practice or aspire to pursue a career in the aquatic sciences or some related field. Such a pursuit is but one of thousands of occupations that forms the fabric of our society. The social fabric is woven from the vast diversity of the world’s people and their talents. The integrity of the social textile is threatened by missing threads—the absence of people effectively denied participation and the sharing of their talents by the history and continued practice of racism. This weakened fabric costs society the contributions of countless individuals and causes those same individuals to suffer the economic and social consequences of second class citizenship.This matters for the aquatic sciences for two reasons. First, racism and discrimination limit the diversity of voices and perspectives needed to sustain the vitality of the field. Second, and more importantly, all people must take a stand to end racism. Aquatic scientist, banker, sanitation worker, farmer, and so forth, we must all do are part. We are all part of the social fabric and must work to make it a whole cloth.