文章基本信息

标题：Affirmative Action.
作者：Meyerhofer, Michael
期刊名称：African American Review
印刷版ISSN：1062-4783
出版年度：2012
期号：March
语种：English
出版社：African American Review

摘要：Affirmative Action

 When the black woman walks in with her child, 1 think about giving up the best seat in the coffee shop, which happens to be my seat, way in the back by the big window overlooking a patch of lawn, bees hauling their fondness for the tulips planted along the curb, because yes, isn't it awful-- that whole slavery thing we learned about in textbooks, and shouldn't we show her how different we are, you and me with our tornado-bait ancestors and our manicured haircuts? The black mother turns to go, toddler on her skirts, as though both see the danger of lingering too long in the sweet mist of espresso, of stopping to read the newspaper while wreathed by our familiar smiles, our strained, toothy kindness.

关键词：Black-white relations;Cultural criticism

Affirmative Action.

Meyerhofer, Michael

Affirmative Action

 When the black woman walks in with her child, 1 think about
giving up the best seat in the coffee shop, which happens to be my seat,
way in the back by the big window overlooking a patch of lawn, bees
hauling their fondness for the tulips planted along the curb, because
yes, isn't it awful-- that whole slavery thing we learned about in
textbooks, and shouldn't we show her how different we are, you and
me with our tornado-bait ancestors and our manicured haircuts? The black
mother turns to go, toddler on her skirts, as though both see the danger
of lingering too long in the sweet mist of espresso, of stopping to read
the newspaper while wreathed by our familiar smiles, our strained,
toothy kindness.