美国国家公共电台 NPR The 2020 Women's March Attempts To Overcome Its Troubled Past

 

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Three years ago on President Trump¹'s first day in office, millions of people around the world protested. It was the first Women's March. Since then, the organization behind the march has struggled with internal divisions. But the march is back this weekend. It has a new leadership and a new focus. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has the story.

ISABELLA GOMEZ SARMIENTO, BYLINE²: Dozens of people are gathered at an artist's studio in Washington, D.C. They screen print flags, draw up posters and paint banners.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: All right. We're going to put it on the plastic.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: All on the black...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Careful behind you not to step on the other one.

SARMIENTO: Twenty-eight-year-old Icy Coomber (ph) is here for the first time. She says she just didn't feel like women's marches in the past have represented her experiences.

ICY COOMBER: When we're talking about, like, women's rights, it's - I feel like black women or women of color are usually left out of that conversation. But it's just like, why would I go to something like that when it's not really about me? It's about women who have a lot more opportunities than I do.

SARMIENTO: Since the first Women's March in 2017, the movement has faced criticism for being too white, out of touch and for glossing³ over issues of gender⁴, race and class. There were also accusations⁵ that some leaders were anti-Semitic. Last summer, 3 out of 4 founding members stepped down. A bigger and more diverse board took their place. For this year's march, the organization polled its base of supporters and decided⁶ to focus on three main issues - climate, reproductive rights and immigration. Another change this year - no big stage with celebrity⁷ appearances. Rachel O'Leary Carmona is the group's chief operating officer.

RACHEL O'LEARY CARMONA: I think it just felt like the moment - the political moment is with the people, you know? And you see that not just across our country but across the globe.

SARMIENTO: But the crowd in Washington will also be a lot smaller this year. The permit filed with the National Park Service allows for up to 10,000 people. Celeste Montoya, who teaches gender studies and movements at the University of Colorado Boulder⁸, says losing steam like this isn't unusual. But she says she's not sure the Women's March is still as necessary as it was in 2017.

CELESTE MONTOYA: In that first march, it was just kind of what a Trump presidency⁹ might materialize into. And since then, a lot of those threats have materialized.

SARMIENTO: And that's meant entirely¹⁰ new protests surrounding climate, immigrants' rights and a separate #MeToo movement. Even so, people like Crystal Clarity are still excited about the women's march.

CRYSTAL CLARITY: My experience with mobilizations and marches in general is that it's not enough to take the streets. We kind of have to keep it. We have to keep the streets.

SARMIENTO: March leader Carmona agrees. She says she feels like now more than ever it's important for women to band together with other movements.

CARMONA: This march is the last march before the 2020 presidential election. And literally¹¹ everything that we love is on the line.

SARMIENTO: More than 200 sister marches are set to take place in cities around the world, showing that even as it struggles, the Women's March keeps drawing in more people. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News, Washington.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 glossing   

v.注解( gloss的现在分词 )；掩饰（错误）；粉饰；把…搪塞过去

参考例句：

• The rights and wrongs in any controversy should be clarified without compromise or glossing over. 有争论的问题，要把是非弄明白，不要调和敷衍。 来自互联网

4 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

5 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

8 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

9 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

10 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

11 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。