福爾摩沙思黑命無價

黑人民權運動 非裔美國文化 討論平台

從五月二十六日以來，由於非裔美國人長期以來受不平等待遇的情形並無好轉，世界各地開始響應Black Lives Matter（黑人的命也是命、黑命無價）的民權運動。

The attention to Black Lives Matter has grown to a global scale because the plight of African American has not changed.

台灣因為地緣遙遠，大部分的民眾除了對此一與爵士樂起源息息相關的人權運動認識不深，更甚者，有很多的誤解。

Because of the geographic distance, most people in Taiwan have lack of understanding of the Black Lives Matter Movement, which has the same root of the birth of jazz.

疫情期間生活不易再加上文化民情，台人對於政治活動似乎也變得更為敏感小心。

With the situation of the pandemic and the history of our culture, Taiwanese have been very sensitive and extra-careful when it comes to politics. 

然而，爵士音樂工作者是受惠於非裔美人文化的一個社群。如果沒有非裔美國人生命經驗的存在，根本不會有爵士樂。

However, international jazz community has benefitted from African American culture. We won't have jazz if not for the very existence of the African American life experience.

爵士樂是非裔美國人在被社會排斥、邊緣化之下，積極融合不同文化元素的產物。有許多人會議論爵士樂的元素不只是非裔美國人文化，卻忘記當今爵士樂的國際化與多元化，正是始於非裔美國軍樂隊，代表這個無論在家鄉還是戰場上都處處打壓他們的國家，將爵士樂帶到歐洲。這也再一次說明，非裔美人被主流文化排除的過去以及現況。

Jazz is a creation of the positive practice of the inclusion in spite of the circumstances of the exclusion faced by its creators. Some might argue that African American culture is not the only element of jazz, but we must remember that the global diversity of jazz began when a segregated African American army band brought jazz to Europe, even as they were representing a country which oppressed them at home and on the battlefield.  Therehence is another example of how African American has been discriminated by mainstream culture from the past to these days.

Black Lives Matter是2013年開始美國發起的新一波黑人民權運動，主要訴求是停止對弱勢團體在司法、教育、社會福利以及經濟等方面的體制實施上的不平等。

Black Lives Matter is a new wave of black civil right movement, which started in 2013. The movement seeks to end institutional practices, which allow for inequities in judicial, educational, social and economic outcomes in all disadvantaged groups.

爵士樂是個人表達自由，同時又體現樂手之間合作互動，與觀眾對談的藝術形式。而自由、合作與對話正是民主重要的成分。Black Lives Matter運動積極為弱勢爭取平等的精神，也呼應了台灣一直以來對國際的訴求。

Jazz is an art form of expressing freedom through collaboration and communication -- an intrinsic component of democracy. And Black Lives Matter Movement‘s spirit of fighting for minorities echoes what the Taiwanese aim to be a recognized member of the global community.

在此，希望藉由這個爵士音樂工作者的交流平台，提供對Black Lives Matter運動以及非裔美國文化的討論空間。

On this platform, we would like to create a space for having the conversation about African American culture history and raising the awareness of the Black Lives Matter Movement