“黑人的命也是命”运动原来在2014年由三名妇女发起，分别是加尔萨（Alicia Garza）、帕特希·库拉斯和欧帕尔·托米（Opal Tometi）。当年，密苏里州弗格森的布朗（Michael Brown）和纽约市的加纳（Eric Garner），在与警察对抗中丧生。随后加尔萨在 Facebook 上写了一篇题为《一篇给黑人的爱的笔记》（A Love Note to Black People）的帖子。她在帖子中写道：“我们的生命很重要，黑人的生命很重要”（Our
Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter）。之后，抗议活动爆发。“黑人的命也是命”这个口号由此出现并迅速流行。
在示威者们高喊“我不能呼吸”、“黑人的命也是命-BLM”、等口号，在全美各地声势浩大地示威抗议，伴随疯狂的打砸抢烧。有些人把抢劫来的用不了的货物送给亲友甚至公然在网上低价兜售。有些极端的年轻白女人们甚至打出“I ONLY SUCK BLACK DICK ”的耀眼口号，并配上同样内容的T恤衫，支持这些示威活动。乖乖隆地动。
The Wave is a subversive made-for-TV movie directed by Alex
Grasshoff, based on The Third Wave experiment put on by teacher Ron Jones in
order to explain to his students how the German populace could accept the
actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.Though later
featured as an episode of the ABC Afterschool Special series, this show debuted
October 4, 1981, almost two years before being featured in the series.
It starred Bruce Davison as the teacher Ben Ross, a
character based on Jones.
A novelization of the film The Wave, was released in the
same year. Ron Jones' writings and Johnny Dawkins' screenplay were also basis
of the 2008 German film Die Welle.
Summary
High school social studies teacher Ben Ross shows his class
a film about the Holocaust. When the students question how the German people
could have allowed such a thing to occur, Ross finds himself unable to answer
their questions. Instead he begins a classroom experiment to demonstrate the
dangers of discipline, community, and fascism. The experiment begins simply,
with Ross demonstrating how proper posture and simple rules create greater
classroom efficiency. The students follow the new rules so enthusiastically
that Ross carries on the experiment the following day by introducing "the
Wave," which he claims is a youth movement. Students are issued membership
cards, taught a secret Wave salute, and are given special duties. Robert, an
unpopular student, is assigned the role of a monitor over the other students,
which fills him with pride.
David, a student in the class, believes that the in-class
rules will help the school's football team and begins to teach the Wave tenets
to his fellow football players. With the popular football players involved, the
rest of the school becomes intrigued. By the end of the week, the Wave has
spread beyond the classroom. Robert, who has developed new confidence and
authority due to the movement, becomes one of its more zealous enforcers and
reports unorthodox behavior to Ross and the other members. David's girlfriend
Laurie is unnerved by the Wave, while Ross's wife worries that Ross has
introduced a concept he cannot control.
The following day, a school pep rally turns into a rally for
the Wave, causing some 200 more students to join. Laurie decides to write an
exposé about the Wave for the school paper, causing David to break up with her
and her friends to reject her. Other students outside the movement are bullied
by the Third Wave and begin voicing their concerns to parents and
administrators, who in turn complain to Ross. Ross begs for enough time to
complete the experiment.
When the exposé is published, the Wave denounces the school
paper and singles out Laurie for hostility. Fearing for her safety, David warns
her to stop speaking out, eventually growing violent enough to push her to the
ground. This causes David to realize how far things have gone. David and Laurie
visit Ross and beg him to speak out against the movement. Ross, realizing the
experiment is out of control, promises them that he will put an end to it.
The following day in class, Ross tells students that the
Wave is a real youth movement taking place in schools all over the country and
that the movement's leader will give a televised speech at a rally the
following day. The Wave students eagerly gather to watch the speech, only to be
shown a film of Adolf Hitler leading a Nazi rally. Ross announces that this is
their leader and that the experiment proves how quickly a group can give up
their individual beliefs. The stunned students throw away their armbands and
leave the rally, but Robert, who has been given his first sense of belonging by
the movement, is left in tears. Ross takes Robert away to console him.
比尔盖茨推荐的2020 年夏季书单在疫情尚未远离的不确定的时候出台了，其中一本《大流感The Great Influenza》是对流感疫情1918年的大流感做历史性的比较，比尔盖茨认为这本书是一个很好的提醒，尽管医学更进步了，现代人仍面临诸多挑战。其中只有《云图Cloud Atlas》是六个故事组成的小说，据悉而且已被拍成了电影。六个故事的主角各有各自生存的危机故事，人物有医生，音乐作曲家，记者，出版商，复制人女孩，末日时代生存在残余文明小岛的男孩，内容丰富离奇，看来比较有趣适合夏季闲览,。其他三本诸如调整心理的犹太人幸存者，高层CEO如何领导迪士尼过度变革，诺贝尔经济奖得主谈各国如何面临世界的困难时期，不知是比尔盖茨老了，还是精彩好书缺缺，书都有些老调重弹的味道提不起胃口，不过青菜萝卜各人喜爱，呵呵。
《选择The Choice》, by Dr. Edith Eva Eger.
This book is partly a memoir
and partly a guide to processing trauma. Eger was only sixteen years old when
she and her family got sent to Auschwitz. After surviving unbelievable horrors,
she moved to the United States and became a therapist. Her unique background
gives her amazing insight, and I think many people will find comfort right now
from her suggestions on how to handle difficult situations.
《云图Cloud Atlas》, by David Mitchell.
This is the kind of novel
you’ll think and talk about for a long time after you finish it. The plot is a
bit hard to explain, because it involves six inter-related stories that take
place centuries apart (including one I particularly loved about a young
American doctor on a sailing ship in the South Pacific in the mid-1800s). But
if you’re in the mood for a really compelling tale about the best and worst of
humanity, I think you’ll find yourself as engrossed in it as I was.
《生命之旅The Ride of a Lifetime》, by Bob Iger.
This is one of the best
business books I’ve read in several years. Iger does a terrific job explaining
what it’s really like to be the CEO of a large company. Whether you’re looking
for business insights or just an entertaining read, I think anyone would enjoy
his stories about overseeing Disney during one of the most transformative times
in its history.
《大流感The Great Influenza》, by John M. Barry.
We’re living through
an unprecedented time right now. But if you’re looking for a historical
comparison, the 1918 influenza pandemic is as close as you’re going to get.
Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the
deadliest outbreaks in human history. Even though 1918 was a very different
time from today, The Great Influenza is a good reminder that we’re still
dealing with many of the same challenges.
《困难时期的好经济学 Good Economics for Hard Times》, by Abhijit V. Banerjee and
Esther Duflo.
Banerjee and Duflo won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences last year, and they’re two of the smartest economists working today.
Fortunately for us, they’re also very good at making economics accessible to the
average person. Their newest book takes on inequality and political divisions
by focusing on policy debates that are at the forefront in wealthy countries
like the United States.
