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zuò
yí gè
一个
hǎo
de
gǔ bā yì
古巴裔
měi guó rén
美国人
shì
shén me
什么
yì si
意思

What Does It Mean to Be a Good Cuban American?
本站:原文:
liù nián qián六年前rú guǒ如果wènzhè ge这个wèn tí问题kě néng可能huìshuōyàofǎn duì反对gǔ bā古巴zhèng fǔ政府fǎn duì反对gòng chǎn zhǔ yì共产主义yàozhī chí支持měi guó美国duìgǔ bā古巴dejìn yùn禁运

Six years ago, if you had asked me this question, I might have said: oppose the Cuban government, oppose communism, and support the U.S. embargo on Cuba.

yīn wèi因为cóng xiǎo从小jiù shì就是zhè yàng这样bèijiào dà教大de

Because I was raised that way from a young age.

hòu lái后来màn màn慢慢fā xiàn发现shì qíng事情méi yǒu没有zhè me这么jiǎn dān简单

Later, I gradually realized that things are not so simple.

xiǎo shí hòu小时候gǔ bā古巴yǒuhěnyán zhòng严重dejīng jì经济kùn nán困难shí wù食物bù gòu不够diàncháng cháng常常tíng

When I was a child, Cuba had very serious economic difficulties; there was not enough food, and the electricity often went out.

hěnduōréngào sù告诉zhèyī qiè一切dōuzhǐ shì只是gǔ bā古巴zhèng fǔ政府decuò

Many people told me that all of this was the fault of the Cuban government.

suǒ yǐ所以yì zhí一直hěnhài pà害怕shè huì zhǔ yì社会主义xiāng xìn相信jìn yùn禁运shìduìde

So I was always very afraid of socialism and believed the embargo was right.

shàngdà xué大学hòucān jiā参加leyī xiē一些huó dòng活动gèngxiāng xìn相信zhè xiē这些xiǎng fǎ想法

After I went to college, I participated in some activities and believed these ideas even more.

kě shì可是hòu lái后来yǒu rén有人gào sù告诉hěn duō很多guān yú关于gǔ bā古巴deshuō fǎ说法qí shí其实ràngrénhài pà害怕gǎnzì jǐ自己kànzhēn shí真实qíng kuàng情况

But later, someone told me that many statements about Cuba actually make people afraid and stop them from seeing the real situation for themselves.

guò qù过去jǐ nián几年kāi shǐ开始chóng xīn重新sī kǎo思考

In the past few years, I have started to rethink.

xiàn zài现在jué de觉得zuòyí gè一个hǎodegǔ bā yì古巴裔měi guó rén美国人jiù shì就是zhī chí支持gǔ bā古巴rén mín人民érbú shì不是zhǐzhī chí支持mǒuyí gè一个zhèng fǔ政府

Now I feel that being a good Cuban American means supporting the Cuban people, not just supporting a particular government.

jìn yùn禁运rànggǔ bā古巴rén mín人民gèngnánmǎidàoshí wù食物yàoshēng huó生活yòng pǐn用品suǒ yǐ所以yīng gāi应该jié shù结束jìn yùn禁运

The embargo makes it harder for the Cuban people to buy food, medicine, and daily necessities, so the embargo should end.

gǔ bā古巴dewèi lái未来yīng gāi应该yóugǔ bā古巴rén mín人民zì jǐ自己jué dìng决定yīng gāi应该bèibié de别的guó jiā国家kòng zhì控制

The future of Cuba should be decided by the Cuban people themselves, not controlled by other countries.

By Pressenza New York / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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