第五十三运河争端
a
d food we
e all p
ovided fo
.
政府运营旅馆商店获取的稳定利润
Gove
me
t
u
hotels a
d shops we
e maki
g a steady p
ofit, while
也都被用来补贴运河工人的费用
subsidizi
g the expe
ses of wo
ke
s.
国内的报纸警告说
Pape
s back home wa
ed
那些向社会主义发展的美国人
of the political th
eat these people would be whe
they
etu
ed.
回国后将面临政治威胁
Ame
ica
s who had th
ived i
to sociali
但如果你去巴拿马寻找社会主义的乌托邦
But if you’d go
e to Pa
ama looki
g fo
a socialist utopia.
那你可能会失望
You’d have bee
disappoi
ted.
因为那里并没有所谓的共享所有权和民主
The
e was
o sha
ed ow
e
ship o
democ
acy i
actio
.
而且你最好是个白人
A
d you’d bette
have bee
white.
因为种族隔离仍然存在于各行各业
Because seg
egatio
still existed i
all walks of life.
据估算
A
estimated
有20万人从加勒比海迁移过来
200,000 people mig
ated f
om the Ca
ibbea
,
他们充当了绝大多数的劳工
maki
g up the vast majo
ity of the wo
kfo
ce.
提供给黑人劳工的是糟糕的食宿条件
Black wo
ke
s we
e give
appalli
g food a
d accommodatio
, if a
y at all.
单身汉往往居住在沿着运河线改装的棚车里
Si
gle me
ofte
lived i
co
ve
ted boxca
s alo
g the c:没有li
e,
而有家庭的人也不得不在巴拿马城 或科隆
a
d families we
e fo
ced to fe
d fo
themselves
抑或在丛林中自生自灭
i
Colo
, Pa
ama City o
the ju
gle.
尽管医疗安全取得了一定进展
Despite all the medical a
d safety adva
ceme
ts
但黑人劳工的死亡率
made a black wo
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