TED演讲:人生交叉点(4)

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　　Once I was physically¹ occupying the space that would ultimately give way to my childhood aspirations², I anticipated a smooth glide³ to the PhD. 看来，只要我占据了有利位置，踏上通往博士之路，实现我的儿时梦想，获得博士学位就是分分钟的事。

　　It became immediately apparent that not everyone was thrilled to have that degree of liminality in their space. 但很显然，并不是每个人都允许自己的领域出现像我们这样的人。

　　I was ostracized⁴ by many of my classmates, one of whom went so far as to invite me to "do what I really came here to do" 我被许多同学排斥，其中一个极为过分，他要求我“去做我应该做的工作”，

　　as he pushed all the dirty dishes from our meal in front of me to clean up. 然后把食堂的所有脏盘子都丢给我。

　　I wish that were an isolated⁵ occurrence, 我也曾希望这只是个别现象，

　　but for many women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, this is something they have long endured. 但是对于许多非白人女性而言，尤其是那些在科学、技术、工程和数学领域--简称STEM--工作的，这种事儿对她们而言已是家常便饭。

　　One hundred percent of the 60 women of color interviewed in a recent study by Joan C. Williams at UC Hastings 60名非白人女性参加了一项调查，由加州大学哈斯汀法学院的琼·C·威廉姆斯发起，

　　reported facing racialized gender⁶ bias⁷, including being mistaken for the janitorial⁸ staff. 她们全部声称自己遭遇过种族性别歧视，包括被误认为是看门人。

　　This mistaken identity was not reported by any of the white women interviewed for this study, which comprised 557 women in total. 而同样参加此项调查的白人女性从未遇到过类似遭遇，而参加调查的女性共有557位。

　　While there is nothing inherently wrong with a janitorial position, 当然，看门人的工作并没有什么问题，

　　and in fact my forefathers⁹ and foremothers were able to attend college because many of their parents worked these jobs, 实际上我的祖辈们能够上大学多亏了他们的父母有很多就是看门人，

　　it was a clear attempt to put me in my place. 很明显，我同学这样做是给我画地为牢。

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