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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: As we reported earlier, Sacramento is just the latest flash point exposing deep divisions about race and policing in America. In tonight's Brief But Spectacular, Tetrina Blalock of Mississippi offers her personal take on losing a loved one at the hands of the police and her desire for respect.

QUESTION: Can you describe your firsthand experience with racism and prejudice?

TETRINA BLALOCK, Resident of Mississippi: In Mississippi? That's all the time.

TETRINA BLALOCK: I had an incident in the grocery store not far from here, where it was an older white lady, so I'm just going to give it up to she just didn't know no better. So we were getting ready to check out. And, yes, I had more items than her, but I was in a hurry. So, she said: You should let me in front of you. So I turned to her like this. And I said: Oh, OK. I said: Well, she probably can open up her line in a minute, and I kept proceeding on. So she said: You coloreds don't know your place. You never think your cousin going to be the one who going to get shot by the police. We went to the city council meeting. I said, we have questions that we need answers. I'm not saying my cousin was perfect, because he was in and out of jail. So you automatically assume he a thug. But what happened to my cousin was overkill. From my understanding, my cousin was like this when he got shot. So, the police officers who shot my cousin, guess what they said? I was in fear for my life. My cousin wasn't 120 pounds soaking wet with snow boots on, OK? He was shot in his arm. He was shot in his chest. He was shot in the back of his head. The moment you hit him, and he's falling back like this, the threat is gone. I'm trying to figure out how, you have two officers who shot my cousin, they weren't off from work three months, they're back on the job, but you want me to have trust in this system, that it's going to work in my favor. My personal experiences with the law, they have been good and bad. I went to jail for speeding. I think the speed limit's maybe 30, and I think I was going 34. And he said that they don't play that there. I have been taken to jail for something I had nothing to do with. I have been pulled over. I have had them tear my car up once before. I'm like Fannie Lou Hamer. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have the same rights and privileges that you have. It's a respect thing. Tupac once said that you can only beat on the door so long before you're going to come and try to kick it down. And I done knocked on the door. I done rung the doorbell. I have asked. And I'm to the point now I'm ready to kick down doors and be like, hey, you're going to either give me my respect, or I'm going to get my respect. My name is Trina Blalock, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on respect.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: You can watch all our Brief But Spectacular episodes at PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.

重点解析

1.in fear 唯恐

Hunter nodded again and gazed upwards in fear
亨特又点了点头，满眼恐惧地朝上望去.8FfZY=ZHeVHy_4K0。

2.tear up 破坏

The company came under furious attack from environmentalists for tearing up the forests.
由于破坏了森林，这家公司受到环境保护主义者的猛烈抨击*N|budFUMN99。

3.pull over 靠边停车

He noticed a man behind him in a blue Ford gesticulating to pull over.
他注意到身后一个开蓝色福特车的男人正打手势要靠边停车8f@m=GiV4xwL^。

4.knock on 敲击

To his relief a loud knock on the door spared him from giving an explanation
一声重重的敲门声让他松了一口气，他可以不用解释了Pvy[j3&ux1)8M。

5.speed limit 速度限制

I want to know at what point I break the speed limit and get a ticket.
我想知道我是在什么地方超速而受到处罚的fV~n]IK&5@I9f-T。

参考译文

威廉·布兰汉姆：之前我们曾报道过，萨克拉门托是最新的爆发点，揭示出美国种族和治安方面深层次的分歧jowSeQU228。今晚《简短而精彩》的主人公布莱洛克来自密西西比州，她将分享自己的爱人被警察杀死的经历以及她对彼此尊重的渴望[fOuvqaShT。

问：您能描述一下您最初对种族主义和偏见的看法吗？

布莱洛克，密西西比居民：在密西西比州吗？这种情况很常见5Y2M&hGFi~%P。

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威廉·布兰汉姆：想要观看其他期节目，可以登录PBS.org/NewsHour/BriefF^o;#;[sUj!Wape。

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