超過(guò)三分之二的美國(guó)人反對(duì)對(duì)奴隸后裔賠償

超過(guò)三分之二的美國(guó)人反對(duì)對(duì)奴隸后裔賠償

Slightly more than two-thirds of Americans oppose the government paying reparations to African-Americans who are the descendants of slaves, while 29 percent support the compensation, including 73 percent of blacks, a poll released Monday shows.

周一公布的一項(xiàng)民調(diào)顯示，略超過(guò)三分之二的美國(guó)人反對(duì)政府向奴隸后裔支付賠款，29%的人支持賠償金，其中包括73%的黑人。

Despite the overwhelming opposition to reparations, the Gallup Poll found support has doubled since 2002 when only 14 percent of Americans were in favor of the cash compensation.

盡管絕大多數(shù)人反對(duì)賠款，蓋洛普民意測(cè)驗(yàn)發(fā)現(xiàn)，自2002年以來(lái)，支持賠款的人數(shù)翻了一番，當(dāng)時(shí)只有14%的美國(guó)人支持現(xiàn)金賠償。

Broken down by political party, 92 percent of Republicans, 65 percent of independents and 47 percent of Democrats say the government should not pay reparations.

按照政黨的劃分，92%的共和黨人，65%的無(wú)黨派人士和47%的民主黨人認(rèn)為政府不應(yīng)該支付賠償金。

Democrats – at 49 percent – represented the largest political group in favor of the payments, with 32 percent of independents and 5 percent of Republicans.

民主黨占49%，是支持賠償?shù)淖畲蟮恼螆F(tuán)體，另外還有32%的無(wú)黨派人士和5%的共和黨人。

Among whites, backing for reparations has increased from 6 percent in 2002 to 16 percent now, but the level of support among blacks has surged from 55 percent to 73 percent.

白人對(duì)賠款的支持從2002年的6%上升到現(xiàn)在的16%，而黑人對(duì)賠款的支持從55%上升到73%。

The issue has been in the news again after Congress held a hearing last month on whether a committee should be established to study and develop proposals for reparations.

上個(gè)月，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)就是否應(yīng)該成立一個(gè)委員會(huì)來(lái)研究和制定賠款提案舉行聽(tīng)證會(huì)之后，這個(gè)問(wèn)題再次成為新聞焦點(diǎn)。