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Harry Belafonte, the Pioneering Artist-Activist

2023/4/30
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David Remnick:哈里·贝拉方特是娱乐界和社会活动结合的先驱,他不仅拥有众多热门歌曲和电影作品,更在民权运动中扮演了关键角色,与马丁·路德·金和纳尔逊·曼德拉都有合作,他的艺术成就和社会贡献都值得我们铭记。 Jelani Cobb:贝拉方特的办公室如同一个档案馆,收藏了他一生的成就和经历,这反映了他丰富的人生阅历和对社会变革的持续关注。他与西德尼·波蒂埃秘密前往密西西比州为民权活动家提供资金的故事,展现了他为争取平等和正义所付出的巨大努力和勇气。他不仅关注过去的历史,也积极参与当代社会活动,并对当前政治局势中缺乏黑人声音表示担忧。 Harry Belafonte:他认为自己首先是活动家,然后才成为艺术家,他的社会活动源于对贫困和不公的切身经历。他批评了当前黑人运动组织的无力和缺乏集体行动,呼吁更强有力的组织和领导来应对种族主义和社会不公。他认为,当前缺乏有组织的、有目标的、有意识形态的“黑人运动”,而仅仅是零散的“斗争”。他意识到自己生命有限,希望在余生中更加激进地表达自己的观点,为社会正义发声。 David Remnick: 哈里·贝拉方特是一位杰出的艺人,拥有众多热门歌曲和电影作品,如《香蕉船之歌》、《跳进队伍》和《牙买加告别》。同时,他也是民权运动的关键人物,与马丁·路德·金和纳尔逊·曼德拉都有合作,为争取种族平等和社会正义做出了巨大贡献。他的生平和事迹值得我们深入研究和学习,他的精神将激励后人继续为平等和正义而奋斗。 Jelani Cobb: 贝拉方特不仅是一位艺术家,更是一位积极的社会活动家。他与西德尼·波蒂埃秘密前往密西西比州,为民权活动家提供资金的故事,展现了他为争取平等和正义所付出的巨大努力和勇气。他办公室里的金唱片和电影海报,象征着他辉煌的艺术成就,也反映了他对社会变革的持续关注。他深刻地反思了当前美国政治局势中缺乏黑人声音的问题,并对黑人运动组织的无力和缺乏集体行动表示担忧。 Harry Belafonte: 他认为自己首先是活动家,然后才成为艺术家。他将自己的社会活动与自己身为贫困西印度移民后代的经历联系起来,并深刻地反思了美国社会存在的种族不平等和社会不公问题。他批评了当前黑人运动组织的无力和缺乏集体行动,呼吁更强有力的组织和领导来应对种族主义和社会不公。他认为,当前缺乏有组织的、有目标的、有意识形态的“黑人运动”,而仅仅是零散的“斗争”。他意识到自己生命有限,希望在余生中更加激进地表达自己的观点,为社会正义发声。

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Harry Belafonte, a celebrated singer and actor, was a key figure in the civil rights movement and later worked with Nelson Mandela to combat apartheid, pioneering the artist-activist approach.

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We take it for granted that entertainers can—and probably should—advocate for the causes they believe in, political and otherwise. That wasn’t always the case: at one time, entertainers were supposed to entertain, and little else. Harry Belafonte, who died on April 25th at the age of ninety-six, pioneered the artist-activist approach. One of the most celebrated singers of his era, he had a string of huge hits—“The Banana Boat Song,” “Mama Look a Boo Boo,” “Jamaica Farewell”—while appearing as the rare Black leading man in the movies. At the same time, Belafonte used his platform to influence public opinion. He was a key figure in the civil-rights movement, a confidant of Martin Luther King’s; a generation later, he worked with Nelson Mandela to help bring down apartheid in South Africa. Belafonte joined The New Yorker Radio Hour in 2016, when the staff writer Jelani Cobb) visited him at his office in Manhattan.

*This segment originally aired September 30, 2016. *