This week’s haul of great comments includes thoughts on Jamila Lyiscott’s spoken word essay, the happy memory of an excellent teacher, and a shared photo of a cockroach carcass, inspired by Ed Yong’s tales of dastardly parasites.
每周，我们收集读者对TED演讲的犀利批评、发人深省的问题或独到见解。本周的精选内容包括：对贾米拉·莱斯科特关于”残缺英语”的诗歌散文演讲的感悟、对一位优秀老师的美好回忆，以及一张受Ed Yong讲述邪恶寄生虫的演讲启发而分享的蟑螂尸体照片。
在Facebook上，艾琳·诺兰对贾米拉·莱斯科特的TED演讲《说英语的三种方式》作出回应：
「我成长于，并且大部分时间都与掌握最多社会权力的同一社会经济群体相处（也就是说，大多数有能力雇用我、给我打分或日后与我建立人脉的人），所以我只需要学好中西部美式”标准英语”，便能在我现实世界的各种场合游刃有余。
但我辅导着一个孩子——如果她跟自己学校或社区的其他孩子说话时听起来像我一样，她会被活活”吃掉”。如果她用我的语法结构说话，她会被排斥为局外人，被认为脱离现实。
所以，如果她既想在我的’现实世界’又想在她自己的世界里取得成功，她就必须学会以一种我从未需要应对的方式进行语码转换。朋友们，这就是’白人特权101课’。」
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