涉嫌彰顯奴隸制度 哈佛法學院欲換院徽

A committee recommended Harvard Law School remove its official seal Friday, following months of scrutiny surrounding the symbol that has ties to an 18th-century slave owner.

上週五，在經過數月關於標誌的仔細檢查後，一委員會建議哈佛法學院更改其官方院徽。該院徽標誌和18世紀奴隸主有關。

"We believe that if the Law School is to have an official symbol, it must more closely represent the values of the Law School, which the current shield does not," the committee made up of professors, alumni, students and staff wrote in its recommendation.

該委員會是由教授、校友、學生和工作人員組成的，他們在推薦信中這樣寫道："我們相信，如果法學院要有一個官方標誌的話，那它應該更切實地代表法學院的價值，而現在的盾牌沒有做到這一點。"

The shield's meaning has changed over time, said Bruce Mann, committee chairman and Harvard Law professor. "Too many people think the shield has become an impediment," he said. "Too many people see the association with slavery."

委員會主席兼哈佛法律教授布魯斯·曼恩表示，盾牌的意義隨着時間的前進也已經有所改變。他說："很多人覺得盾牌已經成爲了一種障礙。很多人看到了它和奴隸制度的關聯。"

The shield, officially adopted in 1937, depicts three bundles of wheat, an image borrowed from the family crest of Isaac Royall Jr., under the university's motto "Veritas."

這枚盾牌標誌於1937年首次採用，由3捆小麥組成，圖像借鑑自小艾薩克·羅亞爾的家族紋飾，以哈佛校訓"真理"命名。

Royall donated his estate to create the first law professorship at Harvard University. His father, Isaac Royall Sr., made much of the family wealth on the backs of slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations and Massachusetts farms.

羅亞爾曾向哈佛大學捐款，設立了學校首個法學教授職位。他的父親薩克·羅亞爾先生是依靠加勒比甘蔗種植園和馬塞諸州農場的黑人創造了大部分的家族財富。

Dean Martha Minow created the committee after some law school students formed a group called Royall Must Fall to denounce the shield. "I endorse the recommendation to retire the shield because its association with slavery does not represent the values and aspirations of the Harvard Law School."

在一些法學院學生成立了名爲“羅亞爾必須倒下”的組織來譴責盾牌之後，法學院院長瑪莎·米諾順勢成立了委員會。她向學生和校友這樣寫道："我批准了更換盾牌的建議，因爲它和奴隸有關，無法代表哈佛法學院的價值觀和抱負。"

However, not everyone is agreeing with the decision. One professor on the committee, joined by a student, said keeping the current shield was a way to honor the slaves whose sacrifice provided the Royall family with its wealth.

但是並不是每個人都同意這一決定。委員會中的一名教授和一名學生就表示，保留目前的盾牌院徽是一種紀念那些爲羅亞爾家族財富做出犧牲的奴隸的方式。