| 词条 | My Family's Slave |
| 释义 |
| Name = My Family's Slave | title_orig = | translator = | author = Alex Tizon | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Essay/article | published_in = The Atlantic | publisher = | media_type = Print and online | pub_date = June 2017 | repub_pub_date = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} "My Family's Slave" is a non-fiction short story biography by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Alex Tizon. It was the cover story of the June 2017 issue of The Atlantic. It was published after Tizon's death in March 2017, and was his final published story.[1] He died on the day that The Atlantic{{'}}s editorial staff decided the article would be featured on the magazine's front cover, and before they could tell him of their decision.[2] After Tizon's death the story generated extensive debate, and received both praise and criticism. BackgroundIt tells the life story of a Filipino woman, Eudocia Tomas Pulido, known in the family as "Lola" (grandmother in Tagalog),[3] who lived with the author's family for 56 years,[4][5][6] for most of that time essentially as a slave, and who helped raise three generations of the author's family.[4][4] Pulido was a distant relation of the Tizon family, from a poorer branch of the clan. In the 1940s, she had been tricked into servitude by the author's grandfather during the Commonwealth Era, and then at the age of 18 was "given" to the author's then-12-year-old mother as a personal slave.[5] Pulido came to the United States in 1964 on a special passport linked to the author's father, who was a diplomat. However her travel papers expired in 1969, and she was ineligible for the permanent-resident status that the author's family received, making her an illegal immigrant in the U.S. for the next two decades. She did receive amnesty as a result of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and finally became a U.S. citizen in October 1998.[6] The family went through a tumultuous time as they moved from the Philippines to Los Angeles and then to Seattle and finally Oregon. The author's father quit his consular post and became a gambler and womanizer who eventually left the family, while his mother worked long hours while studying medicine and eventually remarried, with Pulido continually suffering abuse and neglect from the author's father and mother. Nonetheless, Pulido steadfastly carried out her matriarchal duties, essentially being a surrogate mother to the Tizon children, and eventually the author and his siblings stood up for Pulido against their mother after one such incident. At 75, Pulido was taken into the home of the author as he raised his own family, and he paid for Pulido to return to her home village in the Philippines when she was 83. She died on 7 November 2011, with Tizon later repatriating her ashes to her birthplace of Mayantoc, Tarlac.[7] Reception{{Quote box |quote=All of us fail to do what is right in a thousand small ways every day. There's a pretty good chance that you're reading this on a smartphone, and I'm guessing in the last few years you've probably come across a number of reports about the poor working conditions in the Chinese smartphone factories or about the Congolese who mine the rare earth metals that power those phones. Knowing this is all unspeakably unjust, what have you done?| source = —Randy Ribay, noting the hypocrisy of those criticizing Tizon[8] | width = 35em | align = right}} Tizon's story went viral and sparked significant debate in the United States and the Philippines.[9] The Atlantic itself acknowledged the mixed reactions to the story.[10] Filipinos generally praised Tizon while Westerners generally criticized him.[11] The Filipino magazine Scout argued that "a lot of the international outrage is coming from a place where they don't fully understand the culture the story is set in."[12] The American magazine Slate also noted the "wide-sweeping judgment coming from people who have no context nor familiarity with Filipino culture, history, or economics".[13] Slate further wrote that, as the Philippines is a developing country, "the wide disparity between those with and without money makes the culture of servitude a viable option for many born into poverty, especially in the provinces."[13] The article was lauded as "an honest, haunting tale" by the Chicago Tribune,[14] but it also received criticism.[15][16][17] Author Randy Ribay questioned the moral high ground of those who criticized Tizon through mobile devices that were built with the use of child labor, and added that "asking why [Tizon] wasn't better at doing what was right every step of the way isn't the most fruitful line of discussion. We are all complicit in a number of evils. We all perpetuate oppression throughout our daily lives."[8] The Washington Post wrote that many Filipinos expressed that "while they don't condone indentured servitude, Pulido's life was a much too common scenario ingrained in Filipino culture and one that must be confronted and openly discussed."[18] The Washington Post further noted that the article "drew wide praise, with readers commending Tizon's honesty, and some saying it was among the most powerful magazine pieces published in recent memory. But it also spurred intense criticism from some readers who felt it humanized a 'slave owner' and others who described Tizon as being 'complicit in the systemic oppression of Filipino househelp'."[19]References1. ^{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey | authorlink= Jeffrey Goldberg |date=June 2017 |title= Editor's Note: A Reporter's Final Story |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/a-reporters-story/524538/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date= }} 2. ^"Alex Tizon's posthumous Atlantic cover story is about his family's secret slave", by Eder Campuzano, at The Oregonian; published May 16, 2017; retrieved May 16, 2017 3. ^[https://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/search?word=lola lola] in Tagalog Dictionary. 4. ^{{cite news |last= |first= | authorlink= |date=May 17, 2017 |title= A recommendation; 'My Family's Slave'|url=http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/a-recommendation-my-familys-slave/440620523 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 28, 2017 }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news |last=Tizon |first=Alex | authorlink=Alex Tizon |date=June 2017 |title= My Family's Slave |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date= }} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Tizon |first=Alex | authorlink=Alex Tizon |date=June 2017 |title= My Family's Slave |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date= }} 7. ^{{cite news |last=Tizon |first=Alex | authorlink=Alex Tizon |date=June 2017 |title= My Family's Slave |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date= }} 8. ^1 Ribay, Randy (June 6, 2017). [https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/06/lola-twitter-responses/529299/ What the Backlash to 'My Family's Slave' Obscured]. The Atlantic. 9. ^1 {{cite news |last=|first=| authorlink= |date=May 16, 2017 |title= In 'Lola's Story', a Journalist Reveals a Family Secret|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/528515935/in-lolas-story-a-journalist-reveals-a-family-secret |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |access-date=August 7, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite news |last= Smith |first=Rosa Inocencio | authorlink= |date=May 17, 2017 |title= Your Responses to 'My Family's Slave' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/05/alex-tizon-eudocia-pulido-reaction/527064/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date= }} 11. ^{{cite web|author=Reyes, Therese|url=https://qz.com/985614/the-atlantics-my-familys-slave-cover-story-filipinos-defend-alex-tizon-from-western-backlash/|title=Filipinos are defending Alex Tizon from Western backlash to his story "My Family's Slave"|publisher=Quartz|date=May 17, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017}} 12. ^1 {{cite news |last= Moran |first=Romeo | authorlink= |date=May 17, 2017 |title= Non-Filipinos need to chill out a bit over Alex Tizon's essay |url=http://www.scoutmag.ph/opinion/non-filipinos-need-chill-bit-alex-tizons-essay/ |work=Scout |location= |access-date= }} 13. ^1 Galang, M. Evelina (May 21, 2017). What the Conversation Around Alex Tizon's Atlantic Essay Is Missing. Slate. 14. ^{{cite news |last=Stevens |first=Heidi | authorlink= |date=May 17, 2017 |title= 'My Family's Slave' is haunting, essential reading |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-wednesday-balancing-my-familys-slave-20170517-column.html |work=Chicago Tribune |location= |access-date= }} 15. ^{{cite news |last=Bonazzo |first=John | authorlink= |date=May 16, 2017 |title= 'Disgusted' Women, Minorities Criticize Viral Atlantic Story 'My Family's Slave' |url=http://observer.com/2017/05/my-familys-slave-criticism-the-atlantic/ |work=New York Observer |location= |access-date= }} 16. ^{{cite news |last= Herron |first=Antwan | authorlink= |date=May 18, 2017 |title= Like most accounts of slaves and the families they died serving, Alex Tizon's 'My Family's Slave' seems more about mitigating the feelings of the oppressor than rendering visible the life of the oppressed|url=http://wearyourvoicemag.com/identities/race/heres-problem-familys-slave-story |work=Wear Your Voice |location= |access-date= }} 17. ^{{cite news |last= Herreria |first=Carla | authorlink= |date=May 18, 2017 |title= 3 Filipina-American Journalists Discuss 'My Family's Slave' And Who Gets To Judge It |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/atlantic-slave-story-huffpost-journalists-discuss_us_591deadae4b094cdba5244c5 |work=The Huffington Post |location= |access-date= }} 18. ^{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/i-wrote-about-slavery-as-a-love-story-writer-horrified-after-realizing-she-wrote-obituary-about-family-slave/wcm/5acab3a8-a4ee-415f-9752-67eac2740a2b|title='I wrote about slavery as a love story': Writer horrified after realizing she wrote obituary about family slave|publisher=Washington Post at the National Post|date=May 18, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017}} 19. ^{{cite news |last= Schmidt |first=Samantha | authorlink= |date=May 18, 2017 |title= Her obituary was missing one painful fact: She was a family's slave |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/18/her-obituary-left-out-one-crucial-fact-she-was-a-familys-slave/ |work=The Washington Post |location= |access-date= }} External links
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