今天看到這一則新聞,大概可以解釋:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/
(CNN)When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he'd made from a pencil case.
The 14-year-old's day ended not with praise, but punishment, after the school called police and he was arrested.
"I built a clock to impress my teacher but when I showed it to her, she thought it was a threat to her," Ahmed told reporters Wednesday. "It was really sad that she took the wrong impression of it."
Ahmed talked to the media gathered on his front yard and appeared to wear the same NASA T-shirt he had on in a picture taken as he was being arrested. In the image, he looks confused and upset as he's being led out of school in handcuffs.
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President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and thousands of others are showing support for Ahmed.
"Cool clock, Ahmed," Obama tweeted. "Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great."
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Clinton tweeted that "assumptions don't keep us safe" and urged the teenager to "keep building."
"I think this wouldn't even be a question if his name wasn't Ahmed Mohamed," said Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "He is an excited kid who is very bright and wants to share it with his teachers."
Many criticized the school on Facebook. Its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, posted his support.
"Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed," Zuckerberg wrote. "Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. Keep building."
創新者在成長茁壯的過程中必須突破各種現實社會裡因為無知、恐懼造成的平庸與保守。這裡無意怪罪平庸保守者,畢竟誰也不願意活在無知與恐懼中。但如果社會因為制度造成生活不確定與恐懼,因為整體人民素質限制住先行者的比例,因為文化鼓勵對既有權威的服從逢迎,那麼開創者要克服的挑戰自然就更大。即使在西方世界,還有許多人恐懼穆斯林與難民。更別說比較保守、落後、廣大人民還在為了生存奮鬥的開發中國家 (以及一些從那裡出來的移民) 了。