中英对照：华裔群体新冠健康状况最佳

 

 

新冠疫情不会对族裔群体一视同仁，它给有色族裔群体造成的伤害远远超过白人社区。新冠疫情不仅彰显出边缘化少数族裔底层社会经济状况，也是他们在移民过度经历的困境和挣扎的真实写照。但让人惊讶的是，疫情统计数据显示华人群体的疫情健康状况在包括白人在内的所有族裔群体中为最佳，其感染新冠病毒案例为最低。

 

Covid 19 impacts racial groups differently, hitting harder on marginalized minorities than white. Pandemic has magnified the poor socioeconomic wellbeing of racialized groups, reflecting on the struggles the marginalized people face in the adopted country. Surprisingly, data has shown the East Asian community beats all other races in pandemic health, having the lowest infection rate among all ethnicities and races in Toronto.

 

多伦多公共卫生数据显示，以华裔为主的东亚社区是疫情灾难中最为幸运的一族。多伦多79%的新冠感染病例为少数族裔，以黑人和东南亚人士居多。在根据族裔划分的新冠感染排列中，华裔群体位居榜底。占有13%多伦多人口的华人群体新冠感染率仅占多伦多总人口的4%，相比之下，与华裔人口持平的东南亚社区感染率高达27%，而为华裔人口4倍之多的白人感染率则达21%，且具2倍华裔人口的黑人群体感染率为16%。

 

Toronto Public Health data has revealed that East Asians (majority being Chinese) are the least affected by the pandemic crisis.  The data identified 79% of Covid-19 cases as racialized minorities, and the majority was black and South Asians.  Placed at the bottom of the Covid racial breakdown was the East Asian group.  With 13 percent of Toronto's population, it has just 4% of Covid cases in the city, a sharp contrast to 27 percent of its equal-sized South Asian counterparts, 21% of white that nearly quadruples the East Asian population, and 16% of black that double the group size.

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过度拥挤的住房条件是新冠感染率上升的主要原因，有限的住房空间内新冠病患难以进行自我隔离，以导致同一居所内他人遭感染。一般来说，边缘化的族裔社区难以支付多伦多高企的房价，因而不得不依赖分租屋和拥挤的公寓单元来解决住房问题。而华人社区基本上摆脱了贫困住房的羁绊，并一跃成为房地产市场的领头羊。

 

Overcrowded housing contributes to the increased covid 19 infection rates as restricted living space makes it challenging to practice social distancing and self-isolate.  In general, marginalized racial communities are the least likely to afford the skyrocketed high home prices in the city, forcing them to resort to rooming houses and jammed apartments for housing solutions. However, the Chinese community has mostly escaped the rental housing trap and is the top player in the real estate market. 

 

温哥华房市数据让我们对加拿大华裔迅速攀升的住房拥有率窥见一斑。据UBC地理学家创建的“多元族裔网站”提供的信息，在10名抵达温哥华的大陆新移民中，有9名迅速购置了房产，而来自菲律宾的新移民中，购房率仅为40%。网站信息还显示，在温哥华的大陆移民总体购房率为90%， 与之相比，白人的房屋拥有率为70%， 菲律宾为60%，而黑人、阿拉伯人和拉丁裔仅为40%。

 

Data on Vancouver real estate offers a glimpse into the Chinese Canadians' rapidly soaring homeownership. According to the "super-diversity" website created by a UBC geographer, nine of 10 recent Chinese immigrants arriving in Metro Vancouver immediately bought homes, a sharp contrast to less than 40% of Filipinos. The online charts also reveal that Chinese Canadians in Vancouver claim the highest overall homeownership rate of 90%, compared with seven in 10 Caucasians, six in 10 Filipinos, and just four in 10 blacks, Arabs, and Latinos.  

  

拥有房产不仅仅带来体面的住房空间，还意味着高收入和良好的工作环境。据加拿大房屋统计数据，房产主的收入为非房产主的两倍，且与非房产主相比，房产主更有可能就职于高薪产业。统计数据同时表明加拿大华裔在科学研究和高科技领域就职人数高，且较少问津零售，健康护理和酒店业等领域。照料老年和病患行业的移民群体中菲律宾移民高居90%，因此，当菲律宾移民冒着健康风险而向新冠高危人群提供照看，护理服务的同时，大量华裔新移民却远离新冠一线战场，享受着远程在家上班的安全和便利。

 

Homeownership not only brings decent living space but also associates with higher income and better working conditions.  According to Housing Statistics in Canada, homeowners earned twice as much salary as their non-homeowner peers and are more likely to hold jobs in the higher-wage industry.  Stats show that Chinese Canadians make up high proportions of scientific and technical employees and are the least likely to work in the retail, healthcare, and hospitality industries.  While Filipinos who make up 90 percent of migrant caregivers risk their health by delivering services to Covid-19 high-risk groups, a significant portion of Chinese Canadians enjoys the flexibility of working from home, far away from  Covid-19 battlefields.

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新冠疫情是边缘化社区拥挤住房和被迫就职病毒一线等社会经济因素的写照。具有更高住房拥有率以远程工作条件的华裔群体在预防新冠感染方面略呈一筹，该现象在某种程度上显示华裔群体已不再屈居加国社会经济的底层，并摆脱了仍然深度滋扰边缘化族裔社区的社会经济困境。

 

The pandemic reality speaks volumes to the socioeconomic factors – from overcrowded housing to working at the Covid frontline. With higher homeownership and remote working possibility, Chinese Canadians outperformed all other races in Covid 19 prevention, somewhat indicating that the ethnic group has moved up from the bottom rung of the economic ladder and emerged from the woods that still strand the marginalized communities.