[ 摘要 ]

筆者進入都市原住民社區之中，透過與社區居民的朝夕相處，去建構理解原住民生活的原貌與困境，更深刻的映證了許多時候我們以為的原住民問題或許應以漢人問題來解讀。當我們總是用漢人的價值觀去看待原住民，硬要把他們說成是同胞，硬要以一種恨鐵不成鋼的態度去對待他們，強迫他們接受漢人的價值觀；另一方面卻又以對原住民的刻板印象來強加在每個原住民族甚至每個原住民身上而不把他們當作獨特的個體，而限制了原住民自我發展實現的機會，令原住民必須要花更大的力氣去擺脫這樣的困境，在這樣因果相連的循環中，生活被迫改變價值被扭曲傳統文化快速崩解。我們如何能夠說這是原住民問題而忽略了這一切是漢人造成的而不是他們自身的錯誤？單純的以優惠條件及金錢去幫助他們更融入主流社會的價值觀對於每一個原住民族群來說是否就有好處，是否就是他們需要想要的？

[ 英文摘要 ]

Entering a community of urban indigenous people and living with them to penetrate their lifestyle and understand their predicaments, I have come to realize that most of the time the so-called problems of indigenous people actually reflect the problems with Han people. We have always used Han values to judge indigenous people. Forcingly, we call them fellowmen, treat them as if they fell short of our expectations, and impose on them our own values. Presumptuously, we refuse to recognize them as distinctive individuals but stereotype them to the extent that their opportunities for self-realization are limited. To extricate themselves from such trying situations, they suffer even more. A vicious circle like this costs them compulsory change of lifestyle, perversion of values, and collapse of traditional culture. How then could we ignore Han people’s misdeed and blame indigenous people for their own difficulties? As we presume minority preferences and financial aids might help them integrate into the social mainstream, do they really need/want these arrangements or even benefit from them?