比尔·巴罗 报道 斯科特·科洛姆酷爱卫衣和连帽衫。这本身就是来自密西西比州重建时期以来首位黑人联邦参议员当选人的一种时尚宣言。
BILL BARROW Scott Colom is a fan of sweatshirts and hoodies. That is itself a fashion statement from Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator-elect since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
但这位43岁的民主党人在服饰上的表达更进一步。他穿的衣服上几乎总印着标语，通常表达对密西西比州和黑人美国的自豪。科洛姆为整个密西西比州拉票，但他同时也拥抱该州的民权历史和黑人居民——他们占该州人口和选民比例之高，全美各州首屈一指。
But Colom, a 43-year-old Democrat, goes further with what’s printed on his attire. There’s nearly always a message, usually expressing pride in Mississippi and Black America. Colom stumps for Mississippi as a whole, but he also embraces its civil rights history and Black residents — the largest proportion of the population and electorate of any U.S. state.
他在大选后延长计票期间对记者说：“我只是很高兴媒体有机会看到我们的州。去和我们的密西西比人谈谈。他们为这一刻感到非常自豪。”那天他身上穿着密西西比州一所历史黑人大学的标志性“A”标志。
“I’m just glad that the media is getting the opportunity to see our state,” he told reporters during the post-Election Day extended ballot count. “Go out and talk to our Mississippians. They’re very proud of this moment.”That day he sported the distinctive “A” logo of one of Mississippi’s historically Black universities.
他说：“今天，我为穿上奥尔科恩州立大学的装备感到自豪。”他将功劳归于竞选政治总监特蕾莎·肯尼迪，后者是奥尔科恩校友，前一天注意到他穿了杰克逊州立大学的卫衣。
“Today, I’m proud to have my Alcorn State gear on,” he said, crediting his political director, Theresa Kennedy, an Alcorn alum who’d noticed his Jackson State University sweatshirt the day before.
竞选期间，科洛姆大力推介密西西比州的历史黑人大学。但作为一位一视同仁的政治家，他向密西西比州立大学、密西西比大学和南密西西比大学校友及球迷承诺：“我会顾及到你们所有人。”在得知美联社宣布他胜选的那天，科洛姆穿着一件印有已故喜剧演员理查德·普赖尔照片的连帽衫，后者的表演曲目包含对美国种族主义和阶级主义的尖锐讽刺。
Throughout the campaign, Colom has touted Mississippi HBCUs. But ever the egalitarian politician, Colom promised Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Southern Miss alumni and fans, “I’ll get to all of y’all.”On the day he found out The Associated Press had called the race in his favor, Colom was wearing a hoodie with a photo of the late comedian Richard Pryor, whose repertoire includes searing commentary on racism and classism in America.
他还穿过印有密西西比州早期民权组织者鲍勃·摩西最著名语录的卫衣：“当你在密西西比州时，美国其他地方似乎不真实。而当你在美国其他地方时，密西西比州似乎不真实。”
He’s also worked in a sweatshirt with the most famous quote from Bob Moses, an early civil rights organizer in Mississippi: “When you’re in Mississippi, the rest of America doesn’t seem real. And when you’re in the rest of America, Mississippi doesn’t seem real.”
当然，科洛姆还有印有自己竞选口号“密西西比很重要”的卫衣周边产品。
And, of course, Colom has his own sweatshirt merch with his campaign motto: “Mississippi matters.”