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种族歧视
Racism
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.
一个种族融合的社区是从第一个黑人家庭的入口到最后一个白人家庭的出口的按时间顺序排列的术语。
If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own.
如果白人想抓住它，就让他抓住吧;但是黑人，只要他有能力，就应该发展和执行他自己的计划。
I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.
在我职业生涯的早期，我对基于种族的平权行动持批评态度，现在我改变了主意。我已经公开承认我错了。
How do we stop racism? Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man, and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.
我们如何停止种族歧视?别再说了。我不会再叫你白人了，我也不会再叫我黑人了。
Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.
我们的世界太小，不允许歧视、偏执和不容忍在世界任何角落蓬勃发展，更不用说在美利坚合众国了。
The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.
很长一段时间以来，在公海上象征奴隶制的旗帜并不是南方联盟的战旗，而是星条旗。
I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was black.
我不知道在另一个世界里等待我的是什么样的罪的记录，但我知道，我从来没有因为一个人是黑人就看不起他。
I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.
我甚至不讨论种族定性是否合法。我只是不认为种族定性是一个特别好的执法工具。
It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
可能是种族隔离给国家带来了如此巨大的经济优势，以至于他们宁愿实行种族隔离，也不愿让其毁灭。
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
我在尘土中划清界限，把铁腕扔到暴政脚下，我说，现在实行种族隔离，明天实行种族隔离，永远实行种族隔离。
However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.
无论接受这一结论对我来说是多么痛苦，我都不得不说:因为黑人只有一种命运。它是白色的。
I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.
我简直就是家里的害群之马，在我祖母努力克服她的种族歧视时，肯定有不舒服的时候。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
非洲是一片火海。在内心深处，如果我们真的接受非洲人与我们是平等的，我们就会做得更多来扑灭这场大火。我们拿着饮水机站在那里，而我们真正需要的是消防队。
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
古实人岂能改变皮肤呢。豹岂能改变斑点呢。
Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.
监狱就像我们这个时代的集中营。很多人进去后就再也出不来了，主要是黑人和拉丁美洲人。
Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you.
偏见是一种病。当他们为你而来，或拒绝你的价值时，我必为他们的石头做好准备。我属于你。
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
音乐领域是第一个打破种族障碍的领域，因为为了一起演奏，你必须爱和你一起演奏的人，如果你有任何种族禁忌，你就无法做到。
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
对任何青年来说，最大的伤害莫过于让他感到，因为他属于这个或那个种族，无论他自己的功绩或努力如何，他都会在生活中获得进步。