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种族歧视
Racism
The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
非洲人是我的兄弟,但他是我几个世纪以来的弟弟。
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'
“忠于自己的根”是“待在自己的贫民区”的自由派版本。
As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.
作为黑人,我们总是很敏感。作为一个黑人,这总是种族歧视的。
But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
但是当我在电视上看到有关福利的报道时,他们只播放黑人。
People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.
人们开玩笑说黑人是第一个被杀害的。
If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.
如果球员受到种族歧视,他应该有权离开赛场。
People who discriminate doesn't understand that they are a stranger to others.
歧视别人的人不知道他们对别人是陌生人。
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
我和其他伟大的洋基队唯一的不同就是我的肤色。
We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.
我们必须以人为本,不分种族、信仰、肤色或性别。
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
爵士乐是白人用来定义黑人的一个术语。我的音乐是黑人古典音乐。
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
从一开始,黑人男人碰白人女人就是禁忌。
I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.
我被看作是超出了赋予我的范畴的黑人。
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I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.
我不认为人们理解模范少数族裔的刻板印象是消极的。你被困住了。你必须理清头绪,找到自己的路。
Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.
戴利可能觉得没有道德责任消除歧视,但他有法律义务这样做。
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。
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
从你获得诺贝尔和平奖的那一刻起,就是我昨天说的那些话,没有人太在意,我获得诺贝尔和平奖后也说了同样的话——哦!这对人们来说非常重要,它帮助了我们的士气,因为种族隔离看起来确实是不可战胜的。
There is no such thing as a black middle class.
没有所谓的黑人中产阶级。
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。