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  • 吟游僧人
    2021-07-23
    事实是,种族是美国生活中一个永恒的因素。但是,对每件真实或想象的事件做出反应会令人疲惫不堪,最终也难有建树。我长大的家庭环境中,有一个信仰:你也许不能控制你的环境,但你可以控制你对环境的反应。摆出受害者的姿态,或者依靠“白人”来照顾你,都是不可能的。自立是我父母两边家族的祖先们留下来的根本道德立场,已经成了我的一部分。尽管我的祖先们曾面临赤裸裸的不公,但进步的确存在,而今天种族也不再是个人成就的决定因素。尽管如此,美国并非无视肤色,以后也不可能。种族总是在那儿的,像个天生的缺陷,无法消除,你只能与之共处。
  • 吟游僧人
    2021-07-23
    所有这些因素——家庭、社区、学校和教会——让我以及我的同辈人相信,种族歧视是“他们的”问题,不是我们的问题。在施行种族隔离制度的伯明翰,黑人父母们在可怕而令人消沉的环境中,肯定会感到不安全、不自信,但他们并没有将这种感觉传给我们。对泰特斯维尔这块小飞地上的孩子们来说,最重要的信息清楚明白:我们爱你们,会尽我们所能帮助你们成功。但是不允许找借口,也不可以摆出受害人的姿态。
  • 吟游僧人
    2021-07-23
    现在想起那时候的事情,我都觉得好笑。任何可以称得上是教育机会的事情,约翰和安吉丽娜都要试一试——或者说让我去试一试。他们相信,教育是一副盔甲,可以帮我抵御一切,甚至可以抵御伯明翰乃至整个美国根深蒂固的种族主义。
  • 神仙鱼
    2013-05-11
    一天练习八个小时,和连续八天每天练习一个小时,结果是不一样的。
  • 神仙鱼
    2013-05-11
    整个人都扑上去吧。
  • Yijun
    2013-02-04
    Nevertheless, when we suggested on that momentous day that President Bush go to Berlin, as Kennedy and Reagan had done, the President demurred. "This is a German moment," he said with characteristic modesty. "What would I do? Dance on the Wall?"
  • Yijun
    2013-02-03
    "I would rather be ignored than patronized," I said, pointing to the tendency of the Democratic Party to talk about "women, minorities, and the poor." I hated identity politics and the self-satisfied people who assumed that they were free of prejudice when, in fact, they too could not see beyond color to the individual.
  • Yijun
    2013-02-01
    If you were twice as good as they were, "they" might not like you but "they" had to respect you. One could find space for a fulfilling and productive life. There was nothing worse than being a helpless victim of your circumstances.