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We can argue about how to best achieve these goals.
我們可以就如何才能更好地實現(xiàn)這些目標(biāo)展開討論。
But we can't be complacent about the goals themselves.
但是我們不能因這些目標(biāo)本身而感到自滿。
For if we don't create opportunity for all people,
因為如果我們不能為所有人創(chuàng)造機會的話，
the disaffection and division that has stalled our progress will only sharpen in years to come.
不滿和分裂會阻礙我們的進(jìn)步，并且這種阻力會逐年增強。
There's a second threat to our democracy, and this one is as old as our nation itself.
我們的民主政體還面臨第二道威脅，這一威脅幾乎和我們的國家一樣古老。
After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America.
我當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)之后，出現(xiàn)了后種族時代的說法。
And such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic.
這樣的圖景是美好的，但從未實現(xiàn)。
Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.
種族問題依然是造成我們社會分裂的一股強力。
Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10, or 20, or 30 years ago,
現(xiàn)在，我的閱歷告訴我種族間的關(guān)系比10年、20年或30年前都要融洽，
no matter what some folks say.
不管有些人持怎樣的說法。
You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum.
你可以從數(shù)據(jù)中看到這一點，不同政治背景的年輕美國人所持的態(tài)度也可以證實這一點。
But we're not where we need to be.
但是我們現(xiàn)在所實現(xiàn)的仍不夠，
And all of us have more work to do.
我們還應(yīng)付出更多努力。
If every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hardworking white middle class and an undeserving minority,
如果把每個經(jīng)濟問題都視為努力工作的白人中產(chǎn)階級和不付出勞動的少數(shù)群體之間的斗爭，
then workers of all shades are going to be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves.
那么各個階層工人的努力都只是徒勞，富裕階層卻得以進(jìn)一步堅守他們的既得利益。
If we're unwilling to invest in the children of immigrants, just because they don't look like us,
如果我們單憑移民群體的孩子和我們相貌不同便不愿意投資在他們身上，
we will diminish the prospects of our own children, because
那么我們將同時損害我們自己孩子的前途。因為
those brown kids will represent a larger and larger share of America's workforce.
那些棕色皮膚的孩子將逐漸成為美國勞動力中越來越重要的一部分。
