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And we have shown that our economy doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.
經濟并不一定是一場零和博弈，這一點已經被證實了。
Last year, incomes rose for all races, all age groups, for men and for women.
去年，不同種族、年齡和性別群體的收入都實現了增長。
So if we're going to be serious about race going forward, we need to uphold laws against discrimination,
所以如果我們想要嚴肅地對待種族問題，我們就應該支持反歧視的相關法律。
in hiring, and in housing, and in education, and in the criminal justice system.
這些法律包括雇傭、住房、教育和司法體系方面的反歧視。
That is what our Constitution and our highest ideals require.
這是我們憲法的要求，也是我們最高理想的要求。
But laws alone won't be enough.
但是僅僅依靠法律是不夠的。
Hearts must change. It won't change overnight.
我們必須轉變觀念，當然這種轉變不會在一朝一夕間實現。
Social attitudes oftentimes take generations to change.
社會觀念的轉變一般通過幾代人的努力才能完成。
But if our democracy is to work in this increasingly diverse nation,
但是我們的民主制度將繼續在這個多元的國家中發揮作用。
then each one of us need to try to heed the advice of a great character in American fiction, Atticus Finch,
而我們每一個人都應該從一部美國小說中的主角身上吸取教訓，這一角色是阿提克斯·芬奇
who said "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...
他曾說“你永遠不能真正了解一個人，除非你從他的角度去看問題，
until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
除非你披著他的皮囊行走世間。”
For blacks and other minority groups,
對于黑人和其他少數群體來說，
it means tying our own very real struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face,
應該將我們為正義而進行的奮斗同其他群體正面臨的挑戰聯系在一起。
not only the refugee, or the immigrant, or the rural poor, or the transgender American,
這些群體不僅包括難民、移民、城市里的貧窮家庭和跨性別美國人，
but also the middle-aged white guy who, from the outside, may seem like he's got advantages,
還包括中年白人，因為他們也許看起來具有優勢，
but has seen his world upended by economic and cultural and technological change.
但他們同時也正面臨經濟、文化和技術方面的變革。
We have to pay attention, and listen.
我們應該關注他們，傾聽他們的想法。
