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I could fail to see change's consequences.
我可能忽視改變帶來的后果，
I could overlook the importance of roots, traditions, rituals, stability -- and belonging.
我可能忽視那些根源，傳統，儀式，穩定性--歸屬感的重要性。
And the more fundamentalist I became in my worship of change and openness,
當我越發變得崇拜改變和開放，
the more I drove you towards the other polarity, to cling, to freeze, to close, to belong.
我就越發把你們推往另一個極端，那些依戀派，保守派，與世隔絕的，或是歸屬思想。
I now see as I didn't before
我現在比以往看見更多，
that not having the right skin or right organ is not the only varietal of disadvantage.
沒有優越的皮膚和器官，并不是百害而無一利。
There is a subtler, quieter disadvantage in having those privileged traits
對于擁有優勢特質的那些皮膚器官，存在一個更加細微，潛在的危險。
and yet feeling history to be moving away from you;
當認為歷史在離你而去，
that while the past was hospitable to people like you,
對像你們這樣的人有害的歷史，
the future will be more hospitable to others;
也許對另一些人，未來則更加險惡；
that the world is growing less familiar, less yours day by day.
與你們記憶中的相比，世界一天天變得更加生疏。
I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle.
我當然不會承認舊權不該被縮減。
They cannot dwindle fast enough.
它們縮減的速度還遠遠不夠。
It is for you to learn to live in a new century in which
你們應該明白在新的歷史時代里，
there are no bonuses for showing up with the right skin and right organs.
與生俱來的優勢皮膚和器官不會帶來什么獎勵。
