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And I'm going to admit something to you. I'm going to tell you something I probably shouldn't.
現(xiàn)在我想向大家坦白一件事。可能不該在這里說。
I know this might be broadcast broadly.
因?yàn)檫@個演講是會到處播的。
But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a drop of alcohol.
我今年五十二了，我要向大家承認(rèn)，我從來沒有喝過一滴酒。
I don't say that because I think that's virtuous; I say that because there is power in identity.
這不是為了顯派我多有道德，是為了說明自我定位的威力。
When we create the right kind of identity, we can say things to the world around us that they don't actually believe makes sense.
當(dāng)我們決定了正確的定位，我們就可以讓全世界接受他們本來想不到的事情。
We can get them to do things that they don't think they can do.
我們能讓世界做他們本來覺得做不到的事情。
When I thought about my grandmother, of course she would think all her grandkids were special.
當(dāng)我想到我的外婆，她當(dāng)然覺得每個外孫都很特別。
My grandfather was in prison during prohibition. My male uncles died of alcohol-related diseases.
我的外公因?yàn)檫`了禁在蹲監(jiān)獄，我不止一個舅舅死于和酗酒有關(guān)的疾病。
And these were the things she thought we needed to commit to.
這些原則都是我外婆相信我們應(yīng)該堅(jiān)持的。
Well I've been trying to say something about our criminal justice system.
我想向大家介紹的是我們的刑事執(zhí)法系統(tǒng)。
This country is very different today than it was 40 years ago.
和四十年前比，這個國家變了很多。
In 1972, there were 300,000 people in jails and prisons. Today, there are 2.3 million.
在1972年，監(jiān)獄里只有三十萬人。今天，有兩百三十萬。
The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world.
今天美國是世界上服刑人口比例最高的國家。
We have seven million people on probation and parole.
我們有七百萬人在緩刑期和假釋期。
And mass incarceration, in my judgment, has fundamentally changed our world.
在我看來，這樣的大量判刑完全改變了我們的世界。
In poor communities, in communities of color there is this despair, there is this hopelessness, that is being shaped by these outcomes.
在貧窮的社區(qū)里，在有色人種社區(qū)里，充滿了絕望，這樣的絕望是由這些改變帶來的。
One out of three black men between the ages of 18 and 30 is in jail, in prison, on probation or parole.
三分之一的黑人男性，十八歲到三十歲之間的，不是在監(jiān)獄里，就是在緩刑期或者假釋期。
In urban communities across this country -- Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
在全國各處的城市社區(qū)里--洛杉磯，費(fèi)城，巴爾的摩，華盛頓，
50 to 60 percent of all young men of color are in jail or prison or on probation or parole.
百分之五十到六十的有色人種的年輕人不是在監(jiān)獄里，就是在緩刑期或者假釋期。
