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EITHER WAY, this royal wedding has triggered a debate about black British people.
不管怎么看，這場皇室婚禮都引發(fā)了一場關(guān)于英國黑人的辯論。
TV networks, newspapers and magazines traveled to Brixton, Coventry and Nottingham—
電視網(wǎng)、報紙和雜志的各大媒體紛紛前往布里克斯頓、考文垂和諾丁漢
parts of Britain with a historic black community—
等有黑人聚居歷史的地區(qū)，
to ask how different generations of black British people, with their own very different experiences of empire and identity,
去采訪各個年齡段，有著不同經(jīng)歷和身份的英國黑人，
feel about the state of the nation.
了解他們對這個國家的現(xiàn)狀的看法。
There is recognition too, in some cases for the first time,
在采訪中，有些社區(qū)甚至才初次認(rèn)識到，
that black Britain is a complex society with no single story or voice.
英國黑人是一個復(fù)雜的社會，并沒有統(tǒng)一的故事或聲音。
Even those who are skeptical about the institution of monarchy expressed an interest in this wedding;
但即便那些對君主制持懷疑態(tài)度的人也表達(dá)了對這場婚禮的期待；
on social media, thousands expressed their changing view of the tradition-bound royal family.
社交媒體上，成千上萬人抒發(fā)他們對重視傳統(tǒng)的王室的看法。
Making my beautiful mixed heritage family's shoulders stand a little taller, tweeted British lawmaker David Lammy.
議員大衛(wèi)·拉米就在推特上寫道：“讓我美麗的混血家庭的腰板也挺直了一點(diǎn)兒?！?/div>
"Against the odds a great new symbol of all that is still possible and hopeful in modern Britain."
“沖破重重阻礙的這場婚禮堪稱是一個偉大的新象征，象征著現(xiàn)代英國仍然存在可能和希望?！?/div>
This is not the first time there have been black people involved in or closely associated with the royals.
然而，這并非黑人第一次同王室結(jié)成親密關(guān)系。
The Queen's equerry major, one of the most senior members of the royal household staff,
在此之前，女王就已經(jīng)破天荒地任命一名黑人男子Nana Koi Twumasi-Ankrah，
is now for the first time a black man, Nana Koi Twumasi-Ankrah.
擔(dān)任自己的貼身侍從，而這一職位位于王室最高職位之列。
Other people of color have married into the aristocracy,
不止王室，貴族也有有色人種加入，
including the Viscountess of Weymouth, Emma Thynn, whose father is Nigerian.
如父親是尼日利亞人的韋茅斯子爵夫人艾瑪·塞恩。
And there are credible theories that at least one and possibly two previous English queens may have had African heritage.
甚至有可靠的假說認(rèn)為，歷史上還有一兩位女王可能有黑人血統(tǒng)。
But this is the first royal wedding in Britain where racial difference has played a visible role,
不過，這次的婚禮卻是種族差異明顯發(fā)揮作用的一場，
with a bride who has owned—rather than sought to downplay— her black heritage.
這次，新娘沒有試圖淡化，而是大方地承認(rèn)了自己的黑人血統(tǒng)。
In his sermon, Curry directly referenced slavery,
庫里牧師在布道中直言不諱地提到了奴隸制，
addressing the fact that throughout history, love has transcended social boundaries.
稱縱觀歷史，愛已經(jīng)超越了社會界限。
"We must discover love, the redemptive power of love,"
“我們必須發(fā)現(xiàn)愛，發(fā)現(xiàn)愛的救贖力量，”
Curry said, returning once more to the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
庫里牧師再次援引小馬丁·路德·金的話說道。
"When we do that, we will make of this old world a new world."
“有了這種力量，我們就能把這個舊世界變成一個新世界。”
And at the seat of the British establishment on May 19,
5月19日，新娘馬克爾終于坐上了王妃的位置，
Markle seemed more than ready to bring the monarchy into a new era.
此時的她似乎已經(jīng)做好了引領(lǐng)王室走進(jìn)一個新時代的充分準(zhǔn)備。
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