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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 140

布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导

Miss Davidson again began the work of securing in various ways small contributions for the new building from the white and coloured people in and near Tuskegee. I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building. One day, when we were holding a meeting to secure funds for its erection, an old, ante-bellum coloured man came a distance of twelve miles and brought in his ox-cart a large hog. When the meeting was in progress, he rose in the midst of the company and said that he had no money which he could give, but he had raised two fine hogs, and that he had brought one of them as a contribution toward the expenses of the building. He closed his announcement by saying: “Any nigger that’s got any love for his race, or any respect for himself, will bring a hog to the next meeting.” Quite a number of men in the community also volunteered to give several days’ work, each, toward the erection of the building.

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定位:Excerpt 140 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

戴维森小姐又四处向塔斯基吉附近的白人和黑人募集小额捐款。黑人社区对盖新楼格外高兴。一次募款会上,一位老黑奴赶了十二英里路,用牛车拉来一头大肥猪,站起来说没钱可捐,但养了两头好猪,带一头来给大楼出力,还撂下话:哪个黑人对种族有爱、对自己有尊重,下次开会就带猪来。不少人还自愿出几天工。这说明:捐款不在多少,而在参与感和尊严感;让每个人用自己有的东西出力,比单纯要钱更能凝聚人。

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华盛顿在《超越奴役》中回忆塔斯基吉学校为建主楼募款时,一位内战前的老黑奴用送猪的方式参与捐款。

今日一问

你发起的集体行动,有没有给那些钱不多的人留出用自己方式出力的位置?

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