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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 231
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
I was determined to say nothing that I did not feel from the bottom of my heart to be true and right. When the invitation came to me, there was not one word of intimation as to what I should say or as to what I should omit. In this I felt that the Board of Directors had paid a tribute to me. They knew that by one sentence I could have blasted, in a large degree, the success of the Exposition. I was also painfully conscious of the fact that, while I must be true to my own race in my utterances, I had it in my power to make such an ill-timed address as would result in preventing any similar invitation being extended to a black man again for years to come. I was equally determined to be true to the North, as well as to the best element of the white South, in what I had to say.
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定位：Excerpt 231 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
布克·T·华盛顿受邀在1895年亚特兰大博览会演讲，他决定只说真心相信的话。邀请方没规定内容，他认为这是董事会信任他，因为他一句话就能毁掉博览会，也能让黑人多年不再获邀。他既要对黑人同胞真诚，也要对北方和白人南方的好人真诚。这告诉我们：在敏感场合发言，要守住真实和善意，既不自欺也不伤人，用真诚赢得信任，而不是讨好或对抗。
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布克·T·华盛顿是19世纪末美国黑人教育家，1895年在亚特兰大博览会发表著名演讲，呼吁种族和解与职业教育。
今日一问
今天你在一个容易得罪人的场合发言，能否做到既真诚又顾及各方？
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