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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 275
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
In Chicago, after I had spoken at a meeting, I met one of these fellows. They usually have some process for curing all of the ills of the world at once. This Chicago specimen had a patent process by which he said Indian corn could be kept through a period of three or four years, and he felt sure that if the Negro race in the South would, as a whole, adopt his process, it would settle the whole race question. It mattered nothing that I tried to convince him that our present problem was to teach the Negroes how to produce enough corn to last them through one year. Another Chicago crank had a scheme by which he wanted me to join him in an effort to close up all the National banks in the country. If that was done, he felt sure it would put the Negro on his feet.
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定位：Excerpt 275 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
华盛顿在芝加哥遇到一些“怪人”，他们声称有包治百病的妙方：一个说他的专利能让玉米保存三四年，如果南方黑人普遍采用，就能解决整个种族问题；另一个想拉他关闭所有国家银行来让黑人站起来。华盛顿指出，这些方案脱离实际，因为当前真正的问题是教黑人种出足够吃一年的玉米。这提醒我们，面对复杂问题，要警惕那些声称“一招制胜”的简单方案，而应专注于最紧迫、最基础的需求。
上下文
华盛顿在自传中回忆，他在北方城市演讲时常遇到各种提出“万灵药”式方案的人，这反映了当时社会对种族问题的简单化思维。
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你身边是否也有“一招解决所有问题”的提议？你如何判断它是否切合实际？
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