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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 34
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I once did. I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. Looked at from this standpoint, I almost reached the conclusion that often the Negro boy’s birth and connection with an unpopular race is an advantage, so far as real life is concerned. With few exceptions, the Negro youth must work harder and must perform his tasks even better than a white youth in order to secure recognition. But out of the hard and unusual struggle through which he is compelled to pass, he gets a strength, a confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth by reason of birth and race.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2376
定位：Excerpt 34 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
后来我承认，我不再像从前那样羡慕白人男孩了。我学到，衡量成功，与其看一个人达到了什么地位，不如看他在争取成功时克服了哪些障碍。从这个角度看，我几乎得出结论：就真实生活而言，黑人男孩的出身和与一个不受欢迎的种族的关系，往往是一种优势。除了少数例外，黑人青年必须比白人青年更努力、做得更好才能获得认可。但正是这种被迫经历的艰难而不寻常的奋斗，让他获得了一种力量和自信，那是因出身和种族而道路相对平坦的人所缺少的。所以，别只盯着终点，要盘点你一路克服的障碍，那才是你真正的资本。
上下文
华盛顿在自传中反思自己年轻时对白人特权的羡慕，提出以克服障碍来衡量成功。这是19世纪末美国种族隔离背景下一位黑人教育家的切身感悟。
今日一问
回顾你过去克服的一个障碍，它给你带来了什么别人可能没有的力量？
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