"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class" poem by Clint Smith

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I'm Clint Smith and this is "Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class."
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我是克林特 · 史密斯,
下面是我写的诗: 《献给班上唯一的黑人小孩》。
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You, it seems, are the manifestation
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你好像 代表着几世艰辛;
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of several lifetimes of toil.
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Brown v. Board in flesh.
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你令人想起 布朗诉教育局的种族隔离案 。
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Most days the classroom feels
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多数日子里 ,
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like an antechamber.
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教室就像前厅。
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You are deemed expert
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在大家眼里,你理应
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on all things Morrison, King, Malcolm, Rosa.
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对莫里森、金、马尔科姆、 罗莎这些黑人运动领袖了如指掌。
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Hell, weren’t you sitting on that bus, too?
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哎呀,你不是 也坐那辆校车吗?
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You are every- body’s best friend
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你成为每个人的好友,
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until you are not.
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直到他们都离你而去。
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Hip-hop lyricologist.
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(大家以为黑人都是) 嘻哈说唱手、
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Presumed athlete.
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假定的运动员、
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Free & Reduced sideshow.
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看免费和打折演出、
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Exception and caricature.
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喜欢破例和漫画,
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Too black and too white all at once.
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偏黑的白人 和偏白的黑人也一样。
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If you are successful
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你之所以成功,
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it is because of affirmative action.
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是因为平权主义;
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If you fail it is because
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你之所以失败,
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you were destined to.
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是因为命运弄人。
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You are invisible until they turn on the Friday night lights.
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你是隐形的,直到 周五晚体育馆的灯亮起。
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Here you are star before they render you asteroid.
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此刻,你就是耀眼恒星, 直到他们把你说成小行星,
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Before they watch you turn to dust.
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看着你变得一文不值。
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