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’翰’’普 (JOHN HOPE) 駁布’’T’華盛’’’講 Reply to Booker T. Washington’’我們不’爲平等而奮鬥’我們’著’竟爲’什麽’ ’翰’’普(1868’1936)’生’喬’’’’奧’斯塔’’麻’’伍斯’學’畢’’’’布’’學’’’’’1894’畢’’該’’’’’文章’’’’田’’’羅傑’’’斯’學’’’文學’’學教授’’普’尼’’’’動’創’’之’’該’動’’國’國有’’種’’’’’身’1906’’成’’’蘭’’禮’學’(’莫爾豪斯學’)’第’’黑’’’’’’’’1929’’任’’蘭’’學’’’’ ’普’’提倡對黑’’’文’教’’反對布’’T’華盛’’提倡’技’’’’’聽’華盛’’’’蘭’博覽’’’著’’講’’’示’’反對’1896’2月22日’’’’’’’’論中’黑’’’’’’’’反駁華盛’’’’’講’ ’’我們不’爲平等而奮鬥’我們’著’竟爲’什麽?’’我們黑’中有’對白’’黑’說我們不’爲平等而鬥’’我’爲’’’’’虛僞’’’’’’’錢’教’’誠實不’爲我們’’’’’’國公民’樣’’’’平等’那麽’對我’說’’錢’教’’誠實都成’有’而’’’’’’獲’’創’’由’’’’不敢’’’’創’’由’’’’’’不允’’’我們不’’’’’’’’不’’’’’當’’’我們不’做’’’由’’’做’’’我們’’有’正獲’’由’’’’’友們’我們’’平等’完完’’’平等’我們’’’’’’賦予我們’’’’’’’’’切’那麽’爲’不’平等’?請’’’我’用’’個’’詞’我’說我們’’’’平等’’’個’’國裏’’’’儉’教’’’’爲我們提’’’’比它們爲’’’由’’提’’少’絲’’我們’談不’’’由’’’我們偉’’國’裏’’’’’’’濟’’’平等’’’’’福’’那麽’’’’濟’’’平等’’我們’’’’’’’’’爲什麽’’’’’’牆’把我們’’牆’’?我們’不’野’’不’什麽不乾不’’’’’ ’’’’’們’讓我們擁有’’’’’’’’說“’足’樂”’不’用’種’’’’麻木不仁’’言’’慰’’’’’’不滿足’’’’不滿’’’對’’’’煩’不’’’像’邊’際’’’中’湧澎湃’’濤那樣動蕩不’’讓不滿’情緒像’’’樣’’’’’衝擊偏見’’牆’’撼’’基’’那’’我們’用不著’’’平等’’用不著’膝’’憐憫’’爲我們’頂天立’’’’’’那’’’’有’那’’我們’’’國’’’正’誇耀它’平等’ If we are not striving for equality, in heaven's name for what are we living? I regard it as cowardly and dishonest for any of our colored men to tell white people or colored people that we are not struggling for equality. If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing. God forbid that we should get the implements with which to fashion our freedom, and then be too lazy or pusillanimous to fashion it. Let us not fool ourselves nor be fooled by others. If we cannot do what other freemen do, then we are not free. Yes, my friends, I want equality. Nothing less. I want all that my God-given powers will enable me to get, then why not equality? Now, catch your breath, for I am going to use an adjective: I am going to say we demand social equality. In this Republic we shall be less than freemen, if we have a whit less than that which thrift, education, and honor afford other freemen. If equality, political, economic, and social, is the boon of other men in this great country of ours, then equality, political, economic, and social, is what we demand. Why build a wall to keep me out? I am no wild beast, nor am I an unclean thing. Rise, Brothers! Come let us possess this land. Never say: "Let well enough alone." Cease to console yourselves with adages that numb the moral sense. Be discontented. Be dissatisfied. "Sweat and grunt" under present conditions. Be as restless as the tempestuous billows on the boundless sea. Let your discontent break mountain-high against the wall of prejudice, and swamp it to the very foundation. Then we shall not have to plead for justice nor on bended knee crave mercy; for -we shall be men. Then and not until then will liberty in its highest sense be the boast of our Republic. ’ |