In things racial we have always been, and I believe continue to be, in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards.

对待种族问题，在很多方面，我们美国人在本质上一直是，而且我相信仍将继续是懦夫。

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Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

尽管美国自诩为是种族的熔炉，但在很多方面，我们美国人一直是，并且仍将继续是懦夫。

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And I think one of the surprising things that has really popped up in the past few years - and this is in many things in Detroit - has been a little bit of a racial component.

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This will not be easy, because in many ways black and white Americans see the world differently. (So, for that matter, do Asians and Hispanics.) To take one example: most blacks favour racial preferences for minorities in such things as university admissions.

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