We know what prejudice has wrought historically and socially, so how can we try to vindicate it in this way?

偏见对历史对社会都发生了作用，所以我们如何证明偏见是正确的呢？

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If the South was a slave society and we tried to demonstrate that last time, we tried to define that.

如果南方是奴隶社会,我们上次已经证明过了,我们也定义过了

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You kept your Social Security card and you pasted stamps on it that proved that you paid it.

你取得社会保障卡,并将邮票贴在上面,以此来证明你已支付过钱。

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