You wouldn't know Piedmont anymore—my Piedmont, I mean—the town in West Virginia where I learned to be a colored boy.

你再也不会认识皮埃蒙特了——我是说我的皮埃蒙特——西弗吉尼亚的一个小镇，在那里我学会了如何以有色人种男孩的身份生活。

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I said, "thank you," for myself and for every colored girl, every colored boy, who didn't have heroes who were celebrated. I thanked her then.

我向她道谢是为了我自己，也为了每一个有色人种的女孩，以及每一个有色人种的男孩，没有她，我们心中就没有可以赞美的英雄，所以当时我向她道谢。

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“That’s the politician’s life—it’s the fastest way to get rich these days, ” the boy said. He flipped through his pieces of colored paper.

那就是一个政客的生活，那也是目前暴富的方式。

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There was a boy. He had short, disheveled brown hair and matching chestnut-colored eyes.

那是一个男孩，一头蓬松的短卷发，栗色的眼睛。

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There was a boy. He had short, disheveled brown hair and matching chestnut-colored eyes.

那是一个男孩，一头蓬松的短卷发，栗色的眼睛。

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