例如,在像芭芭拉·米库尔斯基和奥林匹娅·斯诺及其他女性进入国会前,联邦资助的大部分疾病研究主要侧重于疾病对男性的影响。40年前的今天,帕齐·明克和伊迪丝·格林等女性进入国会并通过[教育法修正案]《第九条》,从而宣布女性也有资格在美国的运动场上参与竞赛并取胜。(掌声)一个名叫莉莉·莱德贝特的女性来到她的办公室,勇敢地而明确地说:你们知道吗,这不对,女性没有得到公正待遇——我们缺乏一些必要的手段捍卫同工同酬的基本原则。
So don’t accept somebody else’s construction of the way things ought to be. It’s up to you to right wrongs. It’s up to you to point out injustice. It’s up to you to hold the system accountable and sometimes upend it entirely. It’s up to you to stand up and to be heard, to write and to lobby, to march, to organize, to vote. Don’t be content to just sit back and watch.
所以不要接受别人对于事情理当如何的看法。你应当來纠正错误做法。你应当來指出不公不义。你应当来督促社会体制负起责任,有时需要全盘改变。你应当挺身而出,发表意见,撰文游说,游行示威,组织民众,投票表决。不要满足于袖手旁观。
Those who oppose change, those who benefit from an unjust status quo, have always bet on the public’s cynicism or the public's complacency. Throughout American history, though, they have lost that bet, and I believe they will this time as well. (Applause.) But ultimately, Class of 2012, that will depend on you. Don’t wait for the person next to you to be the first to speak up for what’s right. Because maybe, just maybe, they’re waiting on you.
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