It mattered to Americans who claimed that distinction, as proved all too clear in 1908, when Jack Johnson, a black man, won the title.

1908年，一个黑人Jack Johnson赢得拳王头衔，再明白不过地证明了自己的强悍。但在美国人眼中这却是个大麻烦。

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The Pursuit of Happyness: Will Smith plays Chris Gardener, a black man who earns a job at Dean Witter despite poverty and homelessness. (1980s)

当幸福来敲门：威尔.史密斯扮演黑人克里斯.加德纳，尽管贫穷和流离失所，他获得一份在迪安.威特公司的工作。

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If he meant that the stain of southern racism was lifted now that Virginia had voted for a black man, he was two decades out of date: the state elected a black governor, Doug Wilder, in 1989.

如果他认为佛吉尼亚投票给黑人意味着南方的种族主义污点已被移除，那他实在是落伍20年了：该州于1989年选举出一位黑人州长道格·维尔德。

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In nineteen forty-five, there were not many jobs open to a black man, even someone who had attended college.

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He's a black man, and he passes for his whole life as Jewish, and in doing so rejects his family.

他是黑人，并以犹太人的身份度过一生，这样做受到了家人的反对。

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If you believe black men are criminals, then when you see a black man who is a criminal you'll chalk it down as support but you'll pay less attention to evidence that white men are criminals and some black men are not criminals.

如果你相信黑人都是罪犯，当你看到一个是罪犯的黑人时,你就会觉得这是证据,但你不会注意其他证据,证明白人也有罪犯,黑人也有不是罪犯的。

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But Obama is not only a black man, he is also a national politician.

WSJ: 'Right Wing Lice'

Many people were saying, they actually elected a black man president of the United States?

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad

The election of a black man to the White House is a huge triumph.

CNN: Commentary: Race and the American dream