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阶级观念带来的难题。“平等或许是人的权利,但世上没有任何政府,可以把人用这个权利的愿望变成现实。” 这是19世纪法国作家巴尔克的话。你有同感吗?很多人都自然而然意识到,把人划分为不同的阶级是不对的。可是,现在已是21世纪了,人类仍然分化成许多社会阶级。卡尔文•于1923至1929年担任美国总统。他很关注社会阶级观念所造成的难题,甚至谈到“最终要消除所有特权阶级”。然而,40年过去了,受指派研究种族关系的克纳委员会表示虑,担心美国难免会一分为二:“黑人社会和白人社会,此界限分明,地位也不平等。”有人说,这个预测已经应验,美国人民的“经济和种族鸿沟正不断大”。要实现人人平等的理念,为什么这么困难?人的本性是主要障碍之一。曾任众议院议员的威•伦道夫•斯特说过:“所有人至少在一个方面是平等的,那就是都希望不平等。”这是什么意思呢?或许19世纪的法国剧作家利•克说得更清楚一点:“平等难以实现,是因为我们只想跟那些比我们优越的人平起平坐。”换句话说,人只想跟社会地位比自己高的人平等,却不愿减自己的特权和优势,让被他们视为较低等的人跟自己平等。古时,人出生就定贵,或贵为王孙公子,或民百姓。现在,世上有少数地方情况仍是这样,但在大多数国家,人属于低下阶层,中等阶级,还是上流社会,主要视乎他有钱与否。其他如种族、教育水平、读写能力等因素,也影响人到底属于哪个阶层。而某些地方,人们以性别来区分贵,妇女的地位较低。一线光?立人权法案,有助消除阶级界限。美国通过了反种族离法例,南非也除了种族离政策。虽然奴隶制度仍然存在,但它在世上很多地方已是不合法的了。此外,法院作出决,确认土著有权有某些土地,而反视条例也为一些处于社会下层的人带来解。这些施显示,社会上已不存在阶级了吗?不是的。现在某些社会阶级间的分野,或许已不那么明显,可是,新的阶级分却出现了。《资时代的阶级争斗》一书说:“今天,把人统地分为资产阶级或劳动阶级似乎已经不合时,因为这两大阶级已分成许多较小的阶级,其中的成员都愤愤不平。” 人们会因为阶级观念而一直分下去吗?你可以从下一文章看出,情况并不是无望的。

The text above is composed by a total of 800 characters. 758 of them (94%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
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English translation:

The Problems of Class Distinction. "EQUALITY MAY PERHAPS BE A RIGHT, BUT NO POWER ON EARTH CAN EVER TURN IT INTO A FACT." So said Honoré de Balzac, 19th-century French novelist. Do you agree with him? Many instinctively feel that class distinctions are wrong. Yet, even in this 21st century, human society is still divided into numerous social classes. CALVIN COOLIDGE, president of the United States from 1923 to 1929, was concerned with the problem of social class distinctions and spoke of "the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes." Nevertheless, some 40 years after Coolidge’s presidency, the Kerner Commission, appointed to study race relations, expressed fears that the United States would inevitably become two societies: "one black, one white—separate and unequal." Some claim that this prediction has already come true and that "the economic and racial divide is growing" in that country. Why is it so difficult to turn the idea of human equality into a reality? A major factor is human nature. Former U.S. congressman William Randolph Hearst once said: "All men are created equal in one respect, at least, and that is their desire to be unequal." What did he mean? Perhaps 19th-century French dramatist Henry Becque said it more clearly: "What makes equality such a difficult business is that we only want it with our superiors." In other words, people want to be equal with those above them on the social scale; but not many would be willing to limit their privileges and advantages by granting equality to those they consider to be below them. In past times, people were born as commoners, as part of an aristocracy, or even as members of royalty. That is still true in a few places. However, in most lands today, it is money—or a lack of it—that determines whether someone is of the lower, middle, or upper class. Yet, there are other class indicators, such as race, education, and literacy. And in some places, gender is a major ground for discrimination, with women being viewed as an inferior class. Glimmers of Hope? Human rights legislation has helped to break down some class barriers. Antisegregation laws were passed in the United States. Apartheid was outlawed in South Africa. Slavery, although still existing, is illegal in much of the world. Legal decisions have forced recognition of the land rights of certain indigenous people, and antidiscrimination laws have provided relief for some disadvantaged classes. Does this indicate the end of social class distinctions? Not really. While some social class distinctions may now be weakened, new divisions have begun to appear. The book Class Warfare in the Information Age says: "Generic classes of capitalists and workers seem inappropriate today, but only because these great classes have fragmented into smaller grouplets of angry people." Will social classes forever divide people? Well, as the following article will show, the situation is not hopeless.

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