来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第22集 第22集》

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  to the proportion of the black males in their state.
  按照黑人男性在该州的比例削减
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  Now that's not going to scare many northern states
  这并不是试图恐吓北方各州
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  because they don't have large black populations.
  事实上北方各州的黑人并不多
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  And actually they're not going to be part of that provision
  并且事实上这条规定对它们也不适用
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  because they never seceded from the Union.
  因为他们从来也没有从联邦中脱离
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  But the key thing here is that the equality genie,
  但关键是这种平等的思想
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  this language of equal protection,
  这种平等保护的语言
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  this definition of citizenship rights,
  这种对公民权利的定义
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  it had never happened before,
  是前所未有的
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  the equality genie was now out of the bottle,
  所以平等的思想已经是倒出去的水
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  and for better or worse it could never be put back.
  不管怎样 覆水难收
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  The Equal Protection Clause is
  平等保护条款