William Gibson, Virtual Light
"They'd run all these tests on him and decided he wasn't racist. He wasn't, either, but not because he thought about it particularly. He just couldn't see the point. It just made for a lot of hassle, being that way, so why be that way? Nobody was going to go back and live where they lived before, were they, and if they did (he vaguely suspected) there wouldn't be any Mongolian barbecue and maybe we'd all be listening to Pentecostal Metal and anyway the President was black."
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"They'd run all these tests on him and decided he wasn't racist. He wasn't, either, but not because he thought about it particularly. He just couldn't see the point. It just made for a lot of hassle, being that way, so why be that way? Nobody was going to go back and live where they lived before, were they, and if they did (he vaguely suspected) there wouldn't be any Mongolian barbecue and maybe we'd all be listening to Pentecostal Metal and anyway the President was black."
"أجروا عليه كل هذه الاختبارات، وخلصوا إلى أنه ليس عنصريًا. ولم يكن عنصريًا حقًا، لكن ليس عن قناعة فكرية عميقة. لم يرَ له جدوى فحسب. أن تكون على هذا النحو لا يجلب إلا المشقة، فما الداعي لذلك؟ لن يعود أحد ليعيش حيث عاشوا من قبل، أليس كذلك؟ وإن فعلوا (راوده شك مبهم) لما وُجد الشواء المنغولي، ولربما استمعنا جميعًا إلى الميتال الخمسيني، وعلى أي حال، كان الرئيس أسودًا."
William Gibson, Virtual Light
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