Standing at the entrance of the tunnel I could see ahead of me a darkness so absolutely black it seemed a solid.

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For a few weeks, I was able to recognize that people weren't looking at me as African American or black.

几周之后，我才发现，人们并非,把我当做黑人看待。

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As I told the teaching fellows, I had a colleague in those days who looked at me enviously and said he wished he had the black leather concession at the door.

我跟学生讲，有个同事特别羡慕我,希望自己的门上也有那样的黑色皮革。

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