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。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But of course this is a poor, black child growing up in the South, and his expectations, what his mind can imagine, is always going to be greater than what the world can deliver.

但要记得，这个黑人穷孩子是在南方长大的，他的期待，他想象的东西，总好过现实。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They're done with the standard university undergraduates like you and these-- and if you were in this group you wouldn't say, "Oh. I didn't want to help because the person's black."

而是普通大学的本科生,像你们一样-,如果你属于这个群体，你不会说，”我不想帮他，因为这个人是黑人“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

There is this social context of race relations whose grammar he is also learning, and I would just remind you of the passage where he starts to ask his mother about whether his granny is white or not.

一种来自家庭无可绘状的影响,当时社会的种族对立，对他学习的语言也有很深的影响,各位看一下当他问母亲,祖母是白人还是黑人？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Some of you-- some of the population of the United States are not going to vote for somebody because he or she is black but they won't tell you but they know it to be true.

你们有些人…,美国当中有些人,不会投某些人一票,因为她或他是黑人，但他们不会说出来,但他们很清楚这是他们的真实想法。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选