To keep that conception in regard to decent race relations alive and growing has been the aspiration of generation after generation in many an American family, judging by my own and by those I know.

美国世世代代,都憧憬这一种理想,那就是保持,广博开放的胸襟，来正确面对种族问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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

if people pull you over while you're driving because you're black, this could have a huge effect on how you feel welcome in this society on race relations and so on.

如果你开车时，有人叫你靠边停,因为你是黑人，这能极大的影响,你对这个社会的看法,你对这里的种族关系的看法。

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