Well, this is hugely stereotypical, hugely appropriative.

这是非常老套的用在这里又非常合适
Sal wants to take the entire life experience of a group of people

萨尔想要把一群人的经历都拿来
and suck it into himself.

融合到自己身上
Now, you want to ask yourself:

现在你们一定想问
What is the sadness that motivates this appropriation;

什么样的悲伤触发了他这样的想法
why does he want to become the Negro?

为什么他想成为黑人
He says in another moment, "I was Mexican."

在别的时候他说我是墨西哥人
He's always trying to be more exotic than himself,

他一直试图表现得比自己本身
than simple Sal Paradise.

比普通的萨尔·帕拉迪斯更吸引人
Well, Baldwin had something to say about this.

鲍德温对此有话要说
James Baldwin characterized this passage as

詹姆斯·鲍德温形容这段话
"absolute nonsense, and offensive nonsense, at that.

完全是胡说八道而且是无礼的胡说八道