来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第4集 第4集》

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  So, Enoch goes in black face to commit the crime,
  伊诺克戴着副黑色的面孔去偷东西
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  so that if he's seen he won't be taken for white,
  这样被人看见后人们不会认为偷东西的是个白人
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  but then he realizes a black person--just by definition--is suspicious.
  但接下来他意识到黑人本身就很可疑
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  So he has to now disguise himself from being a black person.
  所以他便不得不伪装自己好让自己不像个黑人
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  This is partly Enoch's sort of craziness,
  这虽然只是伊诺克的一些疯狂
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  but the joke relies on the fact of racial profiling.
  但这个笑话就是以种族主义的实际情况为基础的
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  It relies on the fact that it's very plausible to think that at this moment
  这个作为基础的实际情况是
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  in the South to walk down the street as a black person, to drive a car
  在当时的南方 作为一个黑人
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  as a black person, would be a risky endeavor in some places in the city.
  在城里马路上走路或开车都是冒险的举动
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  So, it's a joke, but it's a joke
  所以说这虽然是一个笑话
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  that rests on a very dark reality.
  却能折射出非常黑暗的现实
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  So, what you have, then, is a set of things that are put before us,
  所以说 一系列的东西都被展示在我们面前