All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground, when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared.
黒人の友達は皆 同じようなメッセージを受けて育ち 出る杭は打たれるような年齢に達したり 肌のメラニン色素が 何か恐ろしいものであるように 思われるたびに忠告を受けました