When I close my eyes and think back to apartheid, it’s 1984 and I’m sitting on my grandparents’ veranda in Johannesburg. It’s a blazing December day, and I’ve just had a swim in their pool. Nesta, the black maid who lives behind the kitchen, is cutting the chocolate cake. In the garden below, her grandchildren are playing in our old underpants from Europe. We all know that apartheid will last forever.
当我合上双眼回忆种族隔离年代时，脑海里就会闪现1984年我坐在约翰内斯堡祖父母家门廊上的画面。那是11月的一天，屋外艳阳高照，我刚在他们家的游泳池里游了个泳。黑人女仆奈丝塔在切巧克力蛋糕，她就住在厨房后面。门廊下的花园里，她的孙辈们在玩耍着，身上穿着我们从欧洲带回来的旧内裤。我们都以为种族隔离会永远维持下去。
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