In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.
Richard Rodriguez - Brown: The Last Discovery of America, 2003
In den 1950ern, als ich ein kleines Mädchen war, wäre es für mich nicht möglich gewesen, Moderatorin zu werden.
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.
In den Fünfzigern in Columbia, South Carolina, war es okay, wenn Kinder mit merkwürdigen Dingen gespielt haben. Wir konnten in den Baumarkt gehen und Zündschnüre kaufen.
In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse.
Ich habe die 40er und 50er Jahre erlebt, indem ich mir die alten Klamotten, Bücher und Magazine meiner Großeltern angesehen habe.
I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.
