But I was too young at the time to fully grasp the nature of those changes, too removed-living as I did in Hawaii and indonesia-to see the fallout on America's psyche.

但那时我还太小，根本无从知晓这一切变革的意义，同时也因为身在大洋之中的夏威夷和印尼，我只能隔岸遥望美国灵魂的沉浮宣泄。