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Which of these sentences are examples of racial prejudice and its physical, mental, and emotional effects on Black Americans during the twentieth century? Check each that is an example.

A
“It seems to be typical of life in America, where opportunities, real and fancied, are thicker than any where else on the globe, that the second generation has no time to talk to the first.”
B
“This fight begins, however, in the heart and it now had been laid to my charge to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair.”
C
“He was, I think, very handsome. I gather this from photographs and from my own memories of him, dressed in his Sunday best and on his way to preach a sermon somewhere, when I was little.”
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“In my mind’s eye I could see him, sitting at the window, locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul including his children who had betrayed him, too, by reaching towards the world which had despised him.”
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Which of these sentences are examples of racial prejudice and its physical, mental, and emotional effects on Black Americans during the twentieth century? Check each that is an example.

A
“It seems to be typical of life in America, where opportunities, real and fancied, are thicker than any where else on the globe, that the second generation has no time to talk to the first.”
B
“This fight begins, however, in the heart and it now had been laid to my charge to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair.”
C
“He was, I think, very handsome. I gather this from photographs and from my own memories of him, dressed in his Sunday best and on his way to preach a sermon somewhere, when I was little.”
D
“In my mind’s eye I could see him, sitting at the window, locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul including his children who had betrayed him, too, by reaching towards the world which had despised him.”
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Choose one of the examples of racial prejudice you highlighted as you read the excerpt. What does this example tell you about racial prejudice during this time period?

Answer:

It shows how racial prejudice limits Black people’ options in life. It shows how racial prejudice shapes Black people’s outlook. It shows how racial prejudice has a negative psychological effect on Black people. It shows how racial prejudice makes Black people feel powerless.

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Which ideas did you include in your response? Check all that apply.

A
It shows how racial prejudice limits Black people’ options in life.
B
It shows how racial prejudice shapes Black people’s outlook.
C
It shows how racial prejudice has a negative psychological effect on Black people.
D
It shows how racial prejudice makes Black people feel powerless.

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