“We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro-American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.”

The speaker rejects the idea that Black Americans accept inferiority or quietly submit to oppression. This suggests that accepting discrimination—even temporarily—will not bring about equality. Choice A best captures that message; choice B says the opposite of what the quote argues.

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