In Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,how does the time period of 1912 contribute to the main conflict in the novel?

The novel is set in 1912, when racism and segregation were widespread, and white residents held power over Black communities. That prejudice drives the conflict over the residents of Malaga Island and their forced removal. So the correct choice is “Racism against African Americans by whites was the norm at that time.”

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