Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Public facilities, such as schools, parks, and libraries assigned to blacks, were always inferior to those for whites. And, through laws, customs, and intimidation, whites blocked blacks' access to the better jobs, nicer houses, and, greater political influence that whites enjoyed. Black people throughout the South were quarantined and treated as if they might contaminate white people with an infectious disease.Which words best describe the tone of the excerpt?
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sentimental and positiveC
intellectual and curiousThe excerpt describes unequal facilities and says laws, customs, and intimidation kept Black people from jobs, housing, and political influence. Its comparison of Black people to people treated as if they could spread an infectious disease conveys condemnation and anger, not curiosity or restraint. The best choice is “critical and angry.”
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