Read the excerpt from "Elegy for the Native Guards.” The Daughters of the Confederacy has placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance— each Confederate soldier’s name raised hard in bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards— 2nd Regiment, Union men, black phalanx. What is monument to their legacy? All the grave markers, all the crude headstones— water-lost. Now fish dart among their bones, as we listen for what the saves intone. Only the fort remains, near forty feet high, round, unfinished, half open to the sky, The elements—wind, rain,—God's deliberate eye. What does this excerpt express about the struggle for equality?
Answer
A
Nature does not discriminate while causing destruction.
B
Even in death, oppressed people are treated poorly.
C
Even the forgotten find peace at the end of life.
D
At the end of their lives, everybody faces an identical fate.
Explanation
The excerpt contrasts the Confederate soldiers’ names preserved on a bronze plaque with the Native Guards’ names omitted and their grave markers lost to the water. This shows that the Black Union soldiers remain neglected and unrecognized even after death. Therefore, the excerpt expresses that oppressed people are treated poorly even in death.
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