Read the excerpt from "South.” Where the roads, buildings, and monuments are named to honor the Confederacy, where that old flag still hangs, I return to Mississippi, state that made a crime of me—mulatto, half-breed—native in my native land, this place they’ll bury me. Which universal theme is shown in the excerpt?

The speaker describes being labeled “mulatto” and “half-breed” and says Mississippi “made a crime of me.” These words show the speaker facing racial discrimination and exclusion in their own homeland. The excerpt therefore expresses the experience of oppression, not simply a search for home or the importance of memory.

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