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 crimeof me—mulatto, half-breed—native in my native land, this place they’ll bury me.Pilgrimage, "Elegy for the Native Guards", "South" from Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2006 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Answer
A
the importance of memory
B
the human capacity for violence
C
the individual’s search for home
D
the experience of oppression
Explanation
The speaker describes being treated as a “crime” because of her mixed-race identity and calls Mississippi the place that made her so. This shows the experience of oppression, especially racial injustice. Although the speaker also mentions returning to her native land, the strongest theme is the discrimination that shapes that relationship to home.
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