Question

read the excerpt from booker t. washingtons speech delivered at the opening of the cotton states and international exposition in 1895.
while we take pride in what we exhibit as a result of our independent efforts, we do not for a moment forget that our part in this exhibition would fall far short of your expectations but for the constant help that has come to our education life, not only from the southern states, but especially from northern philanthropists.
read the excerpt from the souls of black folk by w. e. b. du bois.
first, it is the duty of black men to judge the south discriminatingly. the present generation of southerners are not responsible for the past, and they should not be blindly hated or blamed for it.
furthermore, to no class is the indiscriminate endorsement of the recent course of the south toward
what evidence do the two texts have in common?
○ they both excuse the wrongdoing of the south.
○ they both focus on individual efforts.
○ they both point out that the south has not been solely oppressive.
○ they both see the south as exhibiting a history of oppression.

Explanation:

1. Washington's excerpt acknowledges Southern states' help alongside Northern philanthropy, avoiding framing the South as entirely oppressive.
2. Du Bois's excerpt argues Black men should judge the South fairly, noting present Southerners aren't responsible for the past, so the South is not solely oppressive.
3. Other options are incorrect: neither excuses wrongdoing, Washington focuses on collective/outside help (not individual efforts), and Du Bois pushes back against blanket blame of oppression, so they don't agree the South has a history of oppression as a shared framing.

Answer:

They both point out that the South has not been solely oppressive.