Question

read the excerpt from \keep things stirring.\
and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before.
which best paraphrases the excerpt?
if only black men are given rights, black women will experience the same oppression they always have.
if people do not want black men to be masters over black women, they should give everyone equal rights.
relationships between black men and women will never improve if only black men are given rights.
as long as only some people are given rights, there will continue to be inequality between the sexes.

Explanation:

The original excerpt states that if Black men gain rights but Black women do not, Black men will become masters over Black women, leaving oppression unchanged. The first option directly restates this core idea: when only Black men get rights, Black women face the same ongoing oppression. The other options either add unstated solutions, focus on relationship improvement, or generalize too broadly beyond the excerpt's specific claim.

Answer:

A. If only Black men are given rights, Black women will experience the same oppression they always have.