Question

part b: which excerpt from colored people best supports the answer to part a? do you remember when your mother and i woke you up early on a sunday morning, just to watch nelson mandela walk out of prison, and how it took a couple of hours for him to emerge, and how you both wanted to go back to bed and, then, to watch cartoons? and how we began to worry that something bad had happened to him on the way out, because the delay was so long? and that feeling i had, that gooseflesh sense of identity i felt at seeing nelson mandela, listening to mahalia jackson sing, watching muhammed ali fight, or hearing martin luther king speak, is part of what i mean by being colored. i realize the sentiment may not be logical, but i want to have my cake and eat it, too.

Explanation:

The excerpt about the goose - flesh sense of identity when seeing Mandela, listening to Jackson, watching Ali, or hearing King speak likely relates to the theme of identity and pride which is often central in discussions about the experiences of 'Colored People'. This excerpt seems to best support an answer about identity - related themes in Part A.

Answer:

And that feeling I had, that gooseflesh sense of identity I felt at seeing Nelson Mandela, listening to Mahalia Jackson sing, watching Muhammed Ali fight, or hearing Martin Luther King speak, is part of what I mean by being colored.