Question

which of these sentences are examples of racial prejudice and its physical, mental, and emotional effects on black americans during the twentieth century? check each that is an example. \it seems to be typical of life in america, where opportunities, real and fancied, are thicker than anywhere else on the globe, that the second generation has no time to talk to the first\ \this fight begins, however, in the heart and it now had been laid to my charge to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair.\ \he was, i think, very handsome. i gather this from photographs and from my own memories of him, dressed in his sunday best and on his way to preach a sermon somewhere, when i was little.\ \in my mind’s eye i could see him, sitting at the window, locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul including his children who had betrayed him, too, by reaching towards the world which had despised him.\

Explanation:

Racial prejudice involves negative attitudes and stereotypes based on race. Analyzing each sentence, we look for signs of such prejudice and its effects. The first sentence is about generational differences in America, not racial prejudice. The second sentence is about an internal fight against hatred and despair, not directly about racial prejudice. The third sentence is a description of someone's appearance and activity, not related to racial prejudice. The fourth sentence describes a person locked - up in terrors, hating and fearing, which can be seen as an emotional effect of racial prejudice and the despair it can cause.

Answer:

"In my mind’s eye I could see him, sitting at the window, locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul including his children who had betrayed him, too, by reaching towards the world which had despised him."