Question

citing evidence to support a central idea but the execution was an external event, not necessarily an internal exorcism. all their lives my parents, along with a nation of dominicans, had learned the habits of repression, censorship, terror. those habits would not disappear with a few bullets and a national liberation proclamation. they would not disappear on a plane ride north that put hundreds of miles distance between the island and our apartment in new york. and so, long after we had left, my parents were still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads. even on american soil, they were afraid of awful consequences if they spoke out or disagreed with authorities. the first amendment right to free speech meant nothing to them. silence about anything \political\ was the rule in our house. -\a genetics of justice,\ julia alvarez which evidence from the text best supports the central idea that the lasting effects of injustice are not easy to correct?
∘ \a national liberation proclamation\
∘ \the execution was an external event\
∘ \the first amendment right to free speech\
∘ \still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads\

Explanation:

To determine the best evidence, we analyze each option:

• "a national liberation proclamation": This is about a proclamation, not about the lasting effects of injustice being hard to correct.
• "the execution was an external event": This only describes the execution's nature, not the lasting effects of injustice.
• "The First Amendment right to free speech": This is about a right, not about the difficulty of correcting injustice's effects.
• "still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads": This shows that even after leaving the oppressive environment, the parents still carry the effects of injustice (fear, repression) in their minds, proving the lasting effects are hard to correct.

Answer:

D. "still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads"