Which excerpt from We’ve Got a Job expresses the author’s viewpoint about segregation in Birmingham?
A. “My parents were involved from the point that I could remember . . . My church was involved . . . You were there and just a part of it.”
B. “She would no longer just attend meetings. Somehow, she would act on her own.”
C. “‘Separate accommodations for the white and colored races’ were allowable, as long as the accommodations for each group were equal.”
D. “There were several things wrong—above all, the concept of ‘separate but equal’ itself. Separation on the basis of race is simply unjust.”
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Answer:
It's D. “There were several things wrong—above all, the concept of ‘separate but equal’ itself. Separation on the basis of race is simply unjust.”
Explanation:
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The excerpt that expresses the author’s viewpoint about segregation in Birmingham is option D.
“There were several things wrong—above all, the concept of ‘separate but equal’ itself. Separation on the basis of race is simply unjust.”
The author clearly states that the idea of ‘separate but equal’ was wrong. It was nothing more than a pretence, because if there really was equality, then there would not have been any need to keep the blacks and the whites separate. The blacks in America had to fight for true equality. They even had to fight for being allowed to enter the same schools as whites. Therefore, option D) indicates how unfair the segregation laws were, and how there was no true equality.