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Read the list of sentences from the article
1. I do not want to minimize the
horror and brutality of slavery
and Jim Crow.
2. We're spending our time
debating a bill that mentions
slavery 25 times but prisons only
once, in a time with zero
enslaved Black people but nearly
a million Black prisoners.
3. In 2008, the House of
Representatives formally
apologized for slavery and Jim
Crow.
4. So reparations for slavery would
give me money, but not an
American with the wrong
ancestry -
even if that person is
desperately poor.
Which sentence BEST supports the CON author's
point that focusing on the past is keeping people
from focusing on current problems?
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Transcribed Image Text:Read the list of sentences from the article 1. I do not want to minimize the horror and brutality of slavery and Jim Crow. 2. We're spending our time debating a bill that mentions slavery 25 times but prisons only once, in a time with zero enslaved Black people but nearly a million Black prisoners. 3. In 2008, the House of Representatives formally apologized for slavery and Jim Crow. 4. So reparations for slavery would give me money, but not an American with the wrong ancestry - even if that person is desperately poor. Which sentence BEST supports the CON author's point that focusing on the past is keeping people from focusing on current problems?
Which sentence BEST supports the CON author's
point that focusing on the past is keeping people
from focusing on current problems?
Sentence 1 by showing that people want to
concentrate on what happened during Jim
Crow instead of reparations
A
Sentence 2 by showing that people are
putting more emphasis on slavery than on
Black people currently in prison
Sentence 3 by illustrating that people point to
the apology in 2008, but they are not talking
about an apology today
Sentence 4 by illustrating that people who are
desperately poor need more money than he
needs right now
D
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Transcribed Image Text:Which sentence BEST supports the CON author's point that focusing on the past is keeping people from focusing on current problems? Sentence 1 by showing that people want to concentrate on what happened during Jim Crow instead of reparations A Sentence 2 by showing that people are putting more emphasis on slavery than on Black people currently in prison Sentence 3 by illustrating that people point to the apology in 2008, but they are not talking about an apology today Sentence 4 by illustrating that people who are desperately poor need more money than he needs right now D
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