Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question:

But I must say for Burton, he's a heap broader-minded than lots of these Southerners. He's really awfully fond of colored people. Well, he says himself, he wouldn't have white servants. And you know, he had this old colored nurse, this regular old mammy, and he just simply loves her. Why, every time he goes home, he goes out in the kitchen to see her. He does, really, to this day. All he says is, he says he hasn't got a word to say against colored people as long as they keep their place. He's always doing things for them, giving them clothes and I don't know what all. The only thing he says, he says he wouldn't sit down at the table with one for a million dollars.

What does this excerpt from "Arrangement in Black and White" imply about Burton's feelings toward African Americans?

-He thinks they are inept servants.
-He views them as inferior to himself.
-He appreciates them as human beings.
-He harbors no negative feelings toward them.

Answer 1

He harbors no negative feeling towards them yet views them as inferior to himself

Answer 2

Answer: B) He views them as inferior to himself.

Step-by-step explanation:

Saying Burton is fond of colored people becomes ironic after a few lines being read. He does have some consideration and feeling for the motherly figure of mammy, he does think colored people are good servants. However, they must "keep their place". They should not think themselves worthy of sitting at the same table as Burton which, by the way, he wouldn't do, not even for a million dollars. Thus, we can see how such "fondness" is limited by prejudice, by the belief that a colored person's place is beneath his own.