Question

Read the following excerpt from James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son": But I knew that it was folly, as my father would have said, this bitterness was folly. It was necessary to hold on to the things that mattered. The dead man mattered, the new life mattered; blackness and whiteness did not matter; to believe that they did was to acquiesce in one's own destruction. Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.

which sentence best explains how Baldwin conveys his ideas on hatred and acceptance in this excerpt?

A. he accepts that his father was right about hatred and its effects.
B. he accepts that hating discrimination of any kind is the best way to live
C. he accepts that hatred destroyed his father and vows not to succumb to it
D. he accepts that hatred can destroy and that skin color is unimportant

Answer 1

D.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D. he accepts that hatred can destroy and that skin color is unimportant.

Explanation:

In the excerpt says: "blackness and whiteness did not matter..." and it also says "Hatred, which could destroy so much..." Those are clues that the correct answer is D. In 1955, James Baldwin published his famous work "Notes of a Native Son". This was the first non-fiction book that he wrote.