Question

Reread lines 1-8. Identify the author's purpose and cite text evidence that supports your idea.

"American aviation was from its very beginnings marred
with sexist and racist assumptions. It was taken for
granted that women were generally inferior to men and that
white men were superior to all others. Flying, it was said,
required a level of skill and courage that women and blacks
lacked. Yet despite these prevailing prejudices, the dream
and the desire to fly stayed alive among women and African-
Americans."

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The author's purpose is to show how the women and blacks have been able to prove wrong the racist and sexist assumptions of the American Aviation by ensuring that they continue to remain relevant in the aviation industry. The sole aim is to prove that performance is not limited by sex or skin color.

The women and African - Americans did not allow the wrong sexist and racist assumptions upon which the American aviation was based to debar them from making their marks in the aviation industry.

This is evident from the author's statements "American aviation was from its very beginnings marred with sexist and racist assumptions" and "...Yet despite these prevailing prejudices, the dream and the desire to fly stayed alive among women and African- Americans." and