Question

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.

That night, Neto, Jesse, and another teammate walked into the coach's office and handed him their uniforms and pads. They explained why they were leaving and expected him to understand, but they were disappointed. "The coach said, 'Quitting will just make it worse,'" Neto remembers. "He said the fans would call us losers and quitters instead of respecting us. Nothing could convince him. After a while we just walked out." Now there was no turning back.

Which statement best describes the change in Neto since the beginning of the story?

a. Neto has begun to dislike his football coach, who is offering no support to Neto’s cause.
b. Neto is fully committed to putting an end to the racist comments coming from the fans.
c. Neto realizes that there is no way of preventing the fans from making racist comments.
d. Neto realizes that quitting the football team is not an effective way of taking a stand against racism.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes the change in Neto since the beginning of the story is that Neto realizes that quitting the football team is not an effective way of taking a stand against racism.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the excerpt of "It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.", a number of football players decided to quit the football team by handing over their football uniforms and pads and telling their coach they were leaving because of the racial abuse they faced but the coach tried to let them know that if they quit football, it would only make matters worse because the fans would call them losers and quitters and the racists would have won.