Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.Their thick skulls bled with rancorwhen the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quipsyou could trace to the Sonnets, or the Moor’s eclipse.

The excerpt points to race through the reference to “the Moor,” an allusion to Othello, Shakespeare’s Black character. The Sonnets and Shakespearean allusions also point to literary culture. Together, these details emphasize race and culture, making “race and culture” the best choice.

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