Which of the following statements from the second reading best expresses Du Bois’s hope for the future?

Du Bois hopes for a future in which a person can keep their identity as a Black person and also be fully American, without discrimination. Choice C expresses that hope directly. Choice A describes contempt and pity, while B describes pressure to give up Black identity; neither presents the future Du Bois wants.

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