Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address.”"Tell me,” he said, "why can’t the Negro be like you?”First, although my skin is colored, it is not black. In this country, the color of my skin does not ignite prejudice that has smoldered for generations. Second, although my grandfather came to this country in poverty, he came without shackles. He came as a free man enjoying certain constitutional rights under the American flag. Third, my grandfather’s family was not shattered as individual members of it were sold as chattel or used as security on loans. And fourth, although others of my ancestry were interned behind barbed wires during World War II, neither my parents nor I were forced by covenants and circumstances to live in ghettos.
Answer
A
by emphasizing the fact that even Americans living in poverty can enjoy certain constitutional rights
B
by describing his personal experiences with having ancestors who immigrated to the US
C
by detailing what he learned from his grandfather who immigrated to the US and lived in poverty
D
by listing the ways his family was discriminated against in chronological order
Explanation
The speaker answers by comparing his own family history with the experiences of Black Americans. He describes his grandfather’s immigration as a free man and contrasts that with enslavement and family separation, then mentions Japanese Americans’ wartime internment and his family’s circumstances. This supports choice B, describing personal experiences involving his ancestors who came to the United States.
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