Question

The following paragraph is mostly about:



Though I was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression waiting just outside that family circle. Unchecked, unrestrained violence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some Skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. If we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts that could rob Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concertgoers in Las Vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like Elijah McClain.

The violent acts that took place during the author's childhood.

Protecting family members from racial violence

Confronting hatred and violence as one nation

Answer 1

Answer:

The paragraph is mostly about:

C. Confronting hatred and violence as one nation.

Explanation:

The passage we are analyzing here was written by John Lewis, African American civil rights leader and statesman.

Even thought he passage does refer back to Lewis's childhood, its topic concerns what we can do against violence and hatred as a unified nation. Lewis cleverly connects the terrors of his infancy to the horrors of today - the shootings and murders of innocent people. Lewis urges us to figure out what it is that generates so much hatred, that causes none of us to be safe, that leads humans to kill other humans, to kill our own.