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Read the excerpt from Notes of a Native Son
In that year I had had time to become aware of the meaning of all my father's bitter warnings, had discovered
the secret of his proudly pursed lips and rigid carriage: I had discovered the weight of white people in the
world. I saw that this had been for my ancestors and now would be for me an awful thing to live with and that
the bitterness which had helped to kill my father could also kill me.
Which best expresses the connection that Baldwin makes between the historical context of racial prejudice and the
physical effects it has on his father?
His father's premature death reflects the rapid disappearance of racial prejudice in early 20th-century America.
His father's immunity to stress reflects the immunity of Black Americans to the effects of racial prejudice.
The tension in his father's body reflects the tension between oppressor and oppressed in early 20th-century
America
The weakness in his father's body reflects the weakness of the riot against discrimination in Harlem.



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In the excerpt from "Notes of a Native Son," James Baldwin describes how he came to understand the impact of racial prejudice on his father. Baldwin connects the historical context of racial prejudice with the physical effects it had on his father by highlighting the tension in his father's body. This tension is symbolic of the broader tension between the oppressor (white people) and the oppressed (Black Americans) in early 20th-century America. Baldwin suggests that the weight of white people in the world, representing systemic racism and oppression, manifests physically in his father's proudly pursed lips and rigid carriage. This physical manifestation of stress and tension in his father's body reflects the larger societal struggle between racial groups during that time period. Therefore, the most accurate connection that Baldwin makes between the historical context of racial prejudice and its physical effects on his father is: - The tension in his father's body reflects the tension between oppressor and oppressed in early 20th-century America.

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