<p>The author suggests that the figurative gesture described in lines 24-26 ("Many...us") is one of </p>
<p>a. misguided affection
b. calculated self-intrest
c. genuine empathy
d. uncommon courage
e. overt arrogance</p>
<p>So the answer is B, but what the heck does the passage have to do with calculating anything?? From the way I read it, it sounded like they were being affectionate and trying to protect Black women but their "protection" just ended up making people feel nervous and guilty. At least that was my thinking process but what the heck was Collegeboard's thinking process that decided that B was the answer?</p>
<p>“protecting black women”</p>
<p>God I hate the college board. Is it possible to take the SAT without having a passage about feminism, the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King jr., or the struggles of black people today?</p>
<p>it’s meant to bore us…no offense intended</p>
<p>when everything is about minority rights, then minorities can’t make excuses afterward and say “the test was racist and I couldn’t identify with the passages”</p>
<p><em>Closes eyes and holds palms up to the computer screen</em></p>
<p>Hmmm, the ignorance is strong in this thread.</p>
<p>What about Frederick Douglass 
This guy is legendary :)</p>
<p>Back to the OP. The answer is calculated self interest because the Black men and White women only want the Black women on their side to swell their numbers, not to actually delve into the unique history of Black women.
From that paragraph: “But their inclusion is provisionary. They will be valued for their differences so long as they do not mention it too often.”</p>
<p>A, C and D, are not even close. Maybe E (arrogance), but that is too strong. Patronizing would have made it a more difficult choice, but that still isn’t quite right. Self interest is definitely what the other groups are doing by claiming the Black women as members of their group.</p>
<p>oh shut up percyshelley…don’t act like you enjoy reading the passages on the SAT. Nobody does so just admit it and join the club</p>
<p>You’re absolutely right, chelseaSAT - I don’t enjoy them. But I find comments like “when everything is about minority rights, then minorities can’t make excuses afterward and say ‘the test was racist and I couldn’t identify with the passages’” to be rude.</p>
<p>Perhaps I’m being hypersensitive; Perhaps I’m not.</p>
<p>^ people have accused the collegeboard of racism in the past, so they include those passages for a specific reason, which i pointed out. if the truth offends you, then that sucks for you because no one else cares.</p>
<p>Yes, the truth offends me. That’s exactly what I was trying to say.</p>
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