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Which of the following explanations best interprets the meaning of the bolded words in the following sentence?
"Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.
A. People may act with prejudice if they feel they are not standing on solid ground.
B. Discrimination makes people feel like they are being pulled into a bottomless pit.
C. Permitting people to be treated unfairly is a dangerous national policy.
D. Racial injustice occurs in countries with deserts characterized by quicksand.
Answer:
The correct answer is option C. Permitting people to be treated unfairly is a dangerous national policy.
Explanation:
What is meant in this passage is that for a nation to have a solid base, it could not continue as it did until then, with much injustice and racism for that time. They should change that to progress. To continue with this policy was to be in "quicksand", nothing good ever comes from injustice and racism.
Given this information we can say that the correct answer is option C.
