Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this
excerpt?
d the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."
reality is often quite different, a great national striving
sisting frequently of failure. Many of the oft-told stories of
most pluralistic nation on earth are stories not of
rance, but of bigotry. Slavery and sweatshops, the
ning of crosses and the ostracism of the other. Children
n in social studies class and in the news of the lynching
lacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay
7. It is difficult to know how to convince them that this
unts to "crown thy good with brotherhood," that amid all
failures is something spectacularly successful.
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Due to the many cultures represented in our nation, our
history is spoiled by racist acts.
The high number of horrors committed in our diverse
nation makes it difficult to believe in a united people.
Children in American schools are only learning about the
negative parts of American history-and none of the
positive.
Among all of the acts of hatred and racism, there is good
in our population made of immigrants.