Which TWO statements best express what the mothers’s actions and words reveal about Jefferson Strict cultural norms prevent people from engaging in empathetic behavior

All of Jefferson’s citizens are equally driven by legitimate fears

The white people of Jefferson do not want to engage with or employ the black population

Jefferson could do more to help its black citizens but refuses out of pride

Citizens fear that uplifting the black population puts the white population at risk

Jefferson’s strict segregation laws paralyze citizens who want to do the right thing

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.