Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say,
"Wait.” But when you have seen vicious mobs
lynch your mothers and fathers at will and
drown your sisters and brothers at whim;
when you have seen hate-filled policemen
curse, kick and even kill your black brothers
and sisters; when you see the vast majority of
your twenty million Negro brothers
smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in
the midst of an affluent society; ... There
comes a time when the cup of endurance runs
Which of the following describes African American
social conditions, according to King?
They have civil rights protections.
They are treated fairly by police.
They live in poverty.
They believe things will never improve.
DONE

The correct answer is C. They live in poverty.

Explanation

According to the fragment of the question in which the author describes the degrading treatment of which he has been a victim together with his family by different groups, including the police, saying that "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, "Wait." But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim. "Further on, the author refers to the economic conditions in which Afro people live by saying" when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society ", in this fragment the author highlights that their condition is one of poverty. Therefore, it can be affirmed that the social conditions of African Americans According to King they are poverty as he puts it literally, so the correct answer is C. They live in poverty.