首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The beginning of what was to become the United States was characterized by inconsistencies in the values and behavior of its pop
The beginning of what was to become the United States was characterized by inconsistencies in the values and behavior of its pop
admin
2011-02-11
76
问题
The beginning of what was to become the United States was characterized by inconsistencies in the values and behavior of its population, inconsistencies that were reflected by its spokesmen, who took conflicting stances in many areas; but on the subject of race, the conflicts were particularly vivid. The idea that the Caucasian (白种人) race and European civilization were superior was well entrenched in the culture of the colonists at the very time that the "egalitarian" (主张平等的) republic was founded. Voluminous historical evidence indicates that, in the mind of the average colonist, the African was a heathen, he was black, and he was different in crucial philosophical ways. As time progressed, he was also increasingly captive, adding to the conception of deviance. The African, therefore, could be justifiably (and even philanthropically) treated as property according to the reasoning of slave trader and slave-holders.
Although slaves were treated as objects, bountiful evidence suggests that they did not view themselves similarly. There are many published autobiographies of salves; Afro-American scholars are beginning to know enough about West African culture to appreciate the existential climate in which the early captives were raised and which therefore could not be totally destroyed by the enslavement experience. This was a climate that defined individuality in collective terms. Individuals were members of a tribe, within which they had prescribed roles determined by the history of their family within the tribe. Individuals were inherently a part of the natural elements on which they depended, and they were actively related to those tribal members who once lived and to those not yet born.
The colonial plantation system, which was established and into which Africans were thrust did virtually eliminate tribal affiliations. Individuals were separated from kin: interrelationships among kin kept together were often transient because of sales. A new identification with those slaves working and living together in a given place could satisfy what was undoubtedly a natural tendency to be a member of a group. New family units became the most important attachments of individual slaves. Thus, as the system of slavery was gradually institutionalized, West African affiliation tendencies adapted to it.
This exceedingly complex dual influence is still reflected in black community life, and the double consciousness of black Americans is the major characteristic of Afro-American mentality. DuBois articulated this divided consciousness as follows:
The history the American Negro is the history of this strife-this longing to attain self-conscious
manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging, he wishes neither of the older selves to be best...
Several black political movements have looked upon this duality as destructively conflictual and have variously urged its reconciliation. Thus, the integrationists and the black nationalists, to be crudely general, have both been Concerned with resolving the conflict, but in opposite directions.
The author’s argument logically depends upon which of the following assumptions?
选项
A、The duality that characterizes the consciousness of modern Black Americans is so deeply rooted that it cannot be eliminated by political action.
B、African captives who were brought to North America had learned a basic orientation toward the world which remained with them.
C、At the time of the beginning of the United States, white Americans were not aware of the contradiction between the notion of equality and the institution of slavery.
D、The influence of the slavery experience on the West Africans was more powerful than the memory of West African attitudes.
答案
D
解析
逻辑推理题。问题问的是哪一个选项表述了含蓄的论点。B的答案是正确的。可以确信西非一定有个思想影响存留下来,并传到了美国。如果没有这种设想,西非文化的影响就被架空了。A的内容对作者来说并不需要。作者想证实duality存在的现实性,而不是建议如何将它去除。C是错的。作者仅是说有这种矛盾存在。美国白人在他们的行为及思想中是否意识到这种不协调与本文无关。D也是错的。作者仅提到了dual influence的存在,他并没有说在形成美国黑人的思想意识中某一种影响比另一种更重要。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/KreO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
1Idon’tknowifgaymarriagewillhaveallthebadeffectspredictedbyconservatives,butit’salreadyhavingonetheydid
Dopeoplewhochoosetogoonexotic,far-flungholidaysdeservefreehealthadvicebeforetheytravel?Andeveniftheypay,wh
AcupunctureRecently,acupuncturehasbecomea【1】_____wordinAmerica.【1】_____.AcupuncturewasperformedinChina
A、Yes,asfewerthanbefore.B、Yes,butfewerthanbefore.C、Yes,theyarenotneededanymore.D、No,theirservicesarediscont
PaulaJones’caseagainstBillClintonisnow,forallpossiblepoliticalconsequencesandcapacityformediasensation,afairy
1"Itisalwaysconsolingtothinkofsuicide,"theGermanphilosopherFriedrichNietzscheoncewrote,"inthatwayonegets
1"Itisalwaysconsolingtothinkofsuicide,"theGermanphilosopherFriedrichNietzscheoncewrote,"inthatwayonegets
WhyImmersionTeachingWorksAsaCanadianimmersionteacher,IwasenthusedtoseetheletterfromJohnWhelptonabouttheC
A、Themarchingwasviolent.B、Nobodyinterfered.C、Therewereafewboos.D、Therewerealotofclapping.A
随机试题
人民当家作主和依法治国的根本保障是
患者,男性59岁,慢性肝炎病史20年,腹胀、尿少,近期出现神志恍惚、言语多,考虑肝性脑病,应首先进行哪项血液检查
穿无菌衣和戴无菌手套后,必须保持无菌的部位是()。
下列细菌中,产生毒素与噬菌体有关的是
A.应当至少检查一个最小包装B.可不开箱检查C.应当检查箱内的所有最小包装D.可不打开最小包装根据2013年1月发布的《药品经营质量管理规范》药品批发企业对实施批签发管理的生物制品的验收要求是
李祥与银行签订借款抵押担保合同,以一幢价格为20万元的房屋作抵押,借款15万元,并办理抵押登记;后李祥从袁某处借款7万元,仍以该房屋抵押担保,并办理了登记。李祥又以家中冰箱彩电等总计2.5万元作抵押,向蒋某借款3万元,写了借条和抵押担保书;后李祥从沈某处借
在某建设工程施工过程中,由于出现脚手架倒塌事故而造成实际进度拖后,承包商根据监理工程师指令采取赶工措施后,仍未能按合同工期完成所承包的任务,则承包商()。
下列选项中,()属于建设工程项目管理进度控制的技术措施。
取保候审由哪一部门执行?()
根据下列材料回答问题。2017年()全国规模以上文化及相关产业收入合计数同比增速最高。
最新回复
(
0
)