Rule 1. A subject will come before a phrase beginning with of. This is a key rule for understanding subjects. The word of is the culprit in many, perhaps most, subject-verb mistakes.
A bouquet of yellow roses lends color and fragrance to the room.
Rule 2. Two singular subjects connected by or, either/or, or neither/nor require a singular verb.
My aunt or my uncle is arriving by train today.
Answer:
because the colored men already are being treated poorly. treating them even worse or cheating them out of things makes you an even lower person.
Explanation:
She says that Myrtle had never seen Gatsby, That her sister was completely happy with her husband