Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. The next day, in the Sunday paper, I saw a pitiful closeup photograph of Elizabeth, wa
lking alone in front of Central on that first day of integration. It pained my insides to see, once again, the twisted, scowling white faces with open mouths jeering, clustered about my friend's head like bouquets of grotesque flowers. It was an ad paid for by a white man from a small town in Arkansas. "If you live in Arkansas," the ad read, "study this picture and know shame. When hate is unleashed and bigotry finds a voice, God help us all." I felt a kind of joy and hope in the thought that one white man was willing to use his own money to call attention to the injustice we were facing. Maybe the picture would help others realize that what they were doing was hurting everybody. What is the central idea of the excerpt
answer: It is about the significance of race during an era of injustice and how one specific race can change the mind of others
Explanation: The author explains that the picture was paid for by a white person and expresses the hope for people to realize the fact that injustice is unacceptable. The fact the author stresses the fact that a person of the white or caucasian race wanted others to see the injustice of a minority race means that something like that doesn't happen often and its something to be excited about since it indicates change. The author expressing the pain they feel when a white audience makes unsettling faces at their friend means said minority isn't favored or seen as less by the in this case superior minority(whites). The fact that a white person paid to expose injustice to the general public means they are more inclined to listen and change their ways. This is why the author says the picture may help people see that injustice amongst others is wrong.
The gerund in the sentence provided above is backpacking. Gerunds are verbs in -ing form but function as a noun. In this sentence, it functions as a direct object because it answers the question "what". By this, we can construct the question "What popular pastime is being talked about?".
