Answer:
A. The election of Barack Obama
Explanation:
Post racial era refers to the United States being free from racial discrimination, segregation and preference.
Barack Obama was elected President of the United State in 2008 and was regarded as the first black president of the county. This made people to conclude that the United States has truly reached its post racial era.
Generally speaking, industrialization greatly reduced social inequality by creating a "middle class" of people, who were able to significantly increase their incomes due to the large number of jobs available in factories.
Well I can't see the possible sentences, but muslims were a minority in India at the time and the population was predominantly Hindu. Forcing the majority of the population to change their religion forcibly (and through that many of their core values, beliefs, traditions and practices) was a quick way to create political unrest which could lead to a revolution. They we're already a minority ruling a large and powerful nation, so they were already dealing with a lot of resistance from the population as it was. Maybe they wanted to practice tolerance for moral reasons, but more likely they just didn't want to push their luck when they were already struggling to remain popular.
The correct answer is the editorial page :)
