The statement that best describes the change in Neto since the beginning of the story is that <u>Neto realizes that quitting the football team is not an effective way of taking a stand against racism.</u>
Explanation:
From the excerpt of "It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.", a number of football players decided to quit the football team by handing over their football uniforms and pads and telling their coach they were leaving because of the racial abuse they faced but the coach tried to let them know that if they quit football, it would only make matters worse because the fans would call them losers and quitters and the racists would have won.
