Question

But the execution was an external event, not necessarily an internal exorcism. All their lives my parents, along with a nation of Dominicans, had learned the habits of repression, censorship, terror. Those habits would not disappear with a few bullets and a national liberation proclamation. They would not disappear on a plane ride north that put hundreds of miles distance between the Island and our apartment in New York. And so, long after we had left, my parents were still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads. Even on American soil, they were afraid of awful consequences if they spoke out or disagreed with authorities. The First Amendment right to free speech meant nothing to them. Silence about anything "political" was the rule in our house. –“A Genetics of Justice,” Julia Alvarez Which evidence from the text best supports the central idea that the lasting effects of injustice are not easy to correct?

Answer 1

Answer: "And so, long after we had left, my parents were still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads."  

Julia Alvarez tells about long time habits of repression and terror developed by her parents and other Dominicans. Due to a constant censorship during all their lives under a dictatorship, they found very difficult to get rid of this nightmare, even after being in a safe environment, in a place with law protecting their right express themselves, because the internal reality was still present.

Answer 2

The lasting effects of injustice are not easy to correct. This is some evidence from the text:

1. "....my parents were still living in the dictatorship inside their own heads..." . The use of still shows the parents could not feel the difference bewteen living in the Dominican Republic or in the US.