<span>Olympic snowboarders' determination drives them through the rigorous training required to remain competitive in the sport.</span>
Its asking how African Americans were treated/looked at by other people (whites) and then its asking that the trial could have been different based on how the witness interpreted the situation.
The theme here is that his daughter has changed because of her friends. She became closer to them than her father and spends more time with them than him. The narrator wants to correct this that is why he wants to talk to her.
