B) Canaan actually received the curse instead of Cham.
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt from "The Selling of Joseph", there is a supposed justification for slavery which is said that because Adam cursed Cham who had black skin, then it was right to make blacks slaves.
Therefore, the statement does NOT refute the claim made by this reasoning is option B. This is because, Canaan actually received the curse instead of Cham.
Hansberry manages to create real characters that did not match the racial stereotypes of the time. With that, she showed that to achieve the American dream, black people had to face many tensions both with the white community and with the black community.
We can arrive at this answer because:
Lorraine Hansberry was a black American writer who was able to observe how the black community, its afflictions, and its struggles were represented in literature, film, and theater.
This representation was full of stereotypes, incorrect and prejudiced information.
She changed all that when she wrote "A Raisin in the Sun."
That's because in "A Raisin in the Sun" she put black characters as protagonists, and presented real characteristics that portray black people in society in a realistic and non-stereotyped way.
She showed how the American dream was difficult for black people, due to conflicts with white society and conflicts even within the black community.
