A hungry fisherman had been fishing all day long and had caught nothing. He felt weak and tired. Just as he was about to give up
, he felt a small tug on his line. He caught a very small fish. The fish said, “Let me go! I am just a little fish. If you put me back in the water, I will grow and you can make a fine meal of me later.” The fisherman said, “Oh, no, little fish. What good would you do me when I am dead?” What is the character’s motivation in this story?
A.
pleasure
B.
hunger
C.
laziness
D.
cruelty
250 years of slavery. 90 years of Jim Crow. 60 years of separate but equal. 35 years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
