Question

Please help ASAP. One hundred years ago, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material property.
What is the literal meaning of this figurative sentence from the passage?

A. African Americans are waiting for someone to rescue them.

B. The ocean of prosperity contains an island for African Americans.

C. Some African Americans live on an island in the middle of the ocean.

D. Poverty isolates African Americans from the mainstream of American society.

Answer 1

D. Poverty isolated African Americans from the mainstream of American society

Answer 2

Answer:

D. Poverty isolates African Americans from the mainstream of American society.

Explanation:

This is the statement that best describes the meaning of the excerpt. In these lines, the author presents an image of isolation when it comes to African Americans. We learn that African Americans are on an "island" which is surrounded by material property. The implication is that African Americans as a group are poorer than other groups in society, and that this isolates them in the same way as if they were located on an island.