That is true, the "little theater" had appeared in the United States in 1905. These little theaters were very pivotal in giving other theaters a chance to branch out to different places out in the U.S. other than New York.
The parents may feel that slavery is okay to a certain extent because there parents raised them that way and they May have grandparents that owned some "slaves." Now children's attitudes might be different because nowadays you encounter lots of nationalities and races in the USA and were starting to adapt and open up to them wanting to know more about what they do or why they do something different than you might do.
Its probably B
he claims they are just people who can't make a significant difference if they act so they should just stand down
it's my guess anyways
A. the Narrator
hope that helps?
A conflict in a person...change he/her for more precaution with who she deals with.