In paragraph 9, the speaker says that the people standing “did it to themselves,” meaning they were the cause of their own suffering. In an essay of at least 200 words, respond to this statement. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Are his judgments about the people standing based more on facts or on his own feelings? Is the act of offering food to the standing people a way of treating them “as inferior”? Cite evidence from the text to support your arguments. Close Read: The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us