24:17 Read the excerpt from "Jabari Unmasked" by Nikki
Grimes.
Which statement best explains the poet's use of the
phrase "you fail to see in the excerpt?
Abel
One look, and we are neatly judged this
gang, these thugs, these dark delinquents in debt
to society. Meanwhile, you fail to see that we
are college-bound (more than a few), prepared to pay
attention to psychology, the sciences, the arts, to
thoughtfully unfurl the scrolls of human
history. Instead, you see a thief who uses guile.
It emphasizes the speaker's claim that everyone has
a value they bring to society.
It develops the speaker's message that stereotypes
can be damaging
It encourages the reader to engage in and connect
with their communities.
It creates a commonality between the reader and the
students who are described.
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i'm pretty sure i had this question the other day and b was the right answer.

may i ask what topic?

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can

educational segregation in the us prior to brown.

the members of the u.s. supreme court that on may 17, 1954, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

judgment and order of the supreme court for the case.

u.s. circuit judges robert a. katzmann, damon j.

the u.s. supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education marked a turning point in the history of race relations in the united states. on may 17, 1954, the court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.