According to "the negro artist and the racial mountain," one powerful way that the standard of whiteness affects african americans is through 1.advertisement 2.politics 3.the law 4.the unconscious

The correct option is 4).According to "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," one powerful way that the standard of whiteness affects African Americans is through the unconscious.

"The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" was written in 1926 by Langston Hughes who was a poet. He wrote it for the Nation Magazine.

In this short essay, the author suggested black people stop duplicating what white people do. Instead, he recommended not to feel ashamed but extremely proud of their skin color because that way they would be able to accomplish many great things.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.