What is the source of the internal conflict acknowledged by the speaker?
she struggles with both written and spoken language.
a she is unfamiliar with the genteel manners of city life.
b she discovers that she is overqualified for employment as a maid.
c she misses her family intensely but is optimistic that she will find work in the city.
d she realizes that her race and gender will make it difficult for her to achieve her goals.

She realizes that her race and gender will make it difficult for her to achieve her goals.

Explanation:

According to the speaker, in every cultures there is a certain pre-conception among people regarding what considered to be appropriate and not appropriate for each genders to behave.

(Most of the societies in the world right now, tend to perceive Men as the one that has the 'duty' to provide for the family and the women are more suitable to play a supportive role)

This will start to alter the way people think from early age, and this will cause a lot of hindrance for them in their career. For example Having the perception that women are not suitable to be provider will make them become less likely to be promoted or trusted to have a leadership position. This restriction maybe even harsher if those women also a member of minority group.

The source of conflict is option D that is She realizes that her race and gender will make it difficult for her to achieve her goals.

Internal conflict arises in the mind of an individual where he struggles between two conflicting ideas of self.  Here, the person is struggling due to a lack of language knowledge.

Therefore, due to pre-conception regarding roles of male and female in society a person may find herself less suitable for doing a particular role and achieving the goals.

Similarly, the race of a person may become the reason for internal conflict where she may feel less capable from other race people which could block their roads towards goals achievemnt.  

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