“Eliminating 'savages' is less of a moral problem than eliminating human beings, and therefore American Indians came to be understood as a lesser
race-uncivilized savages-thus providing a justification for the extermination of
the native peoples."
- Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010)
What is Michelle Alexander saying?

I believe she is saying that during the time the American Indians were being killed they were seen as less then they were. Basically, they were seen as animals and it made others think it wasn't as bad to kill them because they weren't really even considered people.

Explanation:

no

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.