1. Which sentence represents the claim? 1
A. It's difficult to turn reparations talk from sentiment to legislated reality.
B. For one, no amount of resonant argumentation about "collective responsibility” will convince the
modern American populace as a whole—now composed of a great many immigrants and their
children — that "they" owe black people for slavery and Jim Crow.
C. The issue is not whether the argument should convince them, but whether it will.
D. Would an influx of cash really lift up African-Americans? Existing programs have had little
effect.