Read the excerpt from "Dream Season.” "Mr. Robinson is a brave man, Marcus,” Dad said. "There are a lot of people out there who don’t want him to play just because of the color of his skin.”

That is a dumb reason, I thought as I filled out the scorebook.

What kind of characterization is contained in the underlined sentence?

direct, because it tells the reader a personality trait of the character
direct, because it tells the reader a physical trait of the character
indirect, because it shows something the character says
indirect, because it shows something the character thinks