The central idea of this excerpt is that the narrator is surprised by public race restrictions. cherishes her rare worldly experiences. enjoys time spent with her grandmother. longs to have a more diverse neighborhoodThe central idea of this excerpt is that the narrator is surprised by public race restrictions. cherishes her rare worldly experiences. enjoys time spent with her grandmother. longs to have a more diverse neighborhood

This question is missing the excerpt. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:

Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. Those matches were big events in my life because we traveled downtown to the Robinson Auditorium, a place usually reserved for white people only. Those were the times when I got to go outside my neighborhood, outside the world where I spent most of my life. We sat in the same room with white folks, able to observe them close up. I wanted to get to know them better, to see what it was they had that put them in charge.  

The central idea of this excerpt is that the narrator?

A) is surprised by public race restrictions.

B) cherishes her rare worldly experiences.

C) enjoys time spent with her grandmother.

D) longs to have a more diverse neighborhood.

The central idea of this excerpt is that the narrator:

B) cherishes her rare worldly experiences.

Explanation:

The excerpt we are analyzing here is from Melba Patillo Beal's memoir "Warriors Don't Cry," in which she narrates her life and experiences with discrimination. These particular lines focus on how rare and exciting were the times when she was able to leave her neighborhood, to see the "outside world". During these opportunities, she would also take the time to watch white people closely in an attempt to understand what made them different to the point of placing them "in charge". But, again, the excerpt's central idea revolves around her worldly experiences and how precious they were.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).