The questions below refer to the selection “how it feels to be colored me.” describe hurston's attitude toward slavery and explain why you think she has been criticized for it. what do you think of her attitude, and why?

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answers will vary but should reflect students' understanding that a. hurston's attitude toward slavery is accepting or matter-of-fact. b. hurston feels that slavery "is the price [she] paid for civilization"-it was "worth all that [she has] paid through [her] ancestors for it." c. hurston doesn't feel limited or disadvantaged by the legacy of slavery. d. hurston's critics would likely feel that her attitude is too flippant, selfish, and short-sighted. they would see her attitude as showing too little respect and compassion for the agonies her ancestors suffered under slavery and revealing a shallow understanding of the ways in which slavery continued to affect african americans of her own time. in addition, students should include a personal response to hurston's attitude. some students may approve of her attitude because it reflects a refusal to be a. limited by history. b. defined or dictated to by others. c. victimized. d. dishonest for the sake of political correctness or the feelings of others. other students might disapprove of her attitude because it a. is shallow and immature. b. lacks compassion. c. is unrealistic. d. is selfish and ungrateful. e. belittles other african americans.

b. florence

d. milan

the dissolution of the soviet union[a] occurred on december 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union. it was a result of the declaration number 142-н of the supreme soviet of the soviet union.[1] the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former soviet republics and created the commonwealth of independent states (cis), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. on the previous day, december 25, soviet president mikhail gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the soviet union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers – including control of the soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to russian president boris yeltsin. that evening at 7: 32 p.m., the soviet flag was lowered from the kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary russian flag.[2]

previously, from august to december, all the individual republics, including russia itself, had either seceded from the union or at the very least denounced the treaty on the creation of the ussr. the week before formal dissolution, 11 republics signed the alma-ata protocol formally establishing the cis and declaring that the ussr had ceased to exist.[3][4] both the revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the ussr also marked the end of the cold war.

several of the former soviet republics have retained close links with the russian federation and formed multilateral organizations such as the commonwealth of independent states, eurasian economic community, the union state, the eurasian customs union, and the eurasian economic union to enhance economic and security cooperation. on the other hand, the baltic states have joined nato and th