4.6.12 Discrimination and Segregation

What do you remember from the text? Answer the questions.

1. Why did whites use first names rather than courtesy titles when speaking to blacks?
   • To make blacks feel inferior.
   • To make friends with blacks.

2. Who had the right of way at crossroads?
   • Cars driven by white people.
   • Cars driven by black people.

3. On a full bus, who had the right to available seats?
   • elderly and pregnant women
   • whites

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