Question

select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
read this excerpt from countee cullens poem \the dark tower,\ and then complete the sentences that follow.

we shall not always plant while others reap
the golden increment of bursting fruit,
not always countenance, abject and mute,
that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
not everlastingly while others sleep...

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing \abject and mute,\ he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american drop - down menu with options focus, identity, response has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature.
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Explanation:

The sentence is about how as racial injustices changed, the American response to them (and how this is reflected in literature) shifted. "Response" fits here as it refers to how society reacts to injustices. "Focus" would be about what is centered on, and "identity" is about self - perception, neither of which fit as well as "response" in the context of reacting to changing injustices.

Answer:

response