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- Question:
- Racism should be unacceptable in American society by now, but every year the newspapers still report on racially-motivated attacks, questionable police shootings, and groups who actively promote the superiority of whites over blacks or blacks over whites.
- Answer:
- The answer This is an effective sentence is correct.
- Explanation:
- The writer of this sentence is presuming that reader will agree that racism should be unacceptable, but then goes on to present evidence that, despite the best intentions of people like the reader, racism is still common. For this type of an argument, a loose sentence like this one works well: the writer begins with an uncontroversial statement to gain the reader's confidence, then proceeds gradually to introduce more controversial points.