ENEM 2021 - Becoming
Back in the ancestral homeland of Michelle Obama, black
women were rarely granted the honorific Miss or Mrs.,
but were addressed by their first name, or simply as gal”
or “auntie” or worse. This so openly demeaned them that
many black women, long after they had left the South,
refused to answer if called by their first name. A mother
and father in 1970s Texas named their newborn “Miss” so
that white people would have no choice but to address
their daughter by that title. Black women were meant for
the field or the kitchen, or for use as they saw fit. They
were, by definition, not ladies. The very idea of a black
woman as first lady of the land, well, that would have
been unthinkable.
Disponível em: mwv.nytimes.com.
Acesso em: 28 dez. 2018 (adaptado).
A crítica do livro de memórias de Michelle Obama, exprimeira-dama dos EUA, aborda a história das relações
humanas na cidade natal da autora. Nesse contexto, o uso
do vocábulo “unthinkable” ressalta que
a) a ascensão social era improvável.
b) a mudança de nome era impensável.
c) a origem do individuo era irrelevante.
d) o trabalho feminino era inimaginável.
e) o comportamento parental era irresponsável.
RESPOSTA:
Letra A.
O uso do vocábulo “unthinkable” ressalta que a
ascensão social era improvável, como mostra o trecho
abaixo, retirado do excerto apresentado:
“Black women were meant for the field or the kitchen,
or for use as they saw fit. They were, by definition, not
ladies. The very idea of a black woman as first lady of
the land, well, that would have been unthinkable.”
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