Besides building context for the controversy and introducing the controversy , the persuasive essay introduction paragraph should do which of the following ? A. Provide a thesis statement where you state your position B. Provide all the evidence you plan to use in the body paragraphs C. Provide all the opposing views currently known to this controversy D. Provide a background of the point of view of the author

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.