Answer to Question #212859 in English for Molly

Question

TEXT A

Guy

Maya Angelou

guy was 17 and quick. I was 33 and determined.We were black American in the west Africa, where for the first time in our lives the colour of our skin was accepted as correct and normal.

a) the clause 'our skin was accepted as correct and normal' is ambiguous.with close reference to the text, explain the ambiguity and provide the two possible meanings.

Answer 1

The ambiguity is correct and normal. The meaning: right race and same race