Answer to Question #213985 in English for tumi

Question

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 meaning

Answer 1

There is ambiguity in the clause 'our skin was accepted as correct and normal' because it can have two possible senses when uttered in context. Thus, the clause can be understood in more than one way. Two possible meanings of the clause from the text are:

1.)In other places Maya and the guy had been to before West Africa, their skin color had been treated as abnormal and undesirable. Thus, West Africa was the only place their skin color was embraced.

2.)Previously, West Africa had treated Maya and the guy's skin color as incorrect and peculiar until this particular visit where their skin was embraced as correct and standard.