Hundreds of thousands of white south africans are concerned only with holding on to white privilege. they believe that they would rather die holding on to it than give up the smallest part; and i believe they would. (p. 111)

the tone of this passage is

sarcastic
moralistic
arrogant
regretful

The answer is D: regretful

 The writer describes one realistic situation in South Africa. He tells about the attitude of thousands of white South Africans concerning some privilages they have, their unwillingness to forsake them for the good of others, nor even the smallest part. The writer finishes regretting that the sad and selfish condition of these people will follow them until the day they die.

I think that the tone of this passage is regretful. The correct option in the last one.

Explanation:

In these lines, the author tells how he/she perceives the reality of the white South Africans, he/she says that they are afraid of losing privileges, and that they "would rather die” than give up those privileges. These words are filled with sorrow, with sadness and without hope. The author tells this as a hard truth, but truth at last. The author is not violent in this description, he/she is just pointing out the reality and that is why I chose regretful as the correct tone for describing the excerpt. The author is not directly judging the white South Africans acts, he/she is just giving information with a connotation of sorrow and regret.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

its d because i know