Why Does Garcia Discuss the Cases of Southern White Aristocrats

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Multiple Choice

Why does Garcia discuss the cases of southern white aristocrats who were protective of "their Negroes" but supported the antebellum system of racial oppression and Kiplingesque paternalists who thought "primitive" people would benefit from "civilized" European culture?

• A) Garcia discusses these cases to argue that such people were racist because of the social system of racial hierarchy and oppression that they were part of.
• B) Garcia considers these cases to refute the objection that his account of racism cannot explain why such people were racists.
• C) Garcia discusses these cases to defend the northern white abolitionists who proactively fought against slavery and helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
• D) Garcia considers these cases to analyze why such people's racial hatred for blacks coincided with their motivations to protect and help blacks.

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