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In the 1930's and 1940's, African American industrial workers in the southern United States, who constituted 80 percent of the unskilled factory labor force there, strongly supported unionization. While the American Federation of Labor (AFL) either excluded African Americans or maintained racially segregated unions, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) organized integrated unions nationwide on the basis of a stated policy of equal rights for all, and African American unionists provided the CIO's backbone. Yet it can be argued that through contracts negotiated and enforced by White union members, unions—CIO unions not excluded—were often instrumental in maintaining the occupational segregation and other forms of racial discrimination that kept African Americans socially and economically oppressed during this period. However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination. The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid off: many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers. African American unionists thus succeeded in strengthening the unions while using them as instruments of African Americans' economic empowerment.
The author of the passage suggests which of the following about African American workers who participated in union activities in the 1930's and 1940's?
They believed that the elimination of discrimination within unions was a necessary first step toward the achievement of economic advancement for African Americans.
They belonged exclusively to CIO unions because they were excluded from AFL unions.
They believed that the economic advancement of African American workers depended on organized efforts to empower all workers.
Some of them advocated the organization of separate African American unions because of discriminatory practices in the AFL and the CIO.
Many of them did not believe that White unionists in CIO unions would tolerate or support racial discrimination against African American workers.
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正确答案是 C。
C 选项表达的内容与文章的最后一句密切相关：“African American unionists thus succeeded in strengthening the unions while using them as instruments of African Americans economic empowerment”，其中的“instruments”指的就是“organized efforts to empower all workers”，即选项 C 的内容。文章前部分也很清楚地强调了 African American 工人肩负着两重任务 —— 一方面需要把种族歧视从工会中剔除，另一方面也要为非洲裔美国人的经济发展发起有力的努力 —— 这正是选项 C 所夸张的。因此，可以说选项 C 是本段的正确答案。
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization
exclusively 这种过于绝对性的词汇要小心！
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination.
A选项first step错误，未提及，
C选项，empower all workers，指的是white+american african workers 正确
原文African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination.说明他们也知道被歧视，但不得不团结白人工人，E错误
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination. 当非裔美国工人意识到employers' power over workers是他们被经济边缘化的中心因素时，他们发现和白人工人一起联合起来寻求变革的必要性，尽管白人工人们歧视他们。C正确
African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination.
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination.
(B) exclusively 过于绝对
the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) organized integrated unions nationwide on the basis of a stated policy of equal rights for all, and African American unionists provided the CIO's backbone. 非裔美国工会人员支持cio 而cio是为了所有人的权利而建立。
B 绝对词汇 原文没表达
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change
C同义改写 organised efforts-=join with 而且后文还有The persistent efforts 经济边缘=取非 经济发展 雇主权利凌驾于工人之上=取非 empower all workers
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change
C同义改写 organised efforts-=join with 后切后文还有The persistent efforts 经济边缘=取非 经济发展 雇主权利凌驾于经济之上=取非 empower all workers
marginalization n.边缘化
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization...
美国黑人意识到雇主的权利凌驾于工人的权利之上是美国经济【边缘化】的主要原因