8. Professor Matthew Antoine, Grant’s teacher when he was a child, believed in all of the following except which?

a. Eventually, society breaks black people down to the “n-word”s society believes they are.

b. Many of Grant’s peers wouldn’t improve themselves and their fates would end tragically.

c. Mulattos and other “near whites” are racially superior to full-blooded blacks.

d. Teaching will eventually reward Grant if he is dedicated enough to change his students.