Q11

[romanmuffin]

I chose B, because I grouped journalistic and photographic records in with the traditional "protest painting."

Are we to infer that the journalism and documentary photography's simplification of things (line 47-48) = fails to depict richness of African american life?

[maryadkins]

You do have to infer here, but it's a stretch to infer that photographic and journalistic records are "protest painting" because, mainly, they're not painting. In paragraph 3, we're told all about Bearden's work and how it reflects the realities of life in Harlem. Paragraph 4 (line 45) sums up how his work differed from simplistic journalism and photography. So (D) is supported by this.

(A) is unsupported.

(B) is problematic b/c of what you identified--this is referring to the comparison to protest painting, which is different.

(C) is unsupported. This is mentioned as a description of sociology at the time, which is actually mentioned as consistent with the journalism and photography.

(E) is the opposite of what we want.

Hope this clarifies...

[zee.brad]

"richness" is exactly the same meaning word of"fullness" in the sentence that author differentiate B's work with J and P