Which of the following statements most closely expresses the central idea of the following passage (paragraph 12)?
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
Answer choices for the above question
A. The struggle for freedom affects all people, not just the ones who aren’t free.
B. People who take away the freedom of others are the ones who should be imprisoned.
C. It is impossible for those who aren’t oppressed to understand oppression.
D. Freedom is an ideal, but it isn’t possible right now.