Quicksand

Refute – Noun

Definition: Disprove, rebut

Passage: This great community, she thought, was
no longer a school. It had grown into a ma-
chine. It was now a show place in the black belt,
exemplification of the white rain’s magnanim-
ity, refutation of the black man’s inefficiency.

Understanding; I understand that Helga thinks that the school she is working at is disproving to the black man’s inefficiency.

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