Question

When they entered the board's meeting room, Neto was terrified. They were alone with the ten white men who were the members of the Marsing school board. "I couldn't believe I was really doing this," Neto recalls. "Then I heard Baldy say, 'Neto wants to talk with you about the football team.'

"So I just started. I told them I was quitting and why. I told them word-for-word what I had heard. Only one of them looked like he was really listening. When I was finished, they thanked me for coming, but they didn't say they would do anything about it. I went home thinking, Well, at least I tried. Now they can't say nobody told them."

What detail in this excerpt further complicates Neto’s conflict?

Neto is terrified to speak to the school board.
Baldy takes Neto to the school board meeting.
Neto tells the school board about the racist comments.
The school board does not respond to Neto.

Answer 1

The school board does not respond to Neto.

Explanation: His report about the racist comments fails to prompt action, leaving the underlying problem unresolved and increasing his sense of powerlessness and conflict.