Should I offer my help as the American white man did at the subway door, placing the two children outside the subway car? (paragraph 3)
Here was I, way past midnight, face to face with a situation that could very well explode into an outburst of prejudices. (paragraph 6)
Or not prejudiced enough to scream at the coming of a Puerto Rican toward her in a solitary subway station a few hours past midnight. (paragraph 8)
But here is a promise that I make to myself here and now; if I am ever faced with an occasion like that again, I am going to offer my help regardless of how the offer is going to be received. (paragraph 10)
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The sentence that best explains why the narrator hesitates to help the woman is:
"Here was I, way past midnight, face to face with a situation that could very well explode into an outburst of prejudices." (paragraph 6)
This sentence highlights the narrator's concern about the potential backlash or consequences of his actions in a tense situation, reflecting his hesitation to intervene.
