Large numbers of African Americans have recently become Catholics because they are drawn to the church's emphasis on self-reliance, celebration of African identity, and prohibitions against gambling and using drugs or alcohol. True or false?

False.

Explanation:

The reason that a large number of African Americans have recently become Catholics is because of the focus of the Church on equality, justice, self-belief and recognition of each and every identity including African as equal to God. The reasons provided in the statement cannot be considered true as prohibitions against gambling and using drugs or alcohol is a part of each and every religion and is not specific to preaching of the Catholic church. The main reason is that it calls for equality, justice and individual identity recognition rather than racial profiling. It preaches that people are good or bad based on their deeds rather than ethnicity or race.