[netmilsmom]

What is the correct answer?

[ZinGirl]

here's what "they" say: the sentence was incorrect because the pronoun in the sentence -- "her" -- was used improperly. Keegan said pronouns should only refer to nouns and in this case Morrison's name is used as an adjective.

[ZinGirl]

(I meant to add that I thought it should be "which" instead of "that" in the sentence.....shows what *I* know!)

[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

Toni Morrison has a genius which allows her to... blah blah...

But I think the REAL correction ought to be:
Toni Morrison writes mediocre novels... blah blah

[CaptainJustice]

"The genius of Toni Morrison enables her to do whatever she does." Like that.

[Joe 6-pack]

"What is the correct answer?"

I have put in the appropriate corrections:

Toni Morrison's genius as an enabler arises from the injustices African-Americans like Bill Clinton have endured."

[So Cal Rocket]

I believe for it to be grammitically correct the sentence should read:

"Toni Morrison is enabled by her genius to..."

This makes "Toni Morrison" rather than "Tony MOrrison's genius" the subject of the sentence.

For it to be logically correct the sentence would have to be reconstructed entirely.

[MHT]

What would have been a proper way to express the thought?

[Rebel_Ace]

I'm reserving judgement until I hear what F.Christian has to say about this grammar and syntax.

[krb]

The correct answer would be that "her" is a dangling modifier.

[DaughterofEve]

Technically then, I think it should be:

"Toni Morrison's genius enables THE AUTHOR to create novels that arise from and express the injustices African-Americans have endured."

But as a sentence, it seems initially poor anyway. Her genius would produce a brilliant expression of the injustices, but it would be her experience or knowledge that would allow the brilliantly-written novels to have risen from the topics mentioned.
I have never read any of her writings, so really can't comment otherwise.

[rabidralph]

I believe this is the correct version: Toni Morrison be a good noveler and chronicler of her peep's problems. Word.

[boris]

I would guess that "Toni Morrison's genius enables her to create novels that arise from and express the injustices African-Americans have endured." Would have to be rendered as "Toni Morrison's genius enables it to create novels that arise from and express the injustices African-Americans have endured."

See, it's the 'genius' that has enabled...sounds much worse, tho.