Task: Evaluate the valence intensity of the snippet, providing a numerical assessment from 0 (very negative) to 1 (very positive), indicating the emotional orientation expressed.
Snippet: It was with high hopes and high standards that Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980, and nothing showed it more persuasively than this: The new multiracial society embraced the leader of the old, avowedly racist one as a full participant.
Intensity score: 