Question

A director casts a play about colonialism so that English speakers play the colonizers and Spanish speakers play the colonized people. What is the most likely intent of the director's interpretation?

A. To suggest that Spanish speakers were the true victims of colonialism


B. To suggest that there exists a similar division of power between speakers of different languages


C. To suggest that English colonialism was much more violent than Spanish colonialism


D. To suggest that a new form of colonialism is necessary today

Answer 1

B. To suggest that there exists a similar division of power between speakers of different languages

Representing the way those who speak Spanish in America are treated nowadays in terms of colonialism would suggest that the dominance of the colonizers (English speakers) is the same as the dominance English speakers of today are asserting over Spanish or foreign language speakers.