Through national institutions, assimilationist and integrationist strategies promote which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The dominant group's language and culture
Option (1) A single national culture blended from all groups — Incorrect. These strategies do not mix all cultures into a new one. They take the dominant group's culture as the national culture and spread it to others.
Option (2) The dominant group's language and culture — Correct. Assimilationist and integrationist strategies promote the dominant group's language and culture through national institutions. These include state-controlled media and schools, and they help build one singular national identity around that group.
Option (3) A modern secular culture free of community markers — Incorrect. The aim is not a neutral culture without community markers. The strategies push the markers of the dominant group, such as its language, heroes and national holidays.
Option (4) The shared culture of the anti-colonial struggle — Incorrect. The anti-colonial struggle is not part of these strategies. National institutions and state symbols celebrate the dominant group's history, heroes and culture.
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