Which of the following can be inferred from the author&rsquo;s claim, &ldquo;Which way is Oriental?&rdquo;

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Question :

Which of the following can be inferred from the author’s claim, “Which way is Oriental?”

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A.
Learning another language can mitigate cultural hierarchies and barriers.
B.
Globalisation has mitigated cultural hierarchies and barriers.
C.
Goodwill alone mitigates cultural hierarchies and barriers.
D.

Orientalism is a discourse of the past, from colonial times, rarely visible today.

Option is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The main idea of the passage is summed up in the last paragraph: ‘You are what you speak—the words that run throughout your mind are at least as fundamental to your selfhood as is your ethnicity or your gender.’

The author asks, ‘Which way is Oriental?’ to help readers realise that cultural hierarchies and barriers are not fixed and that they can be mitigated by learning another language.