LSAT 128 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q19

RC Question 19 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Which one of the following would most likely be …

DISCUSSION: The practices referred to in this paragraph are constructed and rewritten “traditions” in colonized societies used to include and legitimize European colonial powers. So we should expect an answer that reflects this.

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1. No. The colonizing culture is celebrating the native culture here, not hijacking or rewriting practices to claim authority.
2. This is the reverse of what we’re looking for.
3. We don’t just need it to be popular among the imperial culture. It needs to be reimagined to include them.
4. CORRECT. The actual tradition from the native culture was used for one purpose, but it was rewritten to include and project colonial influence.
5. A lot of things wrong here. The practice can’t be a pre-colonial traditional native practice since it includes the colonies, it criticizes rather than legitimizes colonial power, and there’s nothing to suggest that it was reconstructed by the colonial power.