In 2006, Evo Morales assumed the presidency in Bolivia, a South American country in which official commerce is done in Spanish. Morales was the first Bolivian president of indigenous descent. As president, he quickly instituted reforms that were designed to reduce discrimination against indigenous populations with the aim of eventually reducing inequality. Suppose discrimination before Morales took two forms–discrimination in education by not providing state funds to educate all children (and particularly not educating indigenous children in their native language or in Spanish), and discrimination in the job market by firms not willingly hiring indigenous workers.
(a) In terms of education, which policy would be better at combating discrimination and inequality:
(1) Providing state funds to educate all people in their native languages or (2) providing state funds for a public education system that requires all people to learn Spanish and a second, indigenous lanuguage? Why?