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India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence
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Re: India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence
#82and how does the govt try to solve? by reservation quota. give college seats , jobs, promotions, etc for people with lower scores and their children and their children & forever.
you don't understand social justice, do you ?
I'd argue based on the comment, that @tsjq understands social justice quite well, including the unshakable truth that you cannot use institutionalized racism and bias as a remedy to racism and bias.
Doing so not only perpetuates the evils of the discrimination, but amps it up to eleven, because now it is done with the full force and power of the government.
There is no policy basis more evil and counter-productive than the left's modern concept of "social justice", which is hateful and unjustifiably retributive at its heart. (Viz the left's current efforts to eliminate the truly blind auditions used in orchestras - according to the SJWs, merit must not be allowed to allocate job slots to the most capable and talented. That's the path to Harrison Bergeron...)
Re: India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence
#83It's interesting for this white american guy to learn a little bit about other cultures' prejudicial tribal structures. (That's my attempt at neutral language for what american sociologists call "structural racism".) I suspect it's trickier to learn about those structures in one's own culture.
As Mark Twain said "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."
Once you get out and about you have a new lens to look at your own society too - another viewpoint shines light into your blind spots.
Re: India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence
#84It's been a while that I've been to India (last millennium...). Back then, the Times of India had pages and pages of lonely hearts ads in the back, or rather, matrimonial ads. They were sorted by caste, though there were two special categories for NRI (Non resident Indians, i.e. expats) and MBA (yes, Master of Business Administration graduates) - they seem to transcend caste. The ads typically specified the industry…
I am more optimistic that the caste system will die out within our lifetime. Almost all the younger people I know in India are on dating apps and they are dating people who they would not have met otherwise. I do not know how it is in villages of India , which are stuck in medieval times, but kids in small towns and cities have found sexual liberation in dating apps. If the economy of India improves such that kids ar…
That's not true in all cities. I'm from Tamil Nadu and even in Chennai which is the most liberal city in Tamil Nadu don't have the dating app culture like you mentioned. I heard Bangalore is ahead on this dating culture.
I most certainly know that cast system will not die out within our lifetime since I have friends who still cling on to caste and they are not from villages or small towns. It will take more than one generation to see any meaningful progress sadly.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
jatis yes, but not segregation, classification yes, not hierarchy on steroids until the british came in
Yeah right, every damn thing is because of someone else. Start taking responsibility for your actions.
Of course its a societal problem in India, but to root out caste, we have to understand where it came from first and then work together of making people equal. Whilst Christian missionaries from Britain keep coming into India exploiting caste to gain conversions which further creates divisions.
When we understand the reasons, we can address the problem.
Re: India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
jatis yes, but not segregation, classification yes, not hierarchy on steroids until the british came in
yeah bro, dalits just really love cleaning waste
Of course its a societal problem in India, but to root out caste, we have to understand where it came from first and then work together of making people equal. Whilst Christian missionaries from Britain keep coming into India exploiting caste to gain conversions which further creates divisions.
When we understand the reasons, we can address the problems