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Tyler Cowen interviews Sujatha Gidla on his podcast, Conversations with Tyler [0]. Not having heard of her, and not having any exposure to caste societies, I wa
by oflannabhra 9y ago
Tyler Cowen interviews Sujatha Gidla on his podcast, Conversations with Tyler [0]. Not having heard of her, and not having any exposure to caste societies, I was struck by the sharpness of her insight and the strength of her conviction. I highly recommend listening.
[0] - https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/sujatha-gidla-ants-among-elephants-tyler-cowen-bd11b423ba91 https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/sujatha-gidla-an...
- astrodust 9y ago> not having any exposure to caste societies... Never heard of America?
- oflannabhra 9y agoThe term "caste" is not used to refer to social stratification. It is more specific [0]. America has its own ethnic-based social stratification issues, but I think that opponents of caste systems would say that comparing modern day America, with its issues, to the entrenched caste system in India is a comparison that greatly waters-down the oppressiveness of caste and minimizes the challenges facing its reform. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste
- astrodust 9y agoIt's different in that in places like India you have significantly more layers and a lot more history. Also a lot more bullshit.