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Perhaps it's a sign of being sheltered. Kind of like white people in the USA not knowing of their privilege.
by wishinghand 6y ago
Perhaps it's a sign of being sheltered. Kind of like white people in the USA not knowing of their privilege.
- tjs8rj 6y agoExcept my caste clearly has distinct disadvantages whereas "white privilege" is justified with unequal outcomes. There's causation with caste, but poor justification beyond correlation with "white privilege" other than the so often repeated but flawed study about call-back rates being higher for white candidates. In other words: caste-based discrimination is real, and white privilege just seems like a ghost
- wishinghand 6y agoAre you saying that because white privilege is less acknowledged, it's harder to grasp for those within and without it? Or that it's existence is dubious?
- srean 6y agoNo, that might not be the case. Caste based discrimination varies by state. It is far less of a deal in Bengal, for example. This is one reason you will see that caste based identity politics is not used in Bengal, whereas that is the thing TM in other states. If the data were available I would be very curious how it varies state by state.