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The total population of brahmins is less than 6% in India. People from other castes - especially the tribals and the dalits (more than 40%), experience caste op
by pkphilip 6y ago
The total population of brahmins is less than 6% in India. People from other castes - especially the tribals and the dalits (more than 40%), experience caste oppression regularly.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoAre you saying 6% of the Brahmins are oppressing 40% of the remaining population? Source? [..] India is home to over 200 million Dalits. According to Paul Diwakar, a Dalit activist from the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, "India has 600,000 villages and almost every village a small pocket on the outskirts is meant for Dalits."[..] Indian population is 1400 million
- newen 6y agoAristocracy is France was around 10%. There are plenty of upper caste Indians (around 18% to 30% total depending on how you count it) who benefit from this societal structure.
- pfiwxruxta 6y agoSo what is it - 6% or 30%? And where's the source?
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoOk. The original comment said Brahmins are oppressing the Dalits. What has this got to do with the French? ‘Upper classes’ are not all aristocracy. I think you are confused.
- newen 6y agoI’m not confused, thanks. I’m saying a small population can easily oppress a larger population, especially with consent and cooperation from other populations. Numbers from here or wikipedia https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001016/india-population-share-by-caste/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001016/india-population...
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoEntirely irrelevant here. Unless you are stating that Dalits are a larger number than a smaller population of Brahmins. And that the latter is oppressing the former? In which case: source? Thanks.
- newen 6y agoYou’re just saying random things in an aggressive manner without making any sense.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoNo. I am merely asking for the source of pretty specific numbers. Once again: source?
- pkphilip 6y agoYou do realise that just a few thousand British controlled the entire nation of India for 100s of years, right? Presenting you some data on how this works: https://paa2015.princeton.edu/papers/153481 https://paa2015.princeton.edu/papers/153481 Just consider the Indian judiciary. The vast majority of judges are brahmins when they constitute just 5% of the population of the country. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ravikiranshinde/one-too-many-mishras-indias-supreme-court-is-a-brahmin https://www.buzzfeed.com/ravikiranshinde/one-too-many-mishra... As for the undertrials and those in prison, the vast majority are from lower castes. https://www.newsclick.in/how-caste-plays-out-criminal-justice-system https://www.newsclick.in/how-caste-plays-out-criminal-justic...
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoIt is impossible to have a fact based discussion with you. Your arguments so riddled with logical fallacies that it would take me hours to tease everything out with definitions and explanations. I find myself facing a poverty of time currently and in the near future to be able to engage you further. Thanks for the discussion so far. Have a nice day.