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What was the Harvard equivalent of sati?
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
What was the Harvard equivalent of sati?
- iamnotleetcoder 5y agoSati existed in upper castes too. In the Kennedy family maintaining a certain social style is far more important. JKF sister went through lobotomy and suffered entire life social pressure due to mental health problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy
- linksnapzz 5y agoHaving to send your kids to Umass.
- iamnotleetcoder 5y agoOld money vs new money, Harvard vs others, Boston Irish vs Others. The cultural divides are subtle. They are like glass ceiling. You will realize how big a deal it is when you enter to their priorities. For getting most of the jobs, no one could care less. Try housing - You will not get housing in certain areas unless you project a certain class.
- linksnapzz 5y ago"The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots, And the Cabots speak only to God." This was true at one time, but that time was the better part of a century and a half ago. The last vestiges of that were removed when Kennedy became president. If you show up to buy a house on Louisburg Square on Beacon Hill, or a mansion on Tory Row in Cambridge, and you're willing to pay ${millions} cash on the nail, nobody is going to check your ancestry or your place in the social register before selling to you.
- samarthr1 5y agoSati as an issue was orthogonal to caste. It was more of a way to prevent rape by the Muslim invaders of the time. I don't know about y'all, but for me, death over dishonour.
- tsol 5y agoSati existed before Islam ever did
- rishav_sharan 5y agoAh yes, burning yourself alive over societal pressure