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Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline by HenryTheHorse on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:24PM (#16083841)
> It's not all black and white, oppressed against the oppressor.

How's it not so? (Asking, not flaming. I know this is a complex topic and invariably leads to shouting matches.)

The idea of caste being used as a means and justification for oppression, violence etc is just plain wrong. I don't think it could be more black and white - to borrow another loaded figure of speech.

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Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline by thisisit on Saturday January 06, 2018 @01:30AM (#16084142)
Because of reservation and representation. Think about this - In US instead of having affirmative action[1] it was legally mandated to hire about 30-50% of non-Caucasian for any government job ie quota. What ramifications will it have on the society?

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action

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Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline by known on Sunday January 07, 2018 @01:39AM (#16089627)
Caste system is an Organized Mafia in India http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/wquRqpqgRGfDP58kN9BNOM/caste...
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