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Re: World map of racism
By: Alharacas Date: December 4, 2018, 3:31 am
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Thank you for the detailed answer, Sudeep!
So, do you think people understood "caste" instead of "race",
when they were asked whether they'd mind having a neighbour from
a different race?
The way you describe it, the quota system is unfair, yes. But
presumably, it was introduced to provide equal opportunity for
the members of lower castes? If it were abolished, wouldn't that
just mean things reverting to "normal", i.e. members of the
higher castes getting all the good jobs? How would you go about
ensuring the different castes got equal opportunity if it were
up to you?
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Re: World map of racism
By: Allie Date: December 4, 2018, 6:26 am
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As pointed out by the OP herself, it’s difficult to draw clearer
conclusions without knowing how they got their data and the
criteria used.
Other members mentioned also that there may be other things in
question to be considered.
Race is a complicated thing in Brazil.
So, as I don’t intend to begin a Brazilian History class, what I
can say is that Brazil is a melting pot. When talking about
Brazilian people, we are talking about a mix in different
proportions of White, Black and Native American blood that runs
in the veins of the vast majority of the population. So you can
claim any race (it happens)
Besides, back in the colonial days, there was a sense of “us”
and “them”, but with time we’ve embraced diversity and we’re all
Brazilians, in inspite of the part of the country we are from,
culture, appearance, etc. We don’t give much importance to
ancestry nowadays - unless you’re Italian. Italians love to
boast they “italianess”
The definition of “race” is blurred there. In the same family,
you can have people that consider themselves
“white”/“black”(even if not perceived by society as such).
However, there are still cases of racism, even though it's not
usually open (racism is a crime in Brazil).
By the way, according to Wikipedia, the distribution of the
population is 47.73% white, 43.13% pardo, 7.61% back, 1.09%
Asian, 0.43% Amerindian. From what I read, the research took
into consideration the participants’ response as to their
perception of their own race (it’s not taking any kind of DNA or
family tree in consideration)
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Re: World map of racism
By: NealC Date: December 4, 2018, 7:09 am
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The U.S. did well, which is as I deep down suspected. By making
race a national topic, a slew of legislation, and a lot of basic
social work racism has been vastly reduced in this country, even
in the space of my own lifetime.
Just don't tell the racist agitators whose jobs and power lie in
their ability to rouse the rabble.
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Re: World map of racism
By: Sudeep Date: December 4, 2018, 9:34 am
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[quote author=Alharacas link=topic=643.msg9885#msg9885
date=1543915883]
Thank you for the detailed answer, Sudeep!
So, do you think people understood "caste" instead of "race",
when they were asked whether they'd mind having a neighbor from
a different race?
The way you describe it, the quota system is unfair, yes. But
presumably, it was introduced to provide equal opportunity for
the members of lower castes? If it were abolished, wouldn't that
just mean things reverting to "normal", i.e. members of the
higher castes getting all the good jobs? How would you go about
ensuring the different castes got equal opportunity if it were
up to you?
[/quote]
Susanne, in India most of the people are more familiar with the
word caste than the word race because you can easily guess an
Indian even if he belongs to the North/South/east/West(with some
exception for the north-easterners who are quite often mistaken
as Chinese due to their facial feature). So, if you ask any
Indian about their race, they may get confused(even I would!:D),
but if you ask them their caste, they may tell you without
confusion. It is even easy to know what caste a person belongs
to only by knowing their last name.So, caste play an important
role here in India rather than race.
India is not like European countries where people want to come
as an immigrant, nor India can afford to give them shelter and
other necessary thing. So, you can't see India as a racially
diverse country but in other field it is very diverse.
Susanne, you are completely right about the introduction of
quota system. When India got independence, the law makers
thought to introduce it to uplift those who are financially and
socially backward and later they had a plan to remove this once
the job is done, but it has become a never ending thread.
Politicians use it for vote bank policy. And those who come
under this quota system don't want to give it up even if they
are now financially stable and living a great life. I have no
problem if the government provides them with free study or other
facilities but helping them in every step of their life even for
getting a job is like making them lazy and stopping them from
knowing their own potential. I don't know when it is going to
end, but if it does and government only help them who are
financially backward or who are cut off from the mainstream,
then it would be appreciated, I think.
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