Meritocracy and Democracy

Subramanian, Ajantha

doi:10.1215/08992363-7286825

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“…Plethora of sociological, historical, and anthropological literature indicates that it is the dominant caste groups whose relative privilege, resources and power are maintained and legitimated by their position within the caste hierarchy (Subramanian 2019;Teltumbde 2010;Thorat et al 2016). The caste system functions as a graded hierarchy that assigns value to people depending on their birth in caste groups.…”

Section: Whose Interest Does Caste Prejudice Serve?mentioning

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The Nature of Caste Prejudice: A New Look at Prejudice, Social Identity, and Casteism in India

Sharma,

Jogdand

2024

J-CASTE

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Most research on caste prejudice is rooted in personality and individual difference approaches. As a result, there has been limited understanding of caste prejudice as an aspect of group psychology shaped by peoples’ sense of group positions. Drawing on the social identity approach in social psychology (Reicher et al. 2010), this article proposes a group-level psychological conceptualisation of caste prejudice and examines its relevance for understanding contemporary expressions of casteism. Using a cross-sectional correlational survey design and a purposive sample comprising different caste categories (N=278), we examined associations between socio-demographic factors, personality and individual difference factors, caste prejudice, subjective identification with caste, opposition to reservations, and endorsement of discriminatory practices. The data was analysed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, ANOVA, and Multiple Linear Regression. We found that members of historically advantaged caste groups are more likely to endorse caste prejudice. Caste prejudice, in turn, significantly predicted opposition to reservations and endorsement of discriminatory practices. Importantly, those seeking to glorify their caste identity were found to be more likely to endorse caste prejudice. The psychological attachment to caste identity was not found to be associated with caste prejudice. All results were found to be significant even after statistically controlling for socio-demographic and personality-individual difference factors, suggesting the unique contribution of social identity-based analysis. We discuss the implications of our findings for theory, research, and efforts for social change.

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Section: Whose Interest Does Caste Prejudice Serve?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nature of Caste Prejudice: A New Look at Prejudice, Social Identity, and Casteism in India

Sharma,

Jogdand

2024

J-CASTE

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“…In the everyday lives of subjects produced in milieus of racialization, one has to differentiate between the myths of meritocracy (see Subramanian 2019) and what one actually needs to do to not only survive, but thrive.…”

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Against invisibilization—towards “Blackness” as a universal claim

Partridge

2020

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

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From post-World War II Germany to contemporary contexts beyond Europe and the United States, this contribution considers the extent to which "Blackness" has become a universal claim. It thinks through this claim in relation to Aihwa Ong's discussion of invisibilization. In a context in which new immigrants to countries such as the United States or Germany face at best exclusionary incorporation through a process that also appends their potential noncitizenship to Blackness, a reinvigorated Blackness offers a different kind of possibility. Ong's discussion of ethnic succession in the United States also illuminates the persistence of systemic racism and "White" supremacy, making analytical space for the academic and the activist to consider the possibilities for Blackness as a universal claim.

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