| It is a puzzle to me why the Indian people have not given up the caste system. As the official base of affirmative action, its impact has nowadays a tendancy of extending beyond the originally intended college entrance program, which, as I heard, could be abused in real life. While there is little disagreement in giving balanced benefits to the bottom class, it is the middle class people who are taking big advantages of the system. Then, why do the Indian people not give up the caste system, I wonder? Not religion, but a central word I heard was "the blood line", something that people care the most, and that is closely related to the still prevailing "arranged marriage" in social life. I am not totally sure that I understand this, though it seems to be the only valid reason. |
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