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Caste s Potential to Subvert Hegemonic Tropes Across the World
In Caste: The Origins of our Discontents , Isabel Wilkerson looks at society through the lens of its pervasive oppression.
Coloured drinking fountain, Oklahoma, 1939. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Why is it that so many persons of Indian origin thrive in the US? Look anywhere â many of the titans of big industries are brown people from South Asia. Why is it that so many Indian doctors or dentists take care of American ailments? And that the culture, literary and media industries also have so many Indian people? What is that secret sauce that makes this possible? To understand this better we need a caste lens. The many Indians who sit at the top of the American dream are largely from the dominant castes of Indian society. Their upbringing, mannerisms, deftness, way of thinking and claiming pride, belief in culture, dominant oppressive status, easy access to lowest caste labour, and the confidence to �