Even though the book primarily addresses the question emerging from the proposal to enumerate caste, it also offers a ...

Benjamin Akande, dean of the School of Business and Technology at Webster University, will host David Steward, chairman/founder of World Wide Technology, on Wednesday, April 4 in the Sunnen Lounge ...

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The Caste System: An Inescapable Destiny? Few social systems illustrate this phenomenon more clearly than the caste system, one of history’s most enduring hierarchies. Deeply embedded in Indian ...

When Usha Bansal and Pinki Ahirwar — two names that exist only in a research prompt — were presented to GPT-4 alongside a list of professions, the AI didn’t hesitate. “Scientist, dentist, and ...

Editor’s Note: Keith Magee is senior fellow and visiting professor in cultural justice at University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He is the author of “Prophetic Justice: ...

Mahad reminds us that history does not always turn through grand upheavals. Sometimes, it turns out through quiet, tiny decisions A movement against discrimination lies in the decision to stop ...

Despite caste-based discrimination being outlawed by Article 15 of the Indian constitution, caste continues to play a pervasive and insidious role in today’s society. Anthropologist Louis Dumont ...

“If the Devadasi system is still alive today, it is a matter of shame for all of us,” he said. Devadasis are poised at the thorny intersection of caste, religion, and sex work. Huligemma first heard ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...