Caste-Based Discrimination In Higher Education

Throughout history, the United States of America has often been described as a “melting pot,” meaning a place where many different types of people blend together to form one, unified nation. If this description of the United States is accurate, it is crucial to ensure that all of these different individuals are able to live in harmony with one another. This is especially true at the collegiate level of education. In the last few decades, liberal arts colleges have made it their mission to increase diversity on their campuses. Diversity comes in several forms, particularly class-based and racial. This undertaking is one that should be prioritized at colleges across the country. There is significant evidence that diverse college campuses produce stronger, more intelligent individuals. With diversity come enhanced social development, stronger critical thinking skills, and heightened self-awareness. These features produce stronger individuals, thus strengthening the community at large.

There are a lot of obstacles students face when trying to college and going to college,

There are many different societies in our world today, and each of these communities treat and group their people differently. While some places, like the United States, do not have set groups, others, like India, have very strict laws about what each class can and cannot do.

In "Indian Education" Victor was Native American. Growing up he lived on an Indian reservation. You would think that those kids would be nice to each other since they were all mostly the same race. If you thought that then you were wrong because they were so mean to the him, they broke his glasses and beat him up. Another big problem for him was the teachers. For example, one teacher made him hold books for ten minutes, gave him extra recess detention, gave him a harder test than everyone else, and when he got 100% the teacher got even madder. When he was in high school he passed out because of his diabetes but the teacher said, "What has that boy been drinking? I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young." Just because

In 1965 the restrictive laws for immigrants entering from Asian countries were amended and passageway into America was an easier process (Washington 2012). Due to the publicity the “model minority” received back then, many people’s perception of an Asian were based on the characteristics often portrayed by mainstream media, even in modern day media (Zhang 2010). To enter an Ivy League school Asian-Americans have to stand out amongst the other academically excellent students, therefor they are placed in a more competitive environment and are expected to excel in extracurricular activities. Much more time and effort is put into their studies to obtain results that are higher than the average score, which often encourages students to achieve more than satisfactory marks; the application process takes into account a student’s academic grades and also their extracurricular

In the article “The Case for Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Understanding Race Relation in the United States Through its HBCUs” written by Priscelle Biehlmann, she uses data to argue that there are more advantages for both black and non-black students when attending a HBCU rather than a Predominately White Institution (PWI). First she discusses the how HBCUs emerged during the Reconstruction Period. Then she highlights the how court cases such as the 1898 Plessy v. Ferguson and 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court had an effect on HBCUs. She then transitions by providing distinct advantages Black and non-Black students undergo when attending a HBCU.

The debate over the dominance between a PWI and HBCU is a preeminent conversation that is a necessity to be resolved. The false accusations about the various colleges arise when an African-American PWI student believes that they have better chances to acquire a career or obtain more knowledge compared to that of an African-American HBCU attendee. Consequently, this may result in an HBCU student to respond in saying that PWIs don’t experience the same cultural diversity that HBCUs have toshould offer for their students, inducing that those scholars lose the connection with African-American culture and race. However, is this truly the case? Although this may be portrayed as a situation that is directed toward blacks, the debate should be one

Social exclusion has been noted to be a subtle phenomenon, that often goes unnoticed, and when it is noticed, often the individual who is being excluded receives the blame and not the environment or those in it (Howarth, 2006). In educational settings, people of color are made to feel as if they do not belong, either knowingly or unknowingly (Howarth, 2006). Often enough, schools and universities think that discussing racial exclusion is either of no use, outdated, or already taken care of because of the measures that are currently in place by their administration, but they could not be more wrong (Kohli, 2008). Critical Race Theory (CRT) has often been ignored when it comes to analyzing higher education because the

Aboriginals have been on Canadian soil since the break of dawn, yet they were mistreated the most. They have gone through centuries of torture and injustice but still face and continue to face racial problems and discrimination in contemporary society due to their past. Aboriginals have gone through horrible experiences such as residential schools, faulty treaties and racism in society. Making up for past maltreatment towards Aboriginals and mending the years of damage by paying reparations and providing services is something that the contemporary Canadian society is responsible for.

Delgado and Stefancic (2011) stated that Critical Race Theory explores how “race, racism, and power intersect to create different circumstances for people of color within society [...] and in postsecondary institutions” (as cited in Quaye, 2013, p. 172). Within the field of higher education, it is important for student affairs professionals to recognize how race permeates all aspects of an individual’s life to fully understand their students’ experiences. Unlike other student development theories, such as Baxter-Magolda’s (2008) self-authorship and Abes, Jones, and McEwen’s (2007) Model of Multiple Identities, CRT places race at the “center of the analysis and assumes that race is omnipresent” in an individual’s life (Quaye, 2013, p. 167).

For individual discrimination, it is mainly that through our personal experiences and lessons learned and received in the past, to prejudiced another person. At the same time, institutional discrimination usually produce prejudice to the most of large institutions and organizations for part of the race and ethnic. In current society, individual discrimination is often released in the color issue today; we often are isolated by our own color. Sometimes, people who the white drive in the cars are easier to get forgiveness and understanding of police officers, but for other color race, these people usually tend to be suspects by other people. On the other hand, institutional discrimination is mainly manifested in several areas: economy, education,

A pro-rata reservation of 22.5% (SC 15% and ST 7.5%) has been made for them in educational institutions which come under the administrative control of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and other Central Ministries. Similar reservations, directly proportional to their population, have also been provided by the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. The schedules caste and the schedule tribes also do not have to worry about their age being appropriate for an examination or for other institutions as the government is lenient when it comes to their age, i.e., the upper limit age restrictions which are present for other citizens are more lenient when it comes to them. It is also easier for them to get into universities as they have been given a concession of a lower cut-off qualifying mark as compared to the qualifying mark for others. Apart from SC and SC candidates, seats are reserved for other backward communities

Racism, being a negative side of Nepal has affected the country in various ways. The lifestyle in Nepal varies from Himalaya and Terai. The people from Terai are often termed as Madhesis and are discriminated on their color. There are also various cases of conflicts between the people from Hills and Terai. The indigenous peoples of Nepal have been politically demoralized, economically exploited, culturally and socially discriminated against. The feudal nature of the caste system also prevents Dalits from leaving their prescribed work. According to online news site, Indigenous Voice (2018), “7 out of every 10 victims of trafficking in person are indigenous women and girls in Nepal.” Lawati (2001) introduces a term “Bahunbad” to show the racism

As previously stated, America’s current state caused the formation of a caste system that prevents talented, hard-working people from attaining success. In a just society, all people are given equal access to education and opportunities that they don’t get today. Our current system tries, and fails, to accomplish this through Affirmative Action, busing, sdfljgsad;g. This results

In India, discriminatory attitude towards men and women have existed for generations and thus it affect the lives of both genders. Although the constitution of India has granted men and women equal rights, but gender gap still remains. Female discrimination violates human rights. These are mostly seen in family land sharing among sisters and brothers. Women are perceived to be disadvantaged at work. Indian laws on Rape, Dowry and Adultery have women 's safety at heart, but these highly discriminatory practices are still taking place at an alarming rate. Gender discrimination in India refers to health, education, economic and political inequalities between men and women. Gender inequalities, and its social causes, impact India 's sex ratio, women 's health over their lifetimes, their educational attainment, and economic conditions. Gender inequality in India is a various issue that concerns