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    Brahmin of Punjab is racially of the same stock as the Chamar (Dalit) of Punjab. Treating caste as a form of racism is "politically mischievous" and worse, "scientifically nonsensical" many scholars dispute the claim that casteism is akin to racism.

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    Brahmin of Punjab is racially of the same stock as the Chamar (Dalit) of Punjab. Treating caste as a form of racism is "politically mischievous" and worse, "scientifically nonsensical" many scholars dispute the claim that casteism is akin to racism.

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    Casteandrace
    AllegationsthatcasteamountstoracewereaddressedandrejectedbyBRAmbedkar,anadvocateforDalitrightsandcriticof
    untouchability.Hewrotethat
    TheBrahminofPunjabisraciallyofthesamestockastheChamar(Dalit)ofPunjab.TheCastesystemdoesnotdemarcateracial
    division.Castesystemisasocialdivisionofpeopleofthesamerace
    SuchallegationshavealsobeenrejectedbymanysociologistssuchasAndreBateille,whowritesthattreatingcasteasaformofracism
    ispoliticallymischievousandworse,scientificallynonsensicalsincethereisnodiscernibledifferenceintheracialcharacteristics
    betweenBrahminsandScheduledCastes.HewritesthatEverysocialgroupcannotberegardedasaracesimplybecausewewantto
    protectitagainstprejudiceanddiscrimination
    TheIndiangovernmentalsorejectstheclaimsofequivalencybetweenCasteandRacialdiscrimination,pointingoutthatthecaste
    issuesasessentiallyintraracialandintracultural.IndianAttorneyGeneralSoliSorabjeeinsistedthatheonlyreasonIndiawantscaste
    discriminationkeptofftheagendaisthatitwilldistractparticipantsfromthemaintopic:Racism.CastediscriminationinIndiais
    undeniablebutcasteandraceareentirelydistinctManyscholarsdisputetheclaimthatcasteismisakintoracism.Theviewofthe
    castesystemasstaticandunchanginghasbeendisputed.Sociologistsdescribehowtheperceptionofthecastesystemasastaticand
    textualstratificationhasgivenwaytotheperceptionofthecastesystemasamoreprocessual,empiricalandcontextualstratification.
    OthershaveappliedtheoreticalmodelstoexplainmobilityandflexibilityinthecastesysteminIndia.Accordingtothesescholars,
    groupsoflowercasteindividualscouldseektoelevatethestatusoftheircastebyattemptingtoemulatethepracticesofhighercastes.
    SociologistMNSrinivashasalsodebatedthequestionofrigidityinCaste.Fordetailsseesanskritization.
    PakistaniAmericansociologistAyeshaJalalalsorejectstheseallegations.Inherbook,DemocracyandAuthoritarianisminSouthAsia
    shewritesthatAsforHinduism,thehierarchicalprinciplesoftheBrahmanicalsocialorderhavealwaysbeencontestedfromwithin
    Hindusociety,suggestingthatequalityhasbeenandcontinuestobebothvaluedandpracticed.
    InIndia,someobserversfeltthatthecastesystemmustbeviewedasasystemofexploitationofpoorlowrankinggroupsbymore
    prosperoushighrankinggroups.InmanypartsofIndia,landislargelyheldbyhighrankingpropertyownersofthedominantcastes
    thateconomicallyexploitlowrankinglandlesslabourersandpoorartisans,allthewhiledegradingthemwithritualemphasesontheir
    socalledgodgiveninferiorstatus.
    MattCherry,claimsthatkarmaunderpinsthecastesystem,andthecastesystemtraditionallydeterminesthepositionandroleofevery
    memberofHindusociety.Castedeterminesanindividual'splaceinsociety,theworkheorshemaycarryout,andwhoheorshemay
    marryandmeet.Accordingtohim,Hindusbelievethatthekarmaofpreviouslifewilldeterminethecasteanindividualwillbe(re)born
    into:
    AccordingtoStanfordUniversityscholarOmanJain,thereisnocastesystemcurrentlyinplaceinIndia.
    On29March2007,theSupremeCourtofIndia,asaninterimmeasure,stayedthelawprovidingfor27percentreservationforOther
    BackwardClassesineducationalinstitutionslikeIITsandIIMs.ThiswasdoneinresponsetoapublicinterestlitigationAshokaKumar
    Thakurvs.UnionofIndia.TheCourtheldthatthe1931censuscouldnotbeadeterminativefactorforidentifyingtheOBCsforthe
    purposeofprovidingreservation.Thecourtalsoobserved,Reservationcannotbepermanentandappeartoperpetuatebackwardness

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