Tag: discrimination

Caste and entrepreneurship in India

Apr 17, 2013

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, India, Race, Weatlh and Income Distribution

BBC: Caste and entrepreneurship in India The story of India's economic surge is dominated by two conflicting narratives. … Delving into the relationship between caste and entrepreneurship, the researchers have found that scheduled castes and tribes, the most disadvantaged groups in Hinduism's hierarchy, owned very little businesses despite a decade of sprightly economic growth and…
The First Post-Racial Generation?

Oct 4, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Generations, Public Policy, Race, Trends: Social

Christian Science Monitor: 57 percent of Millennials oppose racial preferences for college, hiring The poll comes a week before the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the use of race in admissions to the University of Texas at Austin. Fifty-seven percent of Americans ages 18 to 25…