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Peer reviewedPavela, Gary – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
States that honest discussions about affirmative action will be impossible as long as those who challenge campus orthodoxy are vilified and silenced. Offers that a commitment to diversity will include respect for ideological diversity and a realization that some critics of affirmative action may properly focus attention on class and caste biases…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Caste, Diversity (Student), Higher Education
Peer reviewedZachariah, Mathew – Education and Urban Society, 1986
Reviews the historical background of the 1985 protests in the Indian State Gujerat. Discusses the major issues in promoting the policy of "compensatory discrimination," directed toward the (1) Scheduled Castes, (2) Scheduled Tribes, and (3) Other Backward Classes. Compares casteism to racism and offers suggestions for dismantling…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Caste, Demonstrations (Civil), Developing Nations
