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Diversity and discrimination
Diversity of india
- Most religion are practiced in India ( including 8 major religions)
- There are more than 1,600 languages spoken as mother tounge in India
- There are more than 100 dance forms in India
- However this diversity is not always celebrated
- It can lead to various damages on oneself or other
Creating stereotypes
- There are various stereotypes that society has created
- For example - on gender basis boys are told not to cry which is wrong as it is harmful for body
- When we fix people into one image we create a stereotype
- Stereotypes affects all and prevent us from certain things that are right
Inequality and descrimination
- Descrimination happens when people act on their prejudice or stereotypes
- Descrimination can happen due to various reasons among which one is diversity
- The descrimination due to economic differences is inequality
- Dalits also known as untouchables is a term used for lower class. The government refers to them as Shedule caste ( SC)
Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar
- Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar (1891-1956) is considered the father of the Indian Constitution and is also the best known leader of the Dalits.
- Dr Ambedkar fought for the rights of the Dalit community. He was born into the Mahar caste, which was considered untouchable.
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The Mahars were poor, owned no land and children born to them also
had to do the work their parents did. They lived in spaces outside the
main village and were not allowed into the village.
- Dr Ambedkar was the first person from his caste who completed his college education and went to England to become a lawyer.
- He encouraged Dalits to send their children to school and college. He also urged Dalits to take on different kinds of government jobs in order to move out of the caste system.
- He led many efforts of Dalits to gain entry into temples.
- Later in life he converted to Buddhism in his search for a religion that treated members equally.
- Dr Ambedkar believed that Dalits must fight the caste system and work towards a society based on respect not just for a few but for all persons.
- He discussed the first time he faced discrimination at a station where at first the station master didn't know that they were the Dalits and had not discrimination
- however, at the instance they told the master that they were the Dalits his behaviour towards them completely changed
Striving for equality
- Many fought not only against Britishers but also to get equality treated
- Dalits fought for temple entry and equal treatment
- Women had fought for education
- Peasants and tribals fought to get free from money lenders
- Those who wrote constitution ensured that all people are equally treated
- Constitution abolish untouchability
- It allows government to take specific steps to ensure equal treatment
- It also make sure that diversity is respected
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