Introduction
Race and caste have increasingly formed a divergence in human perceptions. How both race and caste have been reiterated, have effectively supported this. For instance, several researchers have reiterated the basic commonalities and differences between the two. Caste is a setup comprised of individuals belonging to a specific social group such as high class. The caste system offers society the ultimate enjoyment of vital resources. The caste is essential as it facilitates achievement of the society expects of good living. Race is one of the critical identities of the population; race enables individualism to feel a sense of belonging hence conduct their activities within a given formal ethnic setup smoothly. Therefore, there is perceived convergence of the ideas on various dynamics between race and caste, specifically how each is attributed towards a sense of belongingness. This paper will majorly analyze key differences between race and caste as propounded by different authors.
Comparison Between Race and Caste
Arguably, caste ensures the promotion of its culture through integrated activities mainly focused on self-improvement. For instance, serval studies have indicated how caste operates, and such have also implicated the degree of self-improvement, which is often targeted on the particular areas of caste, most of which occur at the expense of the minority race (Jeremiah, 2020 p. 89). In contrast, a race has continuous discrimination resulting from the caste, mainly concerned with maintaining their status attributes.
According to the articles identified, racial practices have resulting vices which lead to suffering amongst members. Therefore, as a factor of change, the actions of caste have direct inflicting impacts on race, hence diversion of the perceptions. Furthermore, caste has identity implications that result in racial differences. As a change factor, identity discrimination would be highly reduced across societies. A reduction of discrimination will highly stimulate the privileges enjoyed within the society. Additionally, the privileged regime will manifest how the entire community will benefit from self-acceptance and equitable access to resources despite racial differences.
Comparison of Race and Caste Based on Different Studies
Jayewardene’s article forms an insight into the perception of supremacy functions, particularly from the northern Indians perspective. In brief, there is India’s existence locality regarding the vital element of supremacy and its function. It distances the perception of the Indians of African descent and points out the existing impact which resulted from colonialism and its effect on race. The attributes of colonialism were considered the driving force that articulated how race and caste were developed (Wendland-Liu, 2021, p. 268). It also played an instrumental role in promoting the divergence and differences between the two. The article shows the racialization of the race, particularly on the darker-skinned and black people. Moreover, the study reiterates how the caste promoted the same function of racial discrimination.
As a function of class, it was observed that class differences highly formed the basis of racial discrimination. Whiteness was considered the priority class, and it formed the central actor of racism. Caste was associated with whiteness, and the opposite was for dark-skinned people. Furthermore, the article indicated degree in white, the south Asian hierarchies were increasingly socialized in the society (Hajdinjak et al. 2021, p. 255). Despite the racial hierarchies which existed, increased socialization occurred. Towards its conclusion, the articles point out the effect and the applicability of the caste-based practice; such clearly shows the existing drift between the caste and race. As a result, perceived racial difference is considered the epitome of social disintegration, resulting in rising differences between race and caste.
The second article was Banerjee-Dube’s: it mainly focuses on race and difference. The article covers vital elements of limits of knowledge and resistance. The article indicated that the system’s dominance was associated with its social stratification. It also explains the existence of two distinct concepts, such as Varna and Jati, which mainly function based on ritual purity (Rajam et al. 2021, n.p). Such concepts are mainly characterized by distinct features that also shape the same societal perception.
Further, the article reveals the cases of intermarriages that occur among the upper caste. The inert marriages are purposefully focused on ensuring the purity perceived by the individuals within the given caste. Furthermore, the article indicates that intermarriages were mainly encouraged and motivated by the desire to offer the children to inherit the privileges associated with the caste (Wendland-Liu, 2021, p. 267). notably, Being a form of lineage, children are often considered direct descendants who are considered the first beneficiary of the family. The existence of the upper class in the caste system is highly considered intermarriages among themselves. Being the vital component of the society, their motivation is to maintain superiority within the caste.
Similarly, caste discourages intermarriage with lower-class people to avoid trickling down the effects of caste inheritance. Furthermore, it was revealed that the upper caste was extremely barred from marrying the lower class. The lower class were considered inferior beings, with limited priorities and opportunities in eth society. They were highly restricted, and the interactions were narrowed down to a set of regulatory measures (Baber, 2021, n.p). Such action resulted in exploiting their social needs characterized by extreme limitation. Additionally, the article brought out the interesting facts associated with anti-blackness transcending borders. Under this, it indicated the way the two individuals Kaffirs and Siddis, were subjected to uncalled racist actions.
Baber (2021 n.p) reveals how blackness and race are understood similarly across the globe, particularly in the Northern American context. The author points out the degree of racism and its prevalence in the northern American region. The study also points out how skin color is associated with ethnicity (Baber, 2021, n.p). For instance, several nations have adopted the characterization of color as a form of ethnic identity. However, the darker-skinned individual tends to be classified as a form of racial feature that acts distinctive in the whites’ presence. The article concludes by showing the oppressive actions conducted to the two individuals; such clearly shows the adversity associated with the manifestation of the race and caste, while caste aims at enhancing the well of sustained race result in adverse treatment of the society.
Furthermore, the article reiterates how trace can operate in North America, mainly focusing on non-white groups and whites’ inability to be passed as whites. This was amosite their ethnic characteristics, which exempted them from being whites. Their ethnic components were based on their phenotypic component, clearly articled the darkened skin color (Heyer & Reynaud-paligot, 2021 p. 479). The article clarifies the coding process which occurs on the black people for them to be justified in a given social setting within North America’s action highly portrays unjust practices conducted towards the black people based on their skins. This article also revealed particular ends, specifically in their interaction between peers, coworkers, and professors. Contribution ally, the article focused on analyzing various communication behavior of blacks and non-blacks. The article concludes by showing the aspects of language and its role in society. Language is a vital communication tool; its usability can attract different societal perceptions. For instance, the language adoption among the peers is slightly different from the one used in the working setup.
Based on the first article’s analysis, I opine that colonialism highly affected the societal perception of caste and race. The emergence of caste, promoted by the action of the colonialists, contributed to the increasing divergence, which resulted in class differences. In support of this, Jayewardene suggests the role that the colonialists played in establishing the caste system. Therefore, the caste system of the ruling has both negative aspects despite the initially perceived impacts (Pandey & Varkkey, 2020, p. 995). Actions should be taken to mainstream the operation of the society to embrace unification between caste and race to minimize the resulting impacts.
I argue against the existence of race differences because racial differences highly limit societal interaction and converge of ideas. In support of this is the case of unnecessary intermarriages prompted by the caste system. As a factor of the caste system, serval restriction on socialization actions of the individuals has resulted in social satisfaction (Desai, 2021, n.p). Such forms of stratification have significant adverse impacts, such as race-based intermarriages, which hinder social integration in the community. Additionally, my argument is based on the unfair intrinsic desires which motivate the caste systems. For instance, the misconceived ideological belief of inheritance highly impacts the social setup negatively. As a result, such actions should be discouraged to bring out community integration.
Finally, I argue against the effective and manifested racial system within the North American context. For instance, the color-based and ethnic ideological beliefs highly limited the individual’s interaction capabilities. In support of this, it is clear that ethnicity impacts numerous interactions amongst the population, limiting their abilities to engage positively in productive actives. Furthermore, I cannot entirely agree with the efficacy often articles in meeting the demands of mainstreaming racial equality. Since North America is one of the most influential regions of the global power, its incompetency in handling ethnic-based issues, mainly related to dark-skinned color, shows the inability of the state to meet its social demands. Such actions of the nation highly impact black people negatively (Crutchfield, 2020, p, 812). It also results in altering their behaviors to suit a particular group. Such actions generally limit the ability of the darkened race. As a result, they are negatively affecting their actual sense of belonging.
Conclusion
In conclusion, race and caste form a vital aspect of society, promoting the same result in significant impacts. How societal mechanisms adjust often determines the individuals’ reaction towards the impacts of race and caste. As observed, caste has negatively related outcomes that alter how individuals interact. The leaders should take significant efforts to mainstream the racial agender to ensure social integration across different races is well maintained. Therefore, measures should be taken to curb such instances to minimize the adversity. Such will improve the actual social perception and intron result to an improved relationship among the vital actor of the society. Effectiveness in eliminating racial perceptions will result in improved cohesion both at work and in peer groups. Indeed, such will result in productive contributing on how individuals perform their task, enhanced accommodation of cultural perception will emerge hence increasing societal sense of belongingness.
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