Caste Semenya Research Paper

In Chapter, one The Rebirth of Caste examines the history of racial social control in the United States. Alexander refers to the shifting forms and habitual patterns of "racial caste" system. She vies that proponents of "racial hierarchy" have been able to guarantee its recurrence after effective ends following the end of slavery and the dismantling of the original Jim Crow. She describes the starting point of it all is to bring about the separation of the poor whites and blacks; creating a hierarchy in the United States social class. The author believes this is possible largely, by appealing to the biases and uncertainties of lower-class whites. This caste-based system has existed in three different forms: slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration. Alexander’s important influence is to show how each of these forms was brought about deliberately and how, in its latest form of mass incarceration, the caste system continues to achieve its aims of segregation.

The Caste system has aroused much controversy than any other feature of India’s society. Every day, Dalits are butchered, assaulted, abused, raped, lynched, shot or openly mutilated without considering any consequences of the offenders. The deaths of pregnant women who are not able to pay the bribes at government hospitals, some boys with eyes raised completely out for falling in love with a girl of a superior caste, and horrid stories of employees boiled to death because of spewing out arguments with the boss are continuously reported in mainstream newspapers. After years of democracy, the social structure stands to practice the caste system disregarding abolishment laws. Every international or national effort to abolish caste differentiation and segregation has been proven ineffective. The caste system of India is a deeply inculcated social problem requiring immense commitment domestically and internationally in understanding what has stopped the measures to get rid of this ancient system and what measures are needed to complete elimination of the system.

However, women’s sport has always been criticized for not being considered an actual sport, but rather a softer version of a man’s sport. As a result, women who were very successful were questioned in regards of their true sex. Santhi Soundarajan was a female competitor in the 2006 Asian Games for the 800-meter race. Soundarajan was successful as she received a silver medal for her efforts, however, she was highly disturbed by the “sex testing” which she was required to go through prior to participating in the Olympic Games (Schultz, 2014). Eventually, it was determined that Soundarajan did not fit into the category of female as her testosterone levels were too high and the Olympic Association had taken away her medal. The idea that femininity is a direct link to being female is an imagined paradigm created by society to dominate women and the notion that women are allowed to compete as long as they appear feminine and act feminine is comical. The reason that this idea of femininity exists is because masculinity exists and if an individual is not feminine then they must be masculine. Therefore, sport is considered a masculine space and to be good at sport one must attain masculinity which can be demonstrated through speed, strength, bulging muscles, bravery, and is coupled with having high levels of testosterone. All of these characteristics are the opposite of the feminine embodiment which includes being poise, pretty, having a slender waist with wide hips, and low amounts of testosterone. Currently, the IAAF states that the amount of testosterone allowed within the blood to be able to compete as a female must be no more than 5 nanomoles per liter (Chiu, 2018). This is almost about half of what the pre-existing limit was before this announcement was made, the monumental discriminatory remarks directly affect women

Throughout our experience, we have encountered so many challenges when it comes to gender in the society. Gender is being used as a basis for stratifying people in the society. In this article, the racial caste system that used to exist in the United State is depicted. In that the black women were denied the access to justice because of their status. They were perceived to be people who do not have any right within the society and no one could believed them when they were raped by the white men because all the court judges were white men according to this article. The women were classified to be from poor background and they should remain at a low class in the society.

Hinduism is known as the world's oldest religion. According to ISKCON Educational Services (2004), it is hard to construct a timeline because Hinduism has no identifiable human founder or specific origin in history. It is so old that its past goes into pre-history. It is extremely diverse with the Hindu people being more interested in the meaning of events than in providing first hand records. There is also no clear-cut divide between history and myth.

For the presentation, I focused on the ethical issues that can be defended by policing and imprisonment. I used the text about mass incarceration by Alexander to support my thoughts and views. From the “Rebirth of a Caste” a question that occurred to me is whether or not it is ethical to create a war on drugs for political gain. I believe the racism aspect of policing began long before the rates of incarceration increased. From the text people believed that “Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of civil disobedience was causing an increase in crime, [as well as] civil rights protests being depicted as criminal rather than political protests”(Pg 41). Everyone has the right to protest as long as it is not violent, however, society depicted these protests for equal rights as criminal. This could be caused by their perspectives as a change in society was massive due to the abolition of slavery and Jim Crow Laws. On top of this, the “media frenzy the [war on drugs] campaign inspired simply could not have come at a worse time for African Americans” according to Alexander (Pg 50). The media reinforced stereotypes by featuring the black women as crack whore and men as predators. It is not ethical to use racism for media attention but African Americans were an easy target. However, Nixon states that “every citizen possesses an inherent right to decide for himself which laws to obey and when to disobey them” (Pg 41). The statement directly relates to Aristotle’s view on ethics that

In 1983, Jarmila Kratochvílová set the world record for the 800-meter event with a time of 1:53.28, quickly creating an uproar among Olympians and aficionados due to her dominant male physical characteristics. It was rumored that she had been using testosterone, the hormone responsible for male secondary sexual characteristics produced in the testes, to enhance her physical abilities (Vilain 8). Essential, she paved the way for female athletes who also appeared to have certain physical features not correspondent to XX women. During the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Pamela Jelimo from Kenya placed third for the 800-meter event with a time of 1:54.01. In 2009, Caster Semenya earned the 11th place in the world with a time of 1:55.45. In the media, both women were portrayed as masculine which was a form of public humiliation. Although it was never clearly confirmed, these women went through the IOC’s process to verify the suspicion that genetically, they were “XY”, and therefore men. These women professionals are given an ultimatum; to decline participation in the Olympics, or to compete with men. The IOC should not have a criterion to determine a woman’s eligibility to compete, and unfortunately, this has not been the only time that this humiliating act of discrimination has

The question of origin- In order for us to completely understand Hinduism, we must first understand that this a philosophical system of beliefs. To give a definite origin of Hinduism would be very hard to address because there are no known origins. There are no beginning points or a name of a founder. Hinduism can be traced all the way back to around 1500 B.C in what we now call India and has a lot of different beliefs, philosophies and views that contradict each other. All Hindus believe in one God, a supreme being known as Brahma. Brahma is an entity believed to live in every single facet of reality and existence throughout the whole universe. Brahma is both impersonal and unknowable and is often believed to exist in three separate forms: Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer.

Caste-system oppression has been a staple in human culture for centuries. It hasn’t always been centered around race, but was initially centralized around a 3-teired caste system. The ideals surrounding oppression, slavery, segregation, and social injustice were created by the wealthy class centuries ago and have served a lasting influence on our culture still today. Many problems faced today aren’t a result of a war of the races, but instead a war of the classes. This idea of a fair America and the whole essence behind “the American dream” is long gone, and many blame it on our country’s adherence to capitalism and greed. Others might believe that these cards are stacked an ever-struggling third class American citizen and there is reason to

The ancient caste system still affects many individuals in today's modern society, This structure causes certain individuals to live their life the way society expects them to rather than how they would wish to. In the novel, The Hero’s Walk by Anita Rau Badami, Sripathi struggles to cope with the shame his daughter causes him by defying his precious caste system. Although Sripathi lives by his precious caste system, Nandana, his granddaughter experiences diversity and accepts it as a part of her lifestyle. A majority of religious groups believe that an individual's cultural beliefs have a huge role in defining who they are as a person, and to abandon them would be an enormous change in the way their life is pursued.

This upheaval of identity can be seen in way the colonial trauma pervades the social, political, and cultural environment depicted in The God of Small Things. The social, political, and cultural environments in turn invade the lives of the characters of the novel. The Indian caste system and the love laws, for instance, are driving forces in one of the main conflicts of the novel. The caste system, which was existed in its present form in the novel due to the British colonists favoring certain castes above others, categorized groups of people within Indian society and classified some as superior to others, with the Untouchables being the lowest classification of the human. The love laws determined “who should be loved, and how. And how much” (Roy 33). These histories work in tandem to create the tragedy of Ammu, the twins’ mother, and Velutha’s, an Untouchable and friend to the twins, doomed relationship. Because of these socially constructed class structures, Ammu and Velutha’s relationship was forbidden and when Velutha’s father, Vellya, informs Mamacchi and Baby Kochamma of their relationship, they are completely horrified. Vellya’s relationship with the Ipe Family also somewhat parallels the colonized people’s relationship with the colonizer. Vellya, as an Untouchable, occupies a lower social position than the Ipe Family and sees them as superior. By informing the Mamacchi about her daughter and his son’s relationship, he maintains the social class structures and the

Ironically, had Semenya been born male and chosen to identify as such she would never had undergone the gender-verification testing as a result of not only male privilege but also cisgender privilege. The entire practice of gender-verification is really used to "confirm femaleness" because of the "assumption that superior athletics performances are a natural essence of

What is it like to be discriminated against? What would it be like to have almost all equal rights and liberties taken away just because one is born among a certain race, or there is a different way of living within a specific group of people? This feeling of discrimination is one that no individual wants to feel. For the Hindu people, formerly known as “The Untouchables,” this was what they had to live with. The Untouchables, now called the Dalits, are the most oppressed community in India and have been denied civic and human rights throughout the decades.

All the respondents were youth below 35 years old. There are two ages categories – one from 18-25 years and other one between 26-35 years old. 60% respondents were in between 18-25 years and remaining 40% were between 26-35 years old. 61% Odisha youth were below 25 years old slight higher than Maharashtra (58%). Whereas 39% Odisha youth were between 26-35 years old slight higher than Maharashtra (42%).

The concept of Rule of Law is that the state is governed, not by the ruler or the nominated representatives of the people but by the law. The Constitution of India intended for India to be a country governed by the rule of law. It provides that the constitution shall be the supreme power in the land and the legislative and the executive derive their authority from the constitution. The King is not the law but the law is king1.