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All UCs who have attained education have done so by trampling on the throats of Bahujans. Yes ALL UCs! They've had multiple advantages at various stages thanks to their caste capital. There are various ways they do this.
Conclusion: UCs have no merit. They're just lucky. 1/n
Conclusion: UCs have no merit. They're just lucky. 1/n
Right from their KG to PG, they are sent to top schools. Their parents buy seats via donations because they can afford to do so. They don't have to worry about their meals as they have tiffins or their schools provide them with it. Also 100% English medium schools. 2/n
The syllabus of these private schools is just jaw-dropping. They've amazing teaching staff. The stunning infrastructure soothes the mind of the student. They're taught art, musical instruments, sports, computers, etc from childhood which gives them an early edge over others. 3/n
Bahujan kids are unlucky. Bad quality schooling, bad quality mid-day meal, broken school building, smelly latrines, bad teachers, etc. Forget about extracurriculars there's no access to proper stationery as well. Also, Vernacular language as the medium of instruction. 4/n
Bahujan kids esp. SC/STs have to face daily caste discrimination and bullying as well which manifests in multiple ways. Due to bad quality & fewer servings of food, their attention is less on the shit quality education they receive but more on their growling stomach. 5/n
Unlike UC students their mind is not present in the class but at their home. They worry about their condition at home, the arguments that happen every night, whether they'll have food the next day or not, etc. In spite of all this, some of these kids excel at their academics. 6/n
These kids face immense trauma because of all this. They develop serious mental health disorders. Even if they come from relatively affluent families, they cant escape the intergenerational trauma. Read more about intergenerational trauma here: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/02/legacy-trauma 7/n
Some of these kids clear their matric exams, while the rest don't and have to join their caste jobs. Those of whom who pass, lack the necessary English writing and speaking skills they'll require in college. But then they remember Babasaheb's message and apply to colleges. 8/n
Thanks to reservation, they get a fee waiver, lower cutoff, guaranteed seat & scholarship. But naturally, they have a hard time grasping what's taught in the lectures, no additional help from staff. UC kids start calling them Muftkhors. They start hating the education system. 9/n
When they enter premium national, central, or state institutes, that's where they face the most casteism from students, staff, management, etc. Some graduate and get employed. Research scholars like Rohith, Muthukrishnan, and others are institutionally harassed & murdered. 10/n
Mere 2% of Dalits have a college degree. Even lesser % have PG degrees. There is a high dropout rate in these colleges ad unis. Reasons being caste discrimination, low marks awarded in viva-voce, high amount of fees, etc. Bahujan women face gender+caste discrimination. 11/n
Inspite of all these hurdles the Bahujans face, the UCs say that the Bahujan students have it easy and that they're the ones who face injustice. They conveniently keep mum about management quota and donation seats which directly affect them positively or negatively. 12/n
Bahujans were barred from getting good jobs, education by Brahmins for 2000-2500 years. Only after the quotas were introduced, did the Bahujans get to apply for good quality jobs and educational institutes. How can one expect the torture of 2-2.5k yrs to vanish in 70 years? 13/n
15% UCs overrepresent 80% of all institutions and still crib about reservation whine about the "injustice" they face. They don't realise that quotas exist to right the wrongs of history that their own ancestors perpetrated and continue to perpetrate on Bahujans. 14/n
Reservation too seems like a very liberal, reformist policy. Reparations for the past and continued oppression of Bahujans is a need of the hour. UCs must realise that the privileges they enjoy are at the cost of Bahujan labour and their blood and sweat. 15/n
So the merit which the UCs often talk about is a myth. It doesn't exist. There cant be a just competition between the marginalized and the privileged. For that, there has to be a level playing field which there isn't. Thus, the whole concept of meritocracy becomes a myth. 16/n
There is ample evidence of meritocracy being a myth in the public domain. Here's just one source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/why-meritocracy-is-a-myth-in-college-admissions-113620 17/n
UCs are just lucky to be born in a privileged caste. They can't cite hardwork or any other personal effort because it's not relevant as Bahujans work harder than they can ever dream. This is about their caste location. That's it. Nothing more. They must learn to be humble. 18/18
Update: This thread ofc doesn't describe all the situations different Bahujans face. I could've mentioned how costly coaching classes give an edge to the UCs or how the parents of bahujan kids are mocked due to their caste jobs, etc. Others can add lot more povs in the comments.
