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NEW DELHI: The national election in India is almost over, but the politicking has only just started. Despite winning the majority of seats in parliament, control of the government is not assured for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On Monday a leftist coalition called the National Front moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indian National Front Moves to Exclude Hindu BJP | 5/14/1996 | See Source »

In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that Texas could not charge tuition to children who were not legal residents. David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor, argues that it is not in the public's interest to "create a permanent caste of uneducated, illiterate people in our society." Gallegly's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCHOOL'S OUT? | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Hillaird said that "white skin privilege" is the result of a subtle, but real caste system in America.

Author: By Adam D. Gerson, | Title: Dudley Forum Discusses Race Issues | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

If there is anything impeachable about Ignatiev's argument, it's that his evidence could support an even stronger conclusion. According to his own scholarship, the Irish did more than simply become white; they adopted an already oppressive caste structure and polarized it along color lines, so that they became...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Ignatiev's Book Probes Race Wound | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

That was too much for Ingraham and Lefkowitz. Guests at the Doral received a pointed set of rules aimed at Renaissance's p.c. caste. No. 1 was "No group hugs." Nos. 6 and 7 encouraged the wearing of furs and the use of chlorofluorocarbon sprays. Some arrivals could not take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REACTIONARY ROMP | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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