Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion
Class 12 · Sociology · 17 Questions
Collect examples of prejudiced behaviour from films or novels.
Discuss the examples you and your classmates have gathered. How are prejudices reflected in the manner a social group is depicted? How do we decide whether a certain kind of portrayal is prejudiced or not?
Can you distinguish between instances of prejudice that were intentional – i.e., the film maker or writer wanted to show it as prejudiced – and unintentional or unconscious prejudice?
Which caste/community group has the highest proportion of its members living in extreme poverty in a) rural and b) urban India? Which caste/community has the lowest percentage of population living in poverty?
Which caste/community has the lowest percentage of population living in affluence in rural and urban India respectively? How does this compare with the national average?
The affluent population of 'Upper' caste Hindus is roughly how many times larger than the percentage for the 'lower' castes (ST, SC, OBC)?
How is social inequality different from the inequality of individuals?
What are some of the features of social stratification?
How would you distinguish prejudice from other kinds of opinion or belief?
What is social exclusion?
What is the relationship between caste and economic inequality today?
What is untouchability?
Describe some of the policies designed to address caste inequality.
How are the Other Backward Castes different from the Dalits (or Scheduled Castes)?
What are the major issues of concern to adivasis today?
What are the major issues taken up by the women's movement over its history?
In what sense can one say that 'disability' is as much a social as a physical thing?