Monday, June 12, 2006

Quote


To get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

-- former US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun [quote found here].

3 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...

    An interesting article about "backward caste" and discrimination:
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718135,00120001.htm

  2. Anonymous said...

    Abi, i was a little late to the debate on the reservation issue on the blogosphere and it seems the issue has died down.

    However, here is some interesting stuff:

    http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Jun112006/update654322006611.asp?headline=Shourie~questions~very~notion~of~quotas~in~new~book

  3. Abi said...

    Anon 1, Anon 2: Thanks for those links!