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Backwards Indian Tribes

  • Posted by: Morgan Clendaniel
  • on June 5, 2007 at 11:36 am

In America, minority groups fight for equal rights. In India, they fight for the government to say that they are the most “backward” group. They burn buildings and kill people to show the government how backward they are, because if they are more backwards they get more free stuff from the government.

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DISCUSSION: 2 Comments
    • Posted by: eyeflare
    • on June 5, 2007 at 12:07 pm

    of what affirmative action’s end result can be.

    That, and that I’ll never understand India!

    eyeflare.com

    • Posted by: JamesMutti
    • on December 4, 2008 at 5:16 am

    When you’re hungry and poor with not many options, fighting for the chance to improve your life by getting into a university, getting a decent, secure job or getting some free food doesn’t seem so crazy to me.

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