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Chimerical categories: caste, race, and genetics.

Sharjeel Sabir
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Is discrimination based on caste equivalent to racism? This paper explores the complex relationship between genetic, race and caste. It also discusses the debate over the exclusion of a discussion of caste-based discrimination at the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban, South Africa.

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Sharjeel Sabir. 2003. Chimerical categories: caste, race, and genetics.. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00073.x

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