The Reservations Paradox

In the following article, I speak against the concept of reservations for minorities in employment, education institutions, political processes, etc. Reservations for minorities is a mainly India-based concept especially for the equity of different castes under the caste system, however several legal provisions in several other countries exist as well – UK’s 2010 Equality Act, USA’s and Israel’s Affirmative Action, China’s general reservations for women, etc. Note that my knowledge of reservation systems outside of India is limited, and I apologize for any factual inaccuracies I may make if I refer to reservations not in India.

What the Fuck is Political Correctness?

When did our society progress (or regress) to this- how have we, even with our concepts of liberalisation and humanisation (go gay people!), reached a point where the need for the term ‘political correctness’ has come to exist?

The real question I would like to ask as of now is, what the fuck political correctness is. Another marvel of the 21^st century, Wikipedia, describes it as ‘the term used to criticize language, actions, or policies seen as being excessively calculated to not offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society’. And while this definition is undoubtedly one of the most politically correct definitions I have read, it leaves my head simmering with an ocean of questions, the most pertinent of all revolving around the very nature of political incorrectness and its manifestations in our lives.

Incurably Gay

I recently watched Clint Eastwood’s 2011 film ‘J. Edgar’, which portrays the de facto founder and head of the FBI, played by the brilliant as always Leonardo DiCaprio, becoming one of the most powerful men in America. A staunch believer in racial and classist supremacy, he works as the defender of his country against domestic threats ranging from Communists to the Negros. He is brought up in an environment which doggedly condemns any sort of ‘odd’ or homosexual behavior; however it can be seen in the movie that he does have underlying homosexual tendencies that are exposed in moments of weakness, especially through his friend/lover/colleague Clyde Tolson. This side of his character lends credence to the fact that many people no matter their sexual orientation background, no matter how rigidly homophobic they may be, are in fact gay. It counters the earlier accepted idea that homosexuality is a choice, not an inherited genetic trait, and that through rehabilitation, it can be treated.

In this article, a sort of follow-up to my previous post on this topic, Why You Should Be Gay, I speak of the romanticism of homosexuality in an attempt by non-conformists to acquire attention, as well as how psychology as a science is corrupted by social influence and how psychology clearly depicts homosexuality as a disorder.