When the United States Supreme Court recently outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, among those celebrating the moment were sections of the Hindu right in America. But why does a group associated with the Hindu nationalist philosophy of Hindutva care about affirmative action in the US? For it is that discrimination that affirmative action sought to tackle before the Supreme Court struck it down. In this, they conveniently conflate Hindu Americans and Indian Americans. Yet, following the Supreme Court ruling, a Pew survey revealed that most Indian Americans considered affirmative action to be a good thing.

Source: The Hindu August 07, 2023 07:53 UTC