Theories Of Caste-Based Microaggressions

Taxonomy of caste-based microaggressions: A taxonomy of racial microaggression model (Sue, Capodilupo et al., 2007; Sue & Capodilupo, 2008) has adopted to classify caste-based discrimination in higher education. Microaggressions are identified into three categories: microassult, microinsults, and microinvalidations. These three categories represented different forms of overt and covert forms of invasive messages toward recipients. The model shows relations between three categories, and lists few everyday concealed/humiliating messages under each category, which are communicated toward people of color. The model explores racial microaggressions to explain various forms when racism is the central cause. In figure-1, the racial microaggression

28).” It is a conscious attempt to harm an individual or group from a stigmatized/subordinate identity and a perpetrator is aware that what kind of action, behavior or symbol causes harm to the intended victim. In case of casteist microassults, it is a clear message to the lower caste groups to threaten and make them feel that they are unwanted and polluted because of their stigmatized identity and subhuman status in the

In the same language there might be few epithets/slurs about which an individual might not aware that a slur is exist or being called to microassult him/her/them. Casteist verbal microassults are only possible in limited geographical space because caste identity does not associate with external look; it is inherited identity with birth. It means verbal microassults occurs where stigmatized caste identity is publically revealed (people known to each other) to the higher castes. Sue (2010) stated that verbal microassults targeted to various subordinate groups across the U.S. because of a visible identification mark of a stigmatized identity either skin color (e.g. blacks), external look (e.g. Asians/Hispanic), gender (e.g. female) or sexual orientation (e.g.