Politically Institutionalized Oppression

Through a Child’s Eye: The Aftermath of Politically Institutionalized Oppression Oppression and its synonymous relatives lives beneath our noses, lingering in the air we breathe and manifesting itself in our lungs. Oppression is a pollutant that begins its work at dawn and ceases to take a vacation. It begins as an unnamed idea, a trojan horse of types, claiming to have multifunctional benefits created by its systematic approach. Exploding with casualties, it wreaks treachery. The notion of dissolvement is unrealistic as the infected have tasted the sweet ambrosia of power. Government, the most power aggressive of all have written oppression into their constitutions. It is simply unavoidable and in many ways seemingly insurmountable.
In her novel “The God of Small Things”, the functionality of God is limited to those who are chosen to be loved. The stringent segregation of those deserving of God’s love and those who are not creates conflict as love prevails to be the powerful force that disregards such institutionalized laws and societal conventions. Roy’s novel explores the consequences of violating socially and legally oppressive laws through the eyes of two children, Estha and Rahel, that experience tragedy on a level of normality. Comparably, Toni Morrison recounts in her novel, “The Bluest Eye”, the story of a young black girl named Pecola growing up in the United States during the height of black oppression in America. Pecola’s resentment of her complexion which differs from the favored pale skin and blue eyes, illustrates the detrimental effects of institutionalized oppression on
It was not something that occurred naturally but quite contrarily, appeared as a consequence to a systematic way of classifying human beings. Findings suggest that the Caste System of India based off of Hindu scripture appeared as early as 1000 BCE. As all ideas do, the caste evolved over time. Affected by environmental and political factors such as the shifting of dynasties, religious presence/dominance, and imperial influence, the caste system in India functioned significantly differently depending on the dominant influence of the time. Despite the alternating pattern, its systematic nature forced an element of oppression on particular groups in society. Its origination stemmed from the idea of dividing labor and ultimately as a way of controlling social aspects of society and maintaining order (Thekaekara 2). The traditional Hindu system divides people of society into four social ranks; Brahmins, who function as the most pure and are often priests, Kshatriyas, who were usually warriors and rulers, followed by Vaishyas known to be traders and merchants and ending with the lowest class, Sudras, destined to serve the upper classes. Known to the world as “untouchables”, Dalits meaning ‘broken people’, are below Sudras. Suffering the most, Dalits struggle to be noticed in a society that believes of them as simply disposable trash. There are currently 180 million Dalits in India, a majority