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🏳️‍🌈 Journalist. Dog dad. Founder & Editor @queerbeat_media; Senior Producer, CNN As Equals; Awards @AAASKavli, @sajahq, @onewm, alum @columbiajourn.
Jan 12, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
For months I collected data about the representation of Dalit, Adivasi and OBC students and researchers at various levels of academia in some of the elite universities in India.

The results were stark. That story for @Nature in 6 charts.
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nature.com/immersive/d415… At undergrad levels, Dalits and Adivasis are better represented in arts courses than STEM courses.

But that’s not because they like arts more. Science teachers/courses tend to be fewer in areas the students come from.
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