I come from a Dalit background and I research Dalit representation in film. So I know first hand Origin’s importance to Dalit people.
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Dalits have long been ostracized as the ‘untouchables’ in Indian society. Discrimination and the impact of the coronavirus have only reinforced their status.
An Indian scholar makes the case that caste explains inequality in America better than race and class.
Discrimination is rife – and at the very highest levels.
Racial inequality in America has its parallel in caste inequality in India. What can the world’s two largest democracies learn from each other?
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Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Justice, Rights and Social Change, Brandeis University
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