While a few months ago, we were all up in arms against police brutality in the US following the murder of George Floyd, we have been eerily quiet about the systematic oppression of Dalits in our own country. 4 Dalit women are raped every day here and we barely even hear about it. And sometimes when we do, like about Hathras, we want to remove the ‘caste angle’ out of it.
Hence, we decided to jog your memory a little bit. If you feel horrified after reading this, well, then you should do something about it!
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If you still believe casteism doesn’t exist anymore, well then congratulations on your privilege but you’re part of the problem.
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