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For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society

“A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews

Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020

Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.

Dutt traces how colonial British

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      Publisher: Beacon Press
      Publication Date: 2/6/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807045282, 978-0807045282
      ISBN10: 0807045284
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society

      “A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews

      Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020

      Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.

      Dutt traces how colonial British

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