{"product_id":"coming-out-as-dalit-9780807045282","title":"Coming Out as Dalit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDutt traces how colonial British","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405668589911,"sku":"9780807045282","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807045282.jpg?v=1730493205","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/coming-out-as-dalit-9780807045282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}