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> Pariyar moved to the US about a decade ago, expecting to be free of caste discrimination but encountering it first-hand after one of his professors invited hi
by arbuge 3y ago
> Pariyar moved to the US about a decade ago, expecting to be free of caste discrimination but encountering it first-hand after one of his professors invited him to speak about his experience of Nepal during class. He said other Indian students’ attitudes toward him shifted after he revealed he was Dalit, and that they distanced themselves and excluded him from social events.
That is absolutely terrible. I worry that such attitudes will take more than legislation like this to fix.
- shadowgovt 3y agoThey almost certainly will, but legislation does have the value of drawing a nice, bright "Not. Here." line in the sand. The Equal Rights Act was passed in 1972, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in 1974 first legally mandated women be allowed to open independent bank and credit accounts. It took about a generation for women to be in the workforce at ratios approaching men (https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FT_18.03.08_GenderGains_LaborForce_1.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FT_18...), and yet the ratios moved.
- dragonwriter 3y agoLegislation doesn't fix attitudes, it (with sufficient public support and commitment) provides a framework for minimizing and remedying material harms until the attitudes get fixed.