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In a recent incident, three poor Dalit boys inadvertently caused a small fire in a local community centre where they worked. The fact that children are labelle
by aswanson 14y ago
In a recent incident, three poor Dalit boys inadvertently caused a small fire in a local community centre where they worked.
The fact that children are labelled as anything other than children, that Indian society calls them "Dalit" at birth, to me, summarizes why the region will remain retrogressive for a long, long time.
- ruchir 14y agoNo, Indian society does not label children anything other than children at birth. It is a label gratuitously applied by the author, likely as a short-hand to indicate poorer section of society. People from these self-identified sections have reached the highest post in the country - from writer of the constitution to president, to various positions in the political spectrum. There is a problem of equal access to education, yes. But a) this problem exists all over the world - consider school districts in the US and b) is more acute in India due to large, distributed population against a largely agrarian/human labor based economy. Active discrimination is a much smaller factor.