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Coming out as Dalit : a memoir of surviving India's caste system / Yashica Dutt.

Summary:

"For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on U.S. society"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807045282
ISBN: 0807045284
Physical Description: xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: Expanded edition.
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Early Years -- The Caste System : How It Began -- Education and Financial Strife -- Humiliation in Mussoorie -- The Reality of Untouchability -- The Long Road to St. Stephen's -- The Argument for Reservation -- Culture Cache and Onward to Columbia -- Dalit Movements and Ambedkar's Legacy -- My Introduction to Ambedkar -- Dalit Women's Movements -- The Danger of the Single Narrative -- Silicon Valley, Model Minority, and the Myth of Caste-lessness -- The Reckoning of Caste in Tech.