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'Dalit movement has to see itself as part of a class-wide movement'

Srinivasan, Meera
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/sociologist-vivek-chibber-saysdalit-movement-has-to-see-itself-as-part-of-a-classwide-movement/article8305404.ece

Publisher:  The Hindu
Date Written:  03/03/2016
Year Published:  2016  
Resource Type:  Article

Following the death of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar from Hyderabad Central University, several thousand students in India came together in protest. The incident also sparked spontaneous, nationwide mobilisation of Dalits, many of whom were already engaged in local struggles. Around the same time a strong criticism of the mainstream Left emerged that pointed to its perceived indifference to Dalit causes and, more broadly, caste-based discrimination in India. Here in the U.S., we see Black Lives Matter — a campaign against violence targeting black people in the U.S. — that has become a prominent movement in the last few years, drawing enormous attention and support. All the same, some activists within the movement are said to be questioning the exclusive emphasis on racial identity. Are there any parallels?

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