Dalits call on Indians to acknowledge the oppression and discrimination they're enduring which makes it harder for them to access education, jobs and homes
Police try to stop people belonging to the Dalit community as they take part in a protest during a nationwide strike called by Dalit organisations, in Chandigarh, India, April 2, 2018.
Dalit campaigners said they supported the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the death of African-American George Floyd after he was knelt on by a white police officer, and hoped it would ignite a similar conversation in India. "In India, people need to admit their role in everyday discrimination faced by Dalits and only then can a dialogue for change be initiated. We hope what they are seeing unfolding globally will lead to soul searching," said Mahato.Dalits, who were sometimes forced to perform 'unclean' tasks like disposing of corpses, and scheduled tribes - indigenous peoples who are often isolated or disadvantaged - form about a quarter of India's population of 1.3 billion.
"This is a good moment to challenge the narrative in India also and talk about the age-old repression of Dalits, which is visible even during the Covid-19 pandemic with discrimination denying people aid."
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