Coming Out as Dalit: A Conversation with Yashica Dutt
Weyerhaeuser Board Room, Macalester College
Dutt highlights the realities of caste discrimination in Indian immigrant communities in the United States, where it is rampant. Unfortunately, casteism hides under the auspices of "diversity and inclusion" initiatives, compromising access to education, the professions, and to dignity of life among Dalit immigrants. There is a growing movement in the U.S. to outlaw caste discrimination, and Yashica Dutt is one of its leading figures.
About the Speaker
Yashica Dutt is a leading anti-caste expert, journalist and the award-winning author of the best-selling book on caste, Coming Out as Dalit. This, Dutt's first book, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020, which is among India's highest literary honors.