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Author, Coming out as Dalit, Alum @ColumbiaJourn, Founder https://t.co/KFXdqW5ENI, Amazon link: https://t.co/k15fGNmj3h

Apr 6, 2016, 7 tweets

#Castesplainers who still don't get it, here's a breakdown on why #dalitkids #beating & #stripping was driven by caste. 1. Kids were #dalit.

2. Yes, ANY crime against #Dalits is driven by caste hatred. Don't believe? Read history or even the news.

3. WHO the mob was is irrelevant, yes, even if there were FOUR #Dalits arrested. Because those kids were already ostracized & living outside

4. Merely the arrest of 4 #Dalits out of 6 DOES NOT prove the noninvolvement of others. It's who the police took in custody.

5. If #caste wasn't involved, & there was NO ill will against those kids, them & their families wd be living inside the village with others

6. This is NOT the 1st incident when #dalits have been stripped/beaten. It's an old pattern of humiliation.Last reported incident was in NCR

7.What's t motive behind saying this crime wasn't driven by caste,when #caste based violence happens daily by t dozen?So #casteism is over?

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