Haha, perfect! @HinduAmerican and @SuhagAShukla get the Downfall treatment over the Seattle ordinance. ๐คฃ๐คญ
Told y'all! ๐๐
The more @HinduAmerican @SuhagAShukla types raise a stink over this for what is in my opinion a fundraising scam, the more jurisdictions will start EXPLICITLY recognizing caste as a protected category.
North America isn't South Asia.
The more @HinduAmerican @SuhagAShukla types raise a stink over this for what is in my opinion a fundraising scam, the more jurisdictions will start EXPLICITLY recognizing caste as a protected category.
North America isn't South Asia.
https://twitter.com/gauravsabnis/status/1628122760659537936?t=TNhh-4TE6a_Ksd0N7Xzeyg&s=19
And as I said before, it's cos these sanghi bigots, even those with law degrees, seem to have a fundamental blind spot about how the civil rights act and protected categories work. Historically, only bigots oppose them.
Very much a "twig in the beard of thief" scenario.
Very much a "twig in the beard of thief" scenario.
As a member of a historically oppressive caste, I heartily welcome caste being included as a protected category in North America, where Hindus already have a lot of political and economic power.
It is an outright lie to say there is casteism in the diaspora.
It is an outright lie to say there is casteism in the diaspora.
During #seattlevote a sanghi asked me a predictable rhetorical question
"What if tomorrow you fail a desi student and he's Dalit and he accuses you failed him because of his caste?"
But I have an actual answer.
I'm okay with it. Like really, totally okay with it. ๐คท๐ฝ
"What if tomorrow you fail a desi student and he's Dalit and he accuses you failed him because of his caste?"
But I have an actual answer.
I'm okay with it. Like really, totally okay with it. ๐คท๐ฝ
If my failing grade is based on objective metrics, which it very much is, I have nothing to fear.
If I have been systematically discriminatory towards Dalits, then I do deserve to be pulled up.
There is no twig in my beard.
Make anything a protected category. What do I care?
If I have been systematically discriminatory towards Dalits, then I do deserve to be pulled up.
There is no twig in my beard.
Make anything a protected category. What do I care?
The thing is, over the last 9 years, Modi and the sangh have created such a "guilty until proven innocent" culture, jailing Zubair, Umar, Sudha, Siddique, and many many more, that casteist sanghis fear even a legal provision that will even get them accused!
I hope everyone recognizes the projections of paranoia that accompany any opposition to including caste as a protected category in discrimination laws.
A mind that goes first to "what if I'm accused falsely" is giving itself away, no?
A mind that goes first to "what if I'm accused falsely" is giving itself away, no?
Ugh yes!
It is an outright lie to say there is NO casteism in the diaspora.
It is an outright lie to say there is NO casteism in the diaspora.
https://twitter.com/SanjayM91431026/status/1633482718515462144?t=qXOe1K35VQrT1oYWdrVHvw&s=19
There are statutes banning discrimination over gender, age, race.
Are desi dudes terrified sleepless of being sued by old black ladies? No? Then why are you so terrified of caste being a protected category?
Are desi dudes terrified sleepless of being sued by old black ladies? No? Then why are you so terrified of caste being a protected category?
The only brain that would find anything objectionable in including caste under protected categories in North America are those who are pissed off that they can't be casteist in North America anymore without any legal consequences. Like they can in India.
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