Family alleges harassment by teachers after Dalit boy found dead in Rajasthan school
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A 15-year-old student was found dead in his classroom at Pragpura in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan. Police have registered a case of murder after the Dalit student’s family alleged that two of his schoolteachers were harassing him with casteist slurs.

Family of the boy in Rajasthan says he was harassed by two of his teachers who used casteist slurs against him and that the school principal did not take action even after complaints

  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
    3·
    1 year ago

    Because it’s inherently tied to Hindu beliefs, and has become culturally pervasive to the point that the attitude follows converts to other systems, including Christianity and Islam which in theory reject it but in practice love them some heirarchy.

    • xuxebiko@kbin.socialOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      They practice it because those in power in those communities

      1. benefit from it and
      2. are descendants of oppressor upper castes who converted to Islam or Christianity . They changed their religion, but refuse to be civilised even though both Islam & Christianity are religions of equality.

      Sikhism was created to rebel against Hindu casteism, yet nowadays we can see caste is prominent in Sikhs as well and for the same 2 reasons.