Coming out as Dalit : a memoir of surviving India's caste system

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Full Title:: Coming out as Dalit : a memoir of surviving India's caste system / Yashica Dutt

Genre:: Electronic books
Subjects:: Dutt, Yashica
Dalit women--India--Biography
Dalits--India--Biography
Dalits--India--Social conditions
Caste-based discrimination--India
Indian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Biography
India--Social conditions
New York (N.Y.)--Biography

Table of Contents:: The Early Years -- The Caste System : How It Began -- Education and Financial Strife -- Humiliation in Mussoorie -- The Reality of Untouchability -- The Long Road to St. Stephen's -- The Argument for Reservation -- Culture Cache and Onward to Columbia -- Dalit Movements and Ambedkar's Legacy -- My Introduction to Ambedkar -- Dalit Women's Movements -- The Danger of the Single Narrative -- Silicon Valley, Model Minority, and the Myth of Caste-lessness -- The Reckoning of Caste in Tech.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on U.S. society"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (271 pages)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.