![]() ![]() Yengde emphasized, is present across all major religions in India, and is facilitated by algorithmic intelligence. It is a thing of right now.” Caste categorization and resulting horrible treatment, Dr. “If we talk about the issue of caste equals untouchability,” he argued, “it is not a thing of the past. Yengde invited the audience to perform a news search for the key term “Dalit” to show the ongoing stereotyping, subordination, and violence Dalits face in and beyond India. His bestselling book, Caste Matters, addresses casteism and caste consciousness.Īfter brief and glowing introductions from ME/SA director and professor of history Sudipta Sen and ME/SA assistant adjunct professor Nicole Ranganth, Dr. Yengde, who has written widely on, caste, race, ethnicity studies, and inter-regional labor migration in the Global South, is a postdoctoral scholar at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Yengde’s talk demonstrated how his academic intervention, as both a scholar and activist, is a literal intervention in casteism: by paying attention to who is affected by casteism, he addresses possibilities to undo this subordination.ĭr. ![]() Suraj Yengde for a lecture and conversation, “Caste Matters,” as part of the South Asia Without Borders initiative. UC Davis’ Middle East/South Asia (ME/SA) Studies Program welcomed Dr. ![]()
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