Thread by @bNeethipudi, Indians/desis in the US, not diaspora, but you the 'high skilled' folks [...]

Benson Neethipudi

bNeethipudi

Indians/desis in the US, not diaspora, but you the 'high skilled' folks treading visa statuses and students at US universities, you did well today by speaking against systemic racism in US.

So what makes it hard for you to even recognize systemic casteism in the motherland? 1/4

Is your interest in racial justice activism or opportunism? Opportunism to identify with liberal America without having to introspect your participation in #caste supremacy, reflect on your apolitical attitude on caste issues, or question casual casteism of family & friends. 2/4

How are you any different from the 'liberal' Karen of Central Park? Liberal Karens & Chads will recycle progressive ideals on social media because that does not require doing honest homework on one's own self and their internalized biases.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html
3/4

Opinion: It looks like Amy Cooper is a liberal. That's important

On Monday around 8am, a white woman named Amy Cooper was walking her dog unleashed in a protected area of New York City’s Central Park, a wooded space called The Ramble.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html

You may have spent few years or a semester of grad school in the US. Yet you get nuances of overt/covert racism. So why the silence on casteism in India? Oppressive systems don't occur in vacuum. Find moral courage to begin addressing contexts where you remain an oppressor. 4/4

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