I& #39;m a Dalit feminist. Prior to assuming this identity, I identified myself as a feminist. Since I& #39;ve started calling myself a Dalit feminist, I see people assuming I know nothing of feminism and that I& #39;m just assuming the Dalit identity to differ. But let me break it down for you

As a Dalit feminist, I continue to know and understand the things you find problematic about our patriarchal society. The point of divergence is that you don& #39;t care enough to know or understand if feminists of other communities and castes have the same problems or different ones.

This lack of wanting to know and understand the problems of those different from you is also the blame you& #39;ve laid square at the door of patriarchy and men, in the past. So, our feminism is different not because feminism as a concept changes,

but because your idea of what it is just doesn& #39;t hold good anymore due to the inherent hypocrisy and if it isn& #39;t inclusive as a movement, then why should the ones excluded have to compromise on their voices/ problems, while amplifying yours?