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By Allan Spencer | February 12 2024 | College & University Reads
- All-School Reads > College Readiness and Career Development > Conversation & Communication
- All-School Reads > College Readiness and Career Development > Life Skills
- College & University Reads > Big Ideas
- College & University Reads > College Success and Career Development > Conversation & Communication
- College & University Reads > College Success and Career Development > Life Skills
- Community Reads > Inspiration
- Community Reads > Leadership
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Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Native American and Indigenous Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Native American and Indigenous Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Coming-of-Age
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > LGBTQIA+ Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Global Perspectives > Middle Eastern Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Religion and Spirituality
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Coming-of-Age
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > LGBTQIA+ Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Global Perspectives > Middle Eastern Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Religion and Spirituality
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- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Global Perspectives > South and Central American Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Arab American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Global Perspectives > South and Central American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Arab American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Hispanic and Latinx Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Global Perspectives > South and Central American Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Arab American Voices & Stories
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