Yashica Dutt on Coming Out as Dalit
Ideas of India
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Distance From India
When i moved to the us, when i moved to new york, for the first time i was a brown person. I was just like any other southatian. Back in india, i never thought of myself as an indian. And that allowed me, like you said, within a lot of other upper class students,. To slip into that identity with much more ease. Also, just not having to lie about my cast every day and thinking about my cast second about of my existence, eased a lot of burden. It made me feel immediately lighter. The fact that i can sit here and do that journey from extreme shame to pride in my cast, happens to me because i
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