Brown University is the latest in a string of schools to add caste protections to their nondiscrimination policies, a measure aimed at giving Dalit students official channels to report bias.
“It’s a first step. It opens doors for dialogue that hasn’t been happening," one caste-oppressed graduate said.Lane Turner / Boston Globe via Getty Images file
The former student requested to remain anonymous to avoid retaliation and doxxing that commonly happens to caste-oppressed activists. “The previous policy would have protected people experiencing caste discrimination,” Sylvia Carey-Butler, Brown’s vice president for Institutional Equity and Diversity, said in a statement. “But we felt it was important to lift this up and explicitly express a position on caste equity.”
Before the policy change, caste wasn’t something that came up much when talking about South Asian identity on campus, Narayan said.
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