In India, the Caste (Class) system is broken down into these parts:

• Brahmins - Priests (Elite)
• Kshatriyas - Warriors / Rulers (Upper Class)
• Vaishyas - Farmers / Traders / Merchants (Middle Class)
• Shudras - Laborers (Poor People)

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• Dalit - Street Sweepers, Outcasts, Literally Considered Outside The Caste System

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One Month Ago, VICE let out a short film, “Life as an “Untouchable” in India”, exposing the horror specifically Dalit Women are facing in India. 88 women are raped every day in Uttar Pradesh, also known as the Northern Province of India, and inhabited by 200 Million People. This leads to approximately 3,000 rapes a year in the province alone. The case focused on in the film was from September 29th, 2020 when a 19-year old woman from the Valmiki Community was gang-raped and beaten until she died 15 days later. Police formed a human chain when the local authorities performed an uncalled for cremation of the 19-year olds body at 2:30am. Footage of people asking what is burning and the authorities refusing to answer were exposed.

According to Indian News Network, News Nation, they believed the Yogi Government was trying to cover-up the case and spoke of a note being sent to all the Media Networks saying that the girl was not raped (which is false).

The film then goes on to display footage of the Additional Director General of Police, Prashant Kumar, on the news network, Hindustan Times, stating that no semen or sperm found on the body and also stating that the girl was not raped.

It exposes the Government, Police, and Upper Classes for suppressing evidence of rapes against Dalit women. Their justice system gaslights them, victim blames, and outright ignores their screams for the bare minimum - “untouchability.” Since being born as Dalit traditionally meant you did wrong in a past life (as many people in India believe in Reincarnation); the idea that these people deserve this abusive treatment goes uncontested in the upper castes. This is not because all people in India genuinely hold the age old-beliefs, but because the belief system allows them to maintain superiority over people in lower caste systems or in this case, the Dalits. 

In 1955, India passed civil rights acts guaranteeing equality to all people, this act was supposed to include the Dalit people. The Dalit won extra protection in 1989, but even today, Dalits are killed, raped, and horrifically tortured on a daily basis.

According to the International Dalit Solidarity Network,

“ Dalit women often work in modern slavery and are key targets for trafficking. They are often used as debt slaves in brick kilns, garment industries, and agriculture. 98% of those forced into the dehumanizing work of manual scavenging, removing human waste by hand, are also Dalit women. Dalit women may also be born into temple prostitution as ‘Devadasis’ (sex slaves) in India or be branded prostitutes in Nepal due to their caste status. “

I created a petition to call on the United Nations to call out India in the treatment of the Dalit people. As India is a founding member of the U.N, there is nothing united about its unfounded abuse towards its own people.