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Not Your Wound to Wear: On Appropriation and Allyship

Grasim Soni I was in the admin office when I first saw it. There it was in all its glory, a letter of recommendation. Printed on crisp university letterhead, carefully worded and full of praise for her commitment to social justice issues and her work around caste and religion in South Asia. The candidate that …

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Performative Allyship and Performing Caste

Kavya Harshitha Jidugu “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” — Lilla Watson Caste is deeply rooted in the Savarna psyche and is an insidious phenomenon; whether enacted in conservative contexts …