Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would you dive into a sewer without protective gear

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  • Lowpast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Scheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?

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      • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, decades of systemic subjugation and poverty. When survival is at stakes, people tend to do the extreme stuff, too

        And for the system, it’s probably cheaper to just let it happen instead of trying to lift these poor people up

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