Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
fossphi@lemm.ee 1 week agoWhat do you mean by that question?
Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
fossphi@lemm.ee 1 week agoWhat do you mean by that question?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Why would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
Lowpast@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Scheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week ago
So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?
fossphi@lemm.ee 1 week 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