Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks agoWhy would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks agoWhy would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
Lowpast@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Scheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?
fossphi@lemm.ee 4 weeks 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
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Is there any work towards a workers union?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Gross