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

• Lowpast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Is there any work towards a workers union?

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Gross

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