Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 month 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 1 month agoWhy would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
Lowpast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Scheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 month ago
So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?
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
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Is there any work towards a workers union?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Gross