A Brief Note On The Dalit Panther Logo - 1302 Words

Racialisation in India is unique because it occurs through members of the same race being racist towards each other. In India, the racial difference is illusionary, rather than physically instantiated. The racial component is in the eyes of the beholder, the perpetrator of the discriminatory or negative, intentional racial attitudes (De Reuck and Knight, 1967). Dalits face severe forms of torture by state and private actors, in 1994-1996, there were 98,339 caste of brutality alone (Human Rights Watch, 2007). The caste system is a larger instigator for racial violence on the basis of emotion. Conflicts arise due to feelings of superiority, pleasure, triumph and angst (Law, 2010). Intragroup violence and racial conflicts are common as status groups try to achieve or defend their position. When Dalits have sought to gain status, have resisted daily humiliations of vindicated socially constitutionally granted rights, they have been met with large resistance. â€Å"Hit back†, the Dalit Panther logo would suggest that treatment by institutions is unsatisfactory when dealing with Dalit atrocities, favouring the Brahmin and encouraging racialisation (Gorringe, 2010). This argument is substantial as the Indian Criminal Justice is emerged in institutional racism. Racialisation occurs because Dalits are viewed by the police, often higher caste members, as criminals at best, and subhuman at worst (Narula, 1999). As Hannah Arendt suggested in ‘poignant irony’, there is a discrepancy