Delusion of diversity in an ethnocracy

The ruling community sets the standards of eligibility, quality and suitability in such a system.

Once, a Dalit scholar in India said that whenever he heard about an obese or a diabetic among fellow Dalits, he felt happy. The news implied that the person didn’t have to be engaged in exploitative labour —cleaning a sewer, mending shoes or carrying bricks on a construction site in the sweltering heat or shivering cold—to eat bellyful on a regular basis. Once freedom from hunger was assured, eating well would follow and the person would learn to be careful about preventable diseases. I discovered the uplifting aspect of negative news last week.