{"product_id":"the-trauma-of-caste-a-dalit-feminist-meditation-on-survivorship-healing-and-abolition-paperback","title":"The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThenmozhi Soundararajan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTarana Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAishah Shahidah Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Epilogue by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstant Amazon Best Seller and Hot New Release \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadical Dharma\u003c\/i\u003e, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Dalit\" is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us \"untouchable.\" Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken by caste: the world's oldest, longest-running dominator system...yet although \"Dalit\" means broken, it also means resilient.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Caste--one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world--is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the wreckages of caste are replicated here in the U.S., too--erupting online with rape and death threats, showing up at work, and forcing countless Dalits to live in fear of being outed.\u003cbr\u003e Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan puts forth a call to awaken and act, not just for readers in South Asia, but all around the world. She ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, abolitionist, and Dalit Buddhist perspective--and laying bare the grief, trauma, rage, and stolen futures enacted by Brahminical social structures on the caste-oppressed.\u003cbr\u003e Soundararajan's work includes embodiment exercises, reflections, and meditations to help readers explore their own relationship to caste and marginalization--and to step into their power as healing activists and changemakers. She offers skills for cultivating wellness within dynamics of false separation, sharing how both oppressor and oppressed can heal the wounds of caste and transform collective suffering. Incisive and urgent, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trauma of Caste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an activating beacon of healing and liberation, written by one of the world's most needed voices in the fight to end caste apartheid.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN is a Dalit American artist, community organizer, technologist, and theorist. She is the co-founder and ED of Equality Labs, the largest Dalit civil rights organization. Her work has been recognized by the White House, The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Sorbonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697214885951,"sku":"9781623177652","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8aaba52a9f104f16f03544ceeb435705.webp?v=1765008731","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-trauma-of-caste-a-dalit-feminist-meditation-on-survivorship-healing-and-abolition-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}