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Trauma of Caste: Healing from Dharmic Traditions of Casteism
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Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a Dalit American artist, community organizer, technologist, and theorist, and author of The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition. Thenmoz...
This talk from leading Dalit Buddhist author Thenmozhi Soundararajan will provide an in-depth understanding of caste and how it impacts dharmic lineages. Thenmozhi will weave history, somatic abolition, and Buddhist practice into a timely exploration on how Dalit oppression is linked to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities.
Examining caste from a feminist, abolitionist, and Dalit Buddhist perspective--we will dive into the grief, trauma, and rage enacted by casteism as well as tangible collection action we can take to heal from systems of violence toward a visionary future that frees us all.
Examining caste from a feminist, abolitionist, and Dalit Buddhist perspective--we will dive into the grief, trauma, and rage enacted by casteism as well as tangible collection action we can take to heal from systems of violence toward a visionary future that frees us all.
Key Takeaways
- They will experience discomfort at understanding the scope and the violence of caste
- They will experience expansiveness that comes from having words to describe certain uncomfortable dogmatic frames found in dharmic lineages
- They will experience joy and loving kindness in being connected to a larger community