Our hegemonic judges frequently told us, "You don't have self-confidence, you don't have individuality, you don't have independent thought, you don't have leadership qualities, you are a shameless creature, you are a self-respectless fellow, you are a bastard, you are dirty, you are ugly, and you are completely unmeritorious."

 

Our hegemonic judges frequently told us, "You don't have self-confidence, you don't have individuality, you don't have independent thought, you don't have leadership qualities, you are a shameless creature, you are a self-respectless fellow, you are a bastard, you are dirty, you are ugly, and you are completely unmeritorious."

How can an untouchable, a negro, a Yazidi, or a member of a sexual minority have those characteristics when they have been untouchables, unseeables, unapproachables, unshadowbles, uncrossbles, slaves for thousands of years?

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla, Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India's Citizenship