![Dalit sewage cleaner, who is on the lowest rungs of so-called "untouchables." Image by Phillip Martin/WGBH News. India, 2019.](/sites/default/files/download_1_1.jpeg "Dalit sewage cleaner, who is on the lowest rungs of so-called "untouchables." Image by Phillip Martin/WGBH News. India, 2019.")
There are a lot of systems of division. Caste is one of them. This series takes listeners/viewers to...
WGBH News Senior Investigative Reporter Phillip Martin leads a panel discussion about his recent series "Caste in America" at the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, this multi-part examination explores the discrimination Indian immigrants face in the United States as a result of this ancient hierarchical system of human classification. Martin leads a conversation about the role of caste in the United States with Suraj Yengde, Laurence Simon, Kavita Pillay, Swami Venkataraman and Tarun Khanna.
