As I mentioned in another post, I recently finished reading a book by Rose George called "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters". (Highly recommend.) It got me interested in the general fucktardedness that is the Indian caste system, and how a country that is now reaping the financial benefits of first world business and taking our damn jobs still thinks it's a-ok to relegate an entire group of their citizens to indentured servitude by cleaning up everyone else's curry-laced shit by hand.
Observe:
http://material.ahrchk.net/video/lesser-humans.htmlI recommend watching the whole thing, because that last bit with the guy going down into the sewer.... :eek: yow.
Yet another argument for how religion is good for absolutely nothing except to fuck up everyone's life... unless you have money. ::fullofshit::
I guarantee that no-one you have to deal with on one of those frustrating technical support calls is a banghi. No, those poor fucks are still making a whopping 20 rupees a month scraping out dry latrines with a piece of cardboard they found in the street.
It makes me wonder where India's new "middle class" comes from, cause it aint from there.
Fail. ::unhappy::
