{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Voices in Equity","title":"Episode 9: Casteism in India vs Racism in the US: a Comparative Approach","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b15276f9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3227,"description":"On today’s episode, we’re talking about social justice (and injustice) in both India and the United States. The caste system in India has some remarkable similarities to systemic racism in the United States.  Here to unpack the historical context and what we can do about it are three guests - Professor Nico Slate from the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Professor Amit Thorat from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharwal Nehru University, and Arko Dasgupta, graduate student at the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VV_z3orruVJxACHB9o8V1-vuqW12OQwXJBDf8dGlfQI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM1MzYyLzE2NjU1/Mzc0MDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}