In 2024, Southern Poverty Law Center staff interviewed eight experts and advocates working in the human rights space to explore the topic of Hindu supremacism and the myriad ways this ideology shows up in the United States. Each interview touches on topics ranging from supremacist movements to overlaps with SPLC-designated hate and hard-right groups to class and caste. It is the hope this interview series will educate and provide perspective on how these issues impact civil society and the country at large. More information can be found at: politicalresearch.org and wearesavera.org.
In this interview, we talk to Prachi Patankar, anti-caste writer and organizer, and Dr. Roja Singh, President of Dalit Solidarity Forum and Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at St. John Fisher University, about ways Hindu supremacism and white supremacist culture mirror one another, Hindu supremacy as a political movement and how the Hindu supremacist movement is orienting itself to other far-right actors in the U.S.
How do Hindu and white supremacy culture mirror one another?
How would you say Hindu supremacy is a political movement?
How do you see the Hindu supremacist movement orienting itself to other far-right actors in the United States and beyond?
Can you talk about your advocacy work in responding to this movement, and give ideas about what can be done to fight it?
For more on the series go here. For full the full interview transcript go here.