![]() She has also gone on Padayatra from Jamulamma temple in Gadwal mandal to Jogulamba temple in Alampur and later a two-day hunger strike to protest against the State government's refusal to form Gadwal as part of a new district in September 2016 While in the opposition, she participated in the historic Electricity agitation, led a Padayatra from Gadwal to the State capital to highlight the irrigation water problems of the farmers in Mahaboobnagar District and went on an indefinite hunger strike for irrigation water to the dry lands of Telangana. Aruna won representing the Samajwadi Party and subsequently represented Congress in the 2009 elections. Losing her first few elections by narrow margins, she was MLA from Gadwal constituency of Mahaboobnagar district for the first time in 2004. Her entry into public life happened after becoming involved with "grievance redressal" sessions held at the house of her husband's family. Her father and brother, Venkateswar were assassinated by Maoists on Independence Day in 2005 while attending the celebrations at Narayanpet. Her father Chitlem Narsi Reddy, brothers Chitlem Venkateswar Reddy and Chitlem Ram Mohan Reddy are congress workers and legislators. Samara Simha Reddy have all been involved in politics. Bharatha Simha Reddy, and her brother-in-law D.K. She married into a family of politicians and Congress members aged 16. Īruna studied science up to Intermediate. Bharathsimha Reddy and has three children. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and is appointed as its National Vice President in September 2020.ĭK Aruna was born on to Ch. She represented Gadwal constituency as an MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2004–2014 and in Telangana Legislative Assembly between 20.Īruna won the 2004 election under Samajwadi Party but later joined the Indian National Congress. She served as a minister in Andhra Pradesh for Information and Public Relations in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet (2004–2009) and for Small Scale industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries in Rosaiah's cabinet (2009–2010). The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.Dharmavarapu Kottam Aruna (born ) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. As such, the rhetorical framework she’s established attempts to insulate her allegations from any rebuttals – at least from White people. Khilanani here is deploying a tactic whereby she deems those who protest her accusations of racism as being “defensive,” as if to demonstrate her point. I do not want to experience myself as a racist and I’m going to turn the tables on you and say you’re the racist because you’re generalizing and that’s what a racist does.” At the same time, I’m saying how it functions psychologically when someone says “You can’t say that,” and “Not all of us,” what you’re saying subconsciously is “I’m the exception to what you just said and you made me feel like I’m a racist and I don’t experience myself that way. I have one percent left of that friend group. ![]() Do I really believe on some level that every single white person is racist? No. This idea that I’m the one generalizing is actually defensive. In an interview, writer Katie Herzog asked Khilanani about her sweeping generalizations. White people think it’s their actual face. They don’t even know they have a mask on. Addressing racism assumes that white people can see and process what we are talking about. Khilanani elaborated, “We need to remember that directly talking about race to white people is useless, because they are at the wrong level of conversation. It’s like banging your head against a brick wall. “We are asking a demented, violent predator who thinks that they are a saint or a superhero, to accept responsibility. She also claimed that it’s a waste of time for people of color to talk to White people directly about racism. Later she stated, “White people are out of their minds and they have been for a long time.” ![]() I had fantasies of unloading a revolver into the head of any White person that got in my way, burying their body, and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in my step. ![]() The talk was given at the Yale School of Medicine as part of its Child Study Center Grand Rounds.Īt one point during the lecture, Khilanani said: During the speech, Khilanani made a series of racist statements and described a graphic fantasy she had about killing White people. Audio of the lecture was posted on Substack by Bari Weiss. Aruna Khilanani, a psychiatrist in New York City, gave the talk on April 6. In April, Yale University hosted a lecturer who gave a talk titled, “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind.”Īs it turns out, it was the lecturer who sounded psychopathic.ĭr. ![]()
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