Description:

Join us for this event co-hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group. Come Eat With Me is a performance piece by Sri Vamsi Matta that explores the relationship between caste and food while sharing a meal together. Focusing on Dalit Cuisine, the piece begins with personal stories and oralhistories around food in Vamsi's household and community and is peppered with existing literature and academic writing around the multilayered, many-flavored relationships between caste and food. The piece unpacks questions of oppression and solidarity, grief and joy, and the everyday victories of the human spirit in the face of structural injustices. Audience members are invited to eat together and share their own stories around caste and food. 

The running duration of the performance is 90 to 110 minutes and will be followed by dinner.

The performance will take place on Friday, May 10 in the Buffett Institute’s event space. The doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and the show will start at 5:30 p.m.