The Untouchables of India: The Millions Without Hope

[@noneofyourbeeswax23]

I am a Dalit, and because of my parents work ethics and their ability to provide for me and my education, I was able to escape this country. Now, I live freely without this fear of being discriminated against if I have to reveal my last name.

[@philvess6376]

Good for you. :) I hope you tell them once in a while how grateful you are and keep them updated on your life.

[@noneofyourbeeswax23]

@@philvess6376 Yep, I do that regularly. One of the bigger problems for people when they settle abroad is the constant fear of their ageing parents. Now I might, at some point in time, bring them here with me, but that’s in distant future, but a possibility.

[@phillipstewart2031]

You in Canada now

[@noneofyourbeeswax23]

@@phillipstewart2031 Nope, I’m in Malaysia

[@EllipticalReasoning]

username checks out

[@karlgrimm3027]

My brother used to work as an undertaker. He said sometimes Indians living in America would still treat him like an untouchable.

[@solleytara]

How do Indian people know that someone is a Dalit? For example, if a person was able to move away from their town, village, or country, how would another Indian know that persons lineage? I'm from America and have never heard of this situation before. As I was watching this, I wondered why some of these people don't relocate and start over somewhere else?

[@atilla4372]

​@@solleytaralast name

[@Rexorazor]

​@@solleytara Last name and skin tone... They just love the skin tone part.

[@praise_kek340]

@@Rexorazor eugenics might be a better word

[@2168017]

@@solleytarainternal migration to urban areas helps to mitigate the problem but the harder part is to get educated enough to migrate

[@theawesomeman9821]

I found out years ago, that a migrant friend of mine is an Indian Dalit. He's a successful Computer engineer, living among the best neighborhoods of America, so it never crossed my mind that he is a Dalit. Though him being Anti-Hindu and not having anything positive to say about India, should have been a big indicator that he is a Dalit. I only became aware of my friend's caste after his American wife informed me why he is so sensitive to words like "shit" and never introduces his his real surname to other Indians he meets.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@maxtryme1508]

Yeah it's like saying there's no slavery in America. But in southern areas there are still racism in america. And even the criminal system is based on racism.

[@Shinzon23]

@stormshadow5283 stop copy and pasting this response everywhere. I'm sensing Brahmin Caste assigned to downplay things.

[@varunsharma3532]

Aum Namah Shivaaya

[@ebygeorge6399]

@@Shinzon23 Bro is just coping. Whenever a serious discussion comes these clowns start with their "whataboutery", and it is always the upper caste people from cities saying there is no caste discrimination in India.

[@rickywinthrop]

I'm a plumber in Canada. I have never met a single person of Indian descent in the plumbing trade and was told that it was because my trade is considered the lowest of the low and only for Dalits lol. Sounds good to me, I have made a very good living here at the bottom of the social strata...more than most people in much "higher" fields of endeavour could even dream of.

[@hydra3693]

makes sense that a country that sees plumbing and cleaning like an activity for lesser people is so dirty and diseased.

[@shantanukhandkar]

That's because plumbers can't afford to move to Canada. Plumbers don't belong to any particular caste.

[@argonanarchy3882]

Plumbers keep society running. It's honest work too

[@Gaphalor]

Yea but plumbing in a western country is very different to olunbing in India for sure 😂

[@gild3dgaz3]

i dont want to live in a world without plumbers 😨 thank you for all you do!

[@Kristoph-69-69]

But if you say Indian culture is racist. Indian people get offended

[@scottwebb4722]

It’s only called racism when it’s white people doing it. Just look at Japan and and them putting posters telling black people not to be nuisance streamers

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@desireesmith862]

People rarely take it well when you point out their wrong doings

[@Savi3_Skeptic]

The infian culture is a product of the hindu religion. As a consequence, they don't feel that they are being racist/casteist. Hence they get offended as u are actually accusing them of something they feel they haven't commited and at the same time you are accusing our religion.

[@filipjezdic7753]

That's because to be racist you have to be intolerant to a race different than your own, what they technicaly can be called is "classist"

[@rishavranjan6656]

In Italian Mafia there is a saying "Power must be protected and projected". This sums up everything happening in India regarding caste

[@Vishnujanadasa108]

while armies did battle in the next field. Although the ploughmen may have had a stake in the outcome of the battle or may have contributed to the equipage of one of the protagonists, they were not expected to get involved. Warriors fought with warriors; the ploughman’s dharma was to plough.

[@rishavranjan6656]

@@Vishnujanadasa108 your view is not clear explain it

[@trira1171]

​@@Vishnujanadasa108 Don't fall for the non-sense. The so-called warriors brutally exploited, discriminated and oppressed everyone else in various ways. It was such a disastrous, stupid and oppressive system that India has been the most colonized country in the world. India has been colonized by almost every race and ethnicity of the world.

[@Savi3_Skeptic]

There is no casteism in Hinduism. The evil rice bag British forced Krishna, Rama, Manu and others to include the Varna system into Gita, Ramayan, Vedas etc. Also the Varna system is very fluid, anybody can select their Varna after they die. The implementation of the system may be bad but the intention is for the greater good

[@loserang2877]

​@@Savi3_Skeptic😂 if the varna system is so fluid will you marry a dalit who is very successful financially? No you won't do stop coping.

[@drjagritisingh6569]

As a dalit woman whose parents were educated by Christian missionaries because upper caste hindoos did not allow them in classrooms.thank you for this video .i was the fortunate one to get education but you still have to face work based and education based harassment. Situation is lot worse than you can imagine. R**** ,lynching and murder of our people is common and do not get justice. We are stigmatized and harassed for taking affirmative action.

[@LenaRoss-i9e]

🤦‍♂️😔 this world really need some changing serious, how can this be happening in this modern world People look at their fellow human and do this just so sad 💔 I just hope it gets better 🙏

[@joelhungerford8388]

Can I ask you as an Australian with no idea, do you think most Indians moving to the west like Australia are upper caste or lower caste?

[@drjagritisingh6569]

@@joelhungerford8388majority indians who move abroad are upper castes like sharma ,shah ,jain types and middle castes like Patel types. Dalits go to gulf countries like Qatar, dubai for construction work or for education to usa ( usa is the only country which provides scholarships to our people).our people don't have money to move abroad.

[@joelhungerford8388]

@@drjagritisingh6569 that explains why some indians here (specially males) find it hard being low in the social pecking order here.

[@joelhungerford8388]

@@drjagritisingh6569 so your surname is Singh, there are alot of well to do Singh's here

[@martag825]

In Poland, we have workers from India who refuse to work together or taking orders from one another due to their caste status. Imagine leaving your country to get a better life elsewhere only to have your countrymen bring the same discriminatory believes with them.

[@gabrielfelix2629]

There are less than 10k indians in poland but I keep hearing polish complaining about indian imigrants. Its almost like theres some racism involved

[@texadian339]

I had a professor at university (in Canada) who was born a Dalit. It was incredibly inspirational when one was aware of what all he'd had to overcome to get where he was. Excellent professor too! I took A History of Gandhi with him and it was very engaging!

[@MisterPatel]

Sure

[@agentofchaos2764]

Glad you remembered that.

[@archigoel]

Looool😂, idiot Americans talking about things they don't know. Dalits are the group who get special reservation in education and jobs for 85 years in India. Something no other nation has done. And still people say they are marginalized.

[@drmodestoesq]

Interesting. I've read that Gandhi thought the finest component of Hinduism was the caste system. Of course, he wasn't born into the bottom caste. He might have had a different opinion if he was.

[@ferretyluv]

@@drmodestoesq I read the opposite, that he championed for legal equality for all castes, which is why it’s banned in the constitution.

[@phillipescott9764]

If touching a Dalit is polluting for someone of higher caste, why doesn’t this protect Dalits, especially the women, from unwanted contact by those who believe they are of higher status?

[@jesstolley7193]

Because sexual violence is about power and domination.

[@Rexorazor]

They vehemently deny that they touched a dalit woman and R@pe ever happened.. Because according to tradition, Dalits are untouchables, why would a High Caste person R@pe a Dalit woman? And the case automatically gets closed and no more peep gets heard about the crime.

[@SafetySpooon]

Where, there's your first mistake: expecting logic & sense from bigots! (No, I see your point & you'd think it would work that way...)

[@spaceteapot]

yawn a bunch of cr*p about people who read random stories online. ive read stories like this and trust me, theres people who kill 'lower caste' guys for marrying higher caste women. Why dont you talk about that? why are you out to only make one side appear evil here? Im catholic personally but youre all the same. Looking for a reason to tear down a specific race because you dislike them. If theres one thing i hope happens, its that your "we're being replaced" fantiasies come true, nasty ass racist.

[@southpole9450]

This video is a load of nonsense, a typical Christian propaganda coming from a western country. If they still follow the practice of untouchability how do they manage in crowded trains and buses where it is impossible to avoid touching another person. Untouchability has been extinct since many decades. After this video I have lost the respect of author of this video. International Christian lobby always target Indian Hindus for caste system because they want to convert poor hindus to christianity by instigating them against other social groups. This is very similar to instigating blacks against white in western countries.

[@trekkienzl2862]

Back when I was doing my internship in NYC 🗽, a senior researcher I worked with who I will call "Cheryl" (because she kinda looked like the housewife from the sitcom According to Jim) is this 42 year old white 🇺🇸 American woman but her husband is a Dalit from 🇮🇳 India, who did grow up in poverty but worked his way up, moved to the States and now works as an immigration lawyer. She told us of how one day, she and her husband came back to his old community. Apparently, he was recognized by the "higher cast neighbours" and they were shocked and offended to see a well dressed Dalit who found success in America but it was also all the more shocking to see him with a white woman. When Cheryl was alone a couple of the higher cast women confronted her, saying things like "do you know that man you married is a Dalit" or "do you know what kind of people they are", and other words to that effect to which Cheryl just laughed at them and said she doesn't get or care about the whole caste system and that to her like most other Americans, he's no different to them as most Americans see a Dalit or brahmin as just another Indian.

[@DariusMazdehan-wl9du]

Brahmin's dna is more western Eurasian than dalit. I ain't making it up. Genetic studies showed it.

[@Muipal]

Amazing. You know what. Indian upper-caste migrating to west usually look for white to marry. Having a gora wife or husband is prized in Indian upper-caste societies.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@nobarakugisaki356]

Dalits ( due to their peculiar hereditary jobs) are having a kind of genetic immunity against a host of Diseases and pathogens, which the other classes of Indians are not having... So the caste system should be looked at as a form of social distancing. Rather than anything else. But because it wasn't easy to convince people about germs and diseases ... They just coded this behaviour into religious ideology. Brahmins= the Scientist, philosophers, & Psychiatrist & Doctors Kshatriya= Rulers, Soldiers, Farmers, Craftsman, Vaishya= Traders, Bankers, Goldsmith, Shudra= Architects & Builders of Palaces, & Menial Labourers, Dalits = the ones who did scavenging , sanitation, cleaning, handling the diseased & dead, The Indian constitution has job reservation for Dalits, and special economic & educational incentives for all Dalits. The Dalits have their own political party, who have sadly ignored the core issues of education for their supporters How they ended up at the bottom of the ( economic) food chain is anybody's guess,

[@dr.doctor2620]

​@@stormshadow5283 high levels of copium detected

[@vibingdude7188]

Thank you for acknowledging. Privileged kids on internet would say you're tarnishing India's image and goons will say youre dividing india. But I truly thank you for raising this issue.

[@laurajaneluvsbeauty9596]

I will never understand those who complain like that. They care more about how their country is perceived than doing the right thing. Big difference between west and east. The west (used to be at least) an honor culture. Telling the truth, doing what’s right, looking out for the little guy is what we see as good. In the east it’s a “face saving culture”. They don’t really care if the inside of the home is falling apart or literally on fire as long as it looks good from the outside.

[@Sid-wx7gi]

I don't see a single person defending this , evils should be rightfully shamed and for us it's the caste system

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@flamefromHalo]

​@@Sid-wx7gi Straw men are easy to create. There are people like that, but in my experience 99% of commenters agree the system is bad, official news sources in India can definitely be more biased. Its like a reddit thread with 100 comments complaining about fanatical alt-righters and you go to the negative comments and see like 2 trolls, the shadow on the wall makes everyone play the hero.

[@randomlyswatching9481]

Its actually THAT this wont change anything just increase raz ism against all even the ppl in thia vid.

[@crispyabhi]

As an Indian, I hope this video goes viral and we are shamed globally. May be it will have an impact.... I say may be cuz we are stubborn, backward and ignorant af.

[@tejasamrat2119]

I can't agree more

[@Mira-gu6we]

As if all indians practice caste system. Are all white people slave owners?

[@madarchodindia]

AS YOU SHOULD BE indian

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

As an American, I hope people start recognizing. We are no better because the people it’s done to here are mostly African descendants who have intentionally been mixed with Europeans by the slavers who bred them Just because you decide to make a people does not mean you get to own them or set a cast for them below yourself This is more a human issue than one individual culture And if all of us are not free from this, then none of us is truly free from this

[@ravenblack7052]

Shame? Doubtful. Your people are cheering on the gcide in Gaza. Zero humanity for your own. We shouldn't be surprised over your people's stance over Gaza.

[@erueru2014]

The cruelty of humans against other humans is just astonishing

[@eNtr0Py13]

yes, humans are inherently evil.

[@rtyrsson]

Just the history of the last century is littered with the corpses of many millions of people due to our cruelty and barbarism.

[@skozlozlaurie712]

The shame of man.

[@daveanderson3805]

It's because we are a predatory species.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

Democracy is a bad form of governance. Look at India and look at China. Same GDP 35 years ago. Under the CCP model they are 17.5 trillion. Under India model they have a lower GDP than the state of Cali 😂😂😂

[@Starlightndust]

Yoga/ Meditation industry: "India, a country of peaceful coexistence, democracy and love." Reality: Couldn't be further from the truth

[@oni_sectionone8646]

Exactly, first the brahmins, then muslims, then the britishers.

[@badgalkia10]

@PromodBenjaminJoseph-z5pI've never seen what is happening to other religions in Bangladesh. Interesting though.

[@uselesshero.official]

You say things like because Hospitals are there deaths shouldn't happen! 😅

[@vaibhav1P]

Thank you for saying/seeing this. The image many Indians portray to the world has always been perpetrated by Savarnas(Forward Castes). In reality the existence of caste system is the living proof how violent India has been through ages.

[@Jenkis-z8q]

​@oni_sectionone8646 Brahmins were never Barbaric as Muslims. Look at Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. When you have a demonic history of Islamic occupation, society is bound to get twisted

[@manasi1211]

I’m a dalit, born in India and now working in the USA. I was always ashamed of my identity; mostly because of the casteism I faced while growing up. I went to brahmin schools and most of my friends were brahmins but never really understood why I was being treated differently by their parents. It’s difficult to wrap your head around as a 5-6 year old kid but I knew something was wrong. I was really good at studies and was always the topper in my class; it could be because I always had this urge to prove myself in the back of my mind. Still I was discriminated in the college by my peers, mostly because of the whole reservation thing. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for reservations because my parents although educated didn’t really have much money. Today I am glad that I am able to take care of my family. The stigma of being a Dalit never really went away when I moved to the US, even here I don’t tell anyone my caste because you never know how people might treat you. I do feel that I am living in fear of being found out but I don’t want to risk anything. 2 years ago I started to worry about my marriage prospects because it is hard to find men who are accepting and are mature enough to understand my side of the story; I had sworn that I will never marry a brahmin. I consider myself very lucky to have found that person who happens to be brahmin.

[@OneMansHeretic]

With a religious system based on people being born into the roles they earned from their past lives, it's not surprising they're so resistant to change. They've been taught that dalits must essentially have earned the position they're in.

[@saianvesh3753]

Yeah, let's just throw nuance out of the window shall we. If you don't know jack about something, atleast try to wiki it.

[@BreakyOnline]

​@@saianvesh3753 oh yeah? Please, list the core tenets of the caste system for me then.

[@IronMan-nu3rb]

​@@saianvesh3753 Explain why Caste come into existence?? What was the need of it and why they were and still are discriminated

[@OneMansHeretic]

@@saianvesh3753 Certain scholars of caste have considered jati to have its basis in religion, assuming that the sacred elements of life in India envelop the secular aspects; for example, the anthropologist Louis Dumont described the ritual rankings that exist within the jati system as being based on the concepts of religious purity ... Copy and paste from the wiki. If I said the ONLY reason they have the caste system was religion you might have a point. But I didn't, you could almost say that your reply to mine ignored the nuance.

[@ShesJustNotThatIntoYou]

As bad as America is, you should pray places like India or China never become a world power.

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

I just started watching this, and got ten seconds in, before I needed to comment. I hope I don’t get viewed as being insensitive or insulting, but, India has started a space program, so they can stand up in the world. While millions are living in abject poverty. That is an obscene crime. Why?

[@caldera11]

outdated cultural/religious norms, the usual spectre

[@tracym8952]

The story of how the British ended widow burning in India is a good lens to understand a bit of the evolution of India

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

They started a space program as a vanity project Need to finish the indoor plumbing projects first

[@diegomontoya796]

My sister nel got bit by a rat today, while whitey is on the moon.

[@MMSMLUNWINPP]

That is literally every government currently. Take the US, which has crazy high poverty and homelessness....we are apparently going back to the moon. Great, hopefully they find food and affordable housing there.

[@J.MacInnes]

Just because it's a tradition and that's the way that it's always been done doesn't mean that it has to continue.

[@JasbirSingh-zj1fg]

Sorry, but it is going to continue for as long as politicians, leftists, and media exit. These three are the primary forces that have, ever since India's independence, kept the Dalit caste alive and have firmly solidified it. And it is completely understandable. If there are no more Dalits, how would the politicians promise to give them benefits and lock in their votes? Without Dalits, what would the left-activists tweet on social-media and earn their likes and favorites? Where would the media find all those articles that were shown in this video? Thanks to Dalits, even Simon had the material to make this documentary, and there are dozens of other documentaries as well. Who would make them if there are no more Dalits? If there are no more Dalits, who would the Christian missionaries direct their Jesus message to in India? What argument would they make to invite people to Christianity? There are too many people who benefit in a big way, all because Dalits exist. They have a LOT to lose if the system does not continue. So continue it will, and that too for a long time!

[@jenniferdnoseworthy2348]

Or is a good thing.

[@karanaher5030]

​@@JasbirSingh-zj1fgleast brainwashed bjp supporter lol

[@rjgaynor8]

@@JasbirSingh-zj1fgsorry but you missed the right wing that benefits from the slavery of the Dalits and the benefits to the wealthy who could lose their money should they be forced to pay a fair wage. You can try and make excuses but you are part of the problem.

[@bandit5875]

@@rjgaynor8 He's a rightist, he's not going to listen. You will never change a conservative's mind, their cognitive dissonance and deliberate ignorance protects their fragile egos. The only way they can be worth anything is if someone else is worth less. They're never good people.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

It is estimated that in 1883, about one-third of the immigrants who arrived in the Caribbean were Dalits. The shared experience of being exploited in a foreign land gradually broke down caste barriers in the Caribbean Hindu communities. The Romani people, originating in northern India, are said to be of Dalit ancestry. Between 1001 and 1026, the Romani fought under their Hindu rulers to fight the Ghaznavids.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

They are here..they have created their own caste system in their communities..are racist against African decent ppl..because of their inferiority complex..there's nothing different between them and their Indian cousins other than they live in better conditions here and has education. .but nasty AF..

[@user-barrcnslt]

@@Jayjay-qe6um clear dih toxicity wid new rules.

[@Beyonder1987]

Roma gypsies are not Dalits. They actually were pretty wealthy Hindu who refuse to be ruled by Muslims so they left. Dalits in majority Muslim India became Muslims.

[@chaitanyabhargava3167]

​@@Beyonder1987 nope, almost all romas are dalits, the romas who aren't were merchants travelling with them.

[@junacebedo888]

Internet will expose whatever globally and very quickly. The Quran, scandals from the religious, caste system etc etc

[@Kaltagstar96]

The story of that Dalit man at the wedding who was beaten to death by members of the upper castes for daring to eat in their presence is just absolutely shocking. Do the other lower caste's like The Shudra's get treated even half as badly?

[@dh00mketu]

Most atrocities on OBC are committed by other SC STs. Just look at the data.

[@ferretyluv]

@@dh00mketuThat’s not a caste-based crime then. Only caste-based crime committed against untouchables is counted. It’s not crime in general.

[@vinayj1763]

​@@dh00mketuit's true, many SC ST are misusing the power and filing false cases on OBC and top caste people just to extort money through police.

[@Dezzyyy]

​@@dh00mketu what is obc and SC and ST

[@92_09]

@@dh00mketuyou are wrong. Most of the atrocities are done by upper caste on anyone who is not upper caste, aka dalita

[@Clevelandlantis]

Reason 8,900,651 why I’ll never set foot in India

[@r.4996]

If you could tell that to your ancestors, The things would have much better for us.

[@Clevelandlantis]

Oh please like the western world had anything to do with the caste system. Fuck if anything it’d be even worse if there was no international pressure from the west to support change in India.

[@r.4996]

@@Clevelandlantis oh please dude, your people can't manage their own bs. And don't bring our caste problems, when You are being outright hateful towards everyone and that's need to be addressed. And I am just simply saying If india was such big of a shithole then why did your ancestors sail seas to even get a piece of India??

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@Leothefighter1]

Nobody wanted you to come

[@rahulsamant2003]

I'm from India, Thank you for covering this issue. My sister lived in USA for 2 yrs...she Americans treat her better than Indian living in USA. I'm from schedule tribe community

[@dasnutnock6408]

I worked in the UK for a US based company and reported to a manager in North America who was part of the Brahmin caste. While she was perfectly civil and pleasant with me, if somewhat arrogant, she was unforgivably rude and dismissive to many of her US-based Indian colleagues, including a number that were ostensibly her senior. Once I realised *why* she conducted herself in this manner, I was distinctly unimpressed, but it did make me aware that social discrimination was still very much a fact in much of the modern world. Where I could, I always encouraged my colleagues that had been the focus of her unpleasantness to report her behaviour to the HR department, making it clear that prejudice of that kind was not permitted. She was eventually moved on to a different department, then let go.

[@Lewis-ec5sn]

The irony of her behavior is palpable. The jokes write themselves, the Hindu who subscribes to the caste system beliefs seeing herself as better than others comes to the Christian countries to make more money while still projecting arrogance on Indians who live in the West.

[@Mo-or3so]

Wow! I work in IT in London so have worked for a few multinational companies with offices in India. Although I was aware of the caste system beforehand I can’t say I’ve ever seen or heard someone carry out that behaviour. Did the company not have policy or internal regulations regarding that sort of behaviour whoever it’s from?

[@dasnutnock6408]

@ Mo-or3so yeah the firm had policies that were intended to protect employees from abuse but they don’t spring into action out of nowhere. Complaints have to be registered first, before the procedures can be put into effect, and for whatever reason, the people I talked to were reluctant to complain. I’m not even sure if she was moved on as a direct result of the way she treated people, she wasn’t particularly good at her job and had a reputation for being a bit difficult.

[@Mo-or3so]

@@dasnutnock6408 Why wouldn’t someone wanna report abuse? Especially if they’re higher up than the person that’s perpetrating it, not that it would be an excuse in the first place, bizarre.

[@BoOb-yd4dk]

@@Mo-or3sohave you ever worked in a company? This stuff happens hourly and most people just let it slide because it’s more work to report than forget it.

[@dheepanbalajil1034]

International media should talk about indian caste system and discrimination.

[@Dr.Mlieko]

but that would be considered racist according to the politically correct crowd

[@Ramanathan-z5n]

They wont! Because everything is connected. If the international media had spoken so many war crimes nd genocides could have been stopped

[@kwdblade4683]

Talk is cheap.

[@seekerIIndia]

Yes

[@scottfraser706]

They do it when they come to Canada. My dad has to fight with them to tell them its your job so you have to do it. But they refuse thinking there about it. And its a big problem because Canada has some many Indians

[@hucklebucklin]

This is why there are so many converts to other religions from the Dalit caste. The idea of what you do in life actually leading to a good afterlife and that all have an equal chance is a novelty. Thanks for spreading awareness.

[@zurielsss]

I think the mere equality in the eyes of God/buddja/Allah is enough

[@SarothCyngus]

Fuck, that's why Modi hates Muslims so much. To help keep this system in place.

[@Abhisekhdutta]

lol you can't be more wrong. There are dalit muslims and dalit christians in India. Dalits are called dalits mostly because of their skin colour which is often darker than other Indians

[@dxruling]

​@@Abhisekhdutta so Indians are racist and yet cry about racism when called as "pajeet". Wow

[@MbisonBalrog]

Islam is second largest religion. Is that why so big? A lot of the Dalits converted to Islam.

[@pnoverstreet]

Thank you for sharing this. As someone who works with Indians daily in white collar America, this explains what I've seen with attitudes among them towards some of their own. The sad reality is also, just because you are a member of one cast or another, doesn't mean you are magically granted competence, ability or aptitude. Many Americans know this all too well. Our caste system is based on bank account balances. Money. Regardless of if it's been earned or acquired otherwise.

[@anonymousinfinido2540]

@@pnoverstreet are they Telugu by any chance, I mean are they from Andhra, Telangana, Hyderabad

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@hildahilpert5018]

Oh we have this here , white people called other whites as Rednecks and crackers and hillbillies.

[@junestanich7888]

So true

[@Kart546]

AS DALIT 💙 15 year old . Everything about the vedio sadly living reality of mine . I wish wasn't born . I always discriminated by hindu classmates , my hindu teachers not nice to us dalits. Also most of us almost live seperate life with hindus. We have dalit ghettos where we live those slums you see in india is our home . Most considered us not human enough.

[@oni_sectionone8646]

North India?

[@Blah888]

which state?village?

[@cheetavontiebolt9971]

I am sorry you can overcome your birth status threw education

[@cheetavontiebolt9971]

Caste system is not hinduism it is people

[@cheetavontiebolt9971]

If they are untouchable why do men of higher castes rape them

[@amaccama3267]

This system is also used overseas, where Indian couples are importing these people to where they live and holding them as virtual slaves. We have had several cases of this problem here in Australia.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

It's insane that they come to our countries and then demand that we enact all these backwards systems as if where they came from was great to start with

[@thetemperamentalecnomist1261]

A similar case caught the attention of the swiss judicial government - i suppose justice was swiftly served sometime this year (2024)

[@mufasum]

deport

[@thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

What is horrific is that these upper class Indians don't understand why the governments where they now live are prosecuting them. In India the upper class rarely faces legal consequences for their actions unless it is against another member of their own class. The men especially have the mind set that no matter where they are in the world that they will be treated the same and they get pissed when people in Western countries couldn't care less about their class and that Western women will not submit to them and treat them as they would any man behaving with a sense of entitlement.

[@thetemperamentalecnomist1261]

@@thehomeschoolinglibrarian I could not have articulated this better! So deeply ingrained is this mindset that the fact that they are being held accountability for human rights violations, baffles and evades them.

[@LetsGoforDabash]

The upper caste Hindus whine n cry about caste based reservations for these people but can't get rid of their own caste based superiority

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@TragicGFuel]

City people don't discriminate based on caste lmao, and these the people whose opportunities are taken away by caste based reservation.

[@qwerty-dx6kd]

Sarr my culture is supreme sarr Oldest religion in the world sarr

[@Meowie765]

​@@TragicGFuelEven City people discriminate based on caste. Caste System is based on birth, not geography.

[@batata1290]

​@@TragicGFuel Sadly, it happens in citys too

[@isaiasabinadisosagarcia936]

200 million people live like this. This is the saddest news I've heard this year, and that's saying a lot.

[@saptarshidas9365]

I am a Scheduled Caste ,let me tell you what happened with me,when i was 9 years old there was a baisnav seva in our Village which was organised by our family,i touched the baisnav when i was playing while she was eating,she got up and went out took cow dung and mixed with water and sprinkled on her,no one said nothing and was bashing on me,we are not allowed to go near the Durga puja bhog or touch the pandit directly while he was doing puja,when we moved to the city ,the house owner wont drink even water from our house,thats the condition we are living in i am very eager to leave the country and settle abroad,i have lost belief in both my religion and my country.

[@kiki40665]

How fake u want to be

[@hitmp3songs610]

You can come and live in kerala, india and nobody will dare to ask your cast or religion.

[@briantarigan7685]

​@@kiki40665ignoring your own people's plight won't make it go away

[@georgeabraham5532]

The only way for Dalits to escape poverty and social exclusion is education. Free education, reservation have all been provided. And the smart ones are climbing up the social ladder very fast.

[@Joe-sg9ll]

none of those words mean anything to most anyone

[@amitpothare]

I myself belonging to this caste... In 1950 my grandparents on call of our greate leader Dr B R Ambedkar, who is also the father of Constitution of India, converted to Buddhism.. Since then my fourfathers stopped eating dead carcases of Cows and buffalo..and started working in fields. Gradually they started sending there children to school (my father) and got Government job... And now me and my brother and many of my relatives became Doctors, Engineer, School teachers... Only Education can change the place of people...with time people and system will change...🙏

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

And that is exactly why the educational system in America is intentionally being dismantled As a level of controlling, who can rise in power

[@adiitya.jaiswar]

jai bhim brother

[@maryellengodfrey]

Bless you!😊

[@PokeBeast8967]

Freeloader Ambedkarites have destroyed India. Shame on casteist Ambedkar.

[@animn7386]

We stand with you❤

[@rustydante31]

"Wherever Hindus go, they carry with them the caste system." -Dr. B.R AMBEDKAR In February 2023, Seattle became the first city in the U.S. to explicitly ban caste discrimination by including it as a protected category under its anti-discrimination laws. The law prohibits caste-based discrimination in employment, housing, public spaces, and other areas.

[@Slicer400]

I don’t. 😂😂😂.

[@Winner_1-r7y]

Ah! mean the people with given reservation from education department to govt offices. These people themselves hate upliftment at this point and wanna stay poor forever by producing 10 babies and child marriages. And if others criticise them....suddenly ambedkar movement or dalit movement come into picture. When tribals are progressing ...they could too. They are blk americans....play racism victim card rather than workimg hard or integrating into modern society.

[@Winner_1-r7y]

Same with how blk Americans despise whites but wont work hard like them

[@ashwikashivalkar4156]

Well I am hindu, I don't carry the caste system wherever I go.

[@doki1146]

​@@ashwikashivalkar4156that's good

[@DR-mq1vn]

I don't ever want to hear anyone from India criticizing the US ever! Shame on them for discriminating and labeling people by birth!

[@MehulMewal]

You'll get tonnes of hate for exposing this human torture

[@ebygeorge6399]

Most Indians are gonna deny this is happening or straight up call this western propaganda.

[@kirannnnnn]

​@@ebygeorge6399it's a propoganda One has to survive either the White or Brown The term “caste,” meaning social stratification, is of Spanish and Portuguese origin and borrows directly from the hierarchical social structure prevalent in Europe in colonial times, strains of which can be seen in European society even today. Christian Caste system Royals Knight Nobles Commoners Slaves Cagot (Untouchables Monarchy & Kingdom rule in Europe is the best example of caste system

[@PietroRusso-r8h]

​@@ebygeorge6399just go "Sars very good sars" this culture needs to be shamed

[@Lastman1900]

​@@ebygeorge6399And yet they wouldn't stop coming to west any chance they get.

[@ebygeorge6399]

@@PietroRusso-r8h the caste system culture needs to be shamed, no doubt about that.

[@danischannel]

Sidenote: cast is intertwined with Karma and reincarnation. It is believed that if you do good deeds then you will be reborn into a higher caste... So if you are a low caste person in this life it means you deserve to be low caste because of your past life's misdeeds and every upper caste person beleove they have the right to mistreat you. Now you see how this removes empathy for fellow human beings...

[@alexk6343]

And to get away from all this you need to be in the exact place you were born in society and dutifully obey the norms. Sounds a bit like a win-win for the upper class

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

Yeah it's almost like religion is a bunch of man-made bull crap

[@Lunch2391]

Yeah that's confusing. By mistreating untouchables you get good Karma? shouldn't this give you bad karma instead? And if you truely believe them to be untouchable then why would you r*pe the women? you need to touch them to do so. Why interact with them at all if they are unpure?

[@Sanbruce.]

No. Caste is a foreign word. Here in ground level people use ( jati kr jaat) like the community kind of this. Every community does some work as their profession that's how they got their levels. And jati or caste is not based on birth ( it is based on your ability as per scripters) but people follow the opposite of it.

[@dannycolorado5875]

No life after death...not at all. Not for anyone. Spirit lives on, likely but physical resurrection, imho, not now...or not anymore. Lets all be good to each other here and now and in our future. Thats All.

[@keifer7813]

I actually encountered someone claiming to be of the higher castes, supporting this system. Some people truly are evil, man

[@Kburn1985]

Most Indians in western countries support the caste system. Why would you go against the system that proclaims you as superior for no reason other than who your parents were?

[@keifer7813]

@Kburn1985 To be a decent person who has even semblance of empathy for others subject to horrible treatment under such a stupidly evil system

[@BGatts666]

@@Kburn1985 They (indians) must be sad living in the west then, where indians are mostly seen as inferiors (dalit or not) by so many westerners 🤔

[@jorg3023]

Well do go that far.. some people here in the comments seem to do.

[@Mark-vn7et]

So when I say I’m Dutch, I can’t say I’m Dutch and supporting my capitalist system because the Netherlands is in de top ranks of countries worldwide. I mean how does this work?

[@inspireitoday]

Not indian people, hindu people. This caste system is introduced by hinduism.

[@mr.unknownindian1764]

That's the reason why I'm atheist now.

[@BigJFindAWay]

Then how do you explain the Hindutva movements that oppose caste discrimination????

[@HemantKumar-ry5qk]

Japan country have caste system also Burakumin caste is untouchable. And lower caste 😂

[@BigJFindAWay]

@@HemantKumar-ry5qk There are similar and rigid caste systems across the entire expanse of northern and central Africa in all the cultures from Somalia to Senegal.

[@bluebutterfly1221]

@@HemantKumar-ry5qkwhats funny innit ?

[@mockingbird8734]

I am a Muslim from India and when I was studying in university I had a friend named Amit Kumar. He would often come to my home for lunch and dinner. We shared food often and one day a classmate told me that he wouldn’t ever eat with Amit because he is a dalit. I did not know it earlier and it would not matter to me anyway because caste system is haram in Islam. I now live in the US but Amit Kumar is still one of my best friends.

[@charvaka5705]

Ashraf or Ajlaf? Which are you? I don't think it is haram in Islam, it just have a different name. Asraf are the upper class muslims and Ajlaf are the lower castes. Muslims have higher casteism than Hindus.

[@bonk6164]

​@@charvaka5705It is haram in islam one of the final messages from our prophet is not to oppress anyone even if hes a non Muslims prophet Muhammad also said everyone is equal and no man is above another as we are equal in the eyes of the lord

[@randdldar2580]

@@charvaka5705there is no casteism in islam, what are you on?

[@heneedsomemilk751]

@@charvaka5705 this is nowhere in islam this is only exclusive to south asian muslims since they make up most the shit up cuz thier islam is heavily based on thier traditions which does not exist in islam

[@claireconolly8355]

That's why Christianity is popular in India, you can marry someone from another kast and you are "equal" before God. I had many friends at school who were Christian (parents were from India).

[@MichaelWadhwania]

Christianity is in the South. Islam is in the north. The British ran the South and the Mughals ran the north.

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites. Christ is racist.

[@Parannadikkum.simon5]

Christians also has their internal caste divisions in India.

[@farahjafferi6509]

I wonder if many Indian Muslims used to be Dalit Hindus? I don't believe all Indian Muslims are entirely of foreign DNA, because DNA tests are showing a very different story .

[@farahjafferi6509]

​​@@MichaelWadhwaniaagreed but the British ran the North as well. Tipu Sultan, a Muslim ruling the South resisted against the British, he held them back for quite some time , and gave them a great fight. Hyderabad, a Southern Muslim princely state was never ruled by the British.

[@lordMartiya]

Another name for the Dalit is Pariah. That's where the English word comes from, and I think it should say everything we need to know.

[@georginaellison6280]

A Pariah is someone who either marries or associates socially with Dalits.

[@lordMartiya]

@@georginaellison6280 Or just their name in certain parts of India.

[@cun_0092]

I think pariah is also the name for Indian dog breed

[@yethir2609]

Pariah is not other name for Dalits, it's a caste from tamilnadu called paraiyar that the English took as "pariah"

[@nit3644]

Dalits to overcome this are given reservation a high reservation in all government job , they also get reservation in parliament in decision making too this happened just after 1947 they also get land taken from higher caste people called zamindar. Thier land can't even be taken unfairly because that's the law a dalit land could be bought by dalit only to stop even this . The reservation too is soo high that 50 percent seats are already reserved for OBC st sc . Then comes the reservation for women and EWS . Those upper caste rich people have to study 12 hour a day to get a job but the dalit could get it by just studying 4 hours . In India people want government job more than anything and in a lot of dalit family every member has a powerful post in government both high paying and guarantee their power in society.

[@nabilh.6357]

In a small country called Yemen there is a black minority called "Akhdam" who are treated in a very similar way to Dalits in India.

[@dirkmolen9392]

Yeah, a lot of Arabs don't like blacks. This probably is because Islam isn't very positive about blacks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXLdpWqDbNqDo7s

[@vrindavanguj7361]

Doesn't Khadam mean slave or servant in Arabic ?

[@Muipal]

Yemen used to be a colony or vassal of black Ethiopian Axom empire for many centuries

[@jonescity]

@@vrindavanguj7361 Yeah. :-/

[@nobarakugisaki356]

Dalits ( due to their peculiar hereditary jobs) are having a kind of genetic immunity against a host of Diseases and pathogens, which the other classes of Indians are not having... So the caste system should be looked at as a form of social distancing. Rather than anything else. But because it wasn't easy to convince people about germs and diseases ... They just coded this behaviour into religious ideology. Brahmins= the Scientist, philosophers, & Psychiatrist & Doctors Kshatriya= Rulers, Soldiers, Farmers, Craftsman, Vaishya= Traders, Bankers, Goldsmith, Shudra= Architects & Builders of Palaces, & Menial Labourers, Dalits = the ones who did scavenging , sanitation, cleaning, handling the diseased & dead, The Indian constitution has job reservation for Dalits, and special economic & educational incentives for all Dalits. The Dalits have their own political party, who have sadly ignored the core issues of education for their supporters How they ended up at the bottom of the ( economic) food chain is anybody's guess, one popular theory was that they are descendants of either prisoners of war, criminals, deviants, etc

[@BreadBox42]

As a non Indian living in the USA, I see this caste nonsense taking place here as well, between Indian Americans and those here temporarily for work.

[@thelonenoob2489]

Do you know even in the developed world Dalits are discriminated by Indian migrants from overseas. Search it up ....

[@simplytom1213]

Ye, they had to ban caste discrimination in Tech companies.

[@LetHimRead]

Now it makes sense why all Indians online defend India as if they were paid for it. They are a part of the higher caste and see nothing wrong with their country in conttary to a westerner who can see how backwards they are.

[@justinl9426]

I had a female Indian teacher in college who constantly brought up the evils of wht men in this world. She didnt appreciate my responce to her cultural cast system still in play today. Good times

[@Googleusergoogleuser-b4p]

Two wrongs doesn't make a right lol

[@keso_de_bola1750]

​@@Googleusergoogleuser-b4p it's not that he's justifying one wrong with another. It's that he's pointing out the hypocrisy of the the Indian teacher that they themselves, victims of racism and oppression they may be, are also aggregators of racism and oppression. What goes around comes around, I guess.

[@praise_kek340]

they are annoying back at home also. It pisses me off when they push that on people who historically never participated in the whole system of the caste and the what not. In some ways they(dalits) are privilege compared to people who are not part of this caste system.

[@Knight46-n6z]

@@Googleusergoogleuser-b4p It doesn't. However, you don't get to also lecture others when you support the same set of wrongs just different form.

[@MbisonBalrog]

Is most likely the men of India that implemented this system thousands of years ago, and maintained it to this point. The women have no choice but to follow along.

[@benyendleschannelofwondera3870]

Everything I learn about India just makes it sound worse. I understand why so many people leave as soon as they can.

[@BabuMosahi]

Yep beny ...you are correct. If I have any chance to leave...I most definitely will.

[@DariusMazdehan-wl9du]

@BabuMosahi Yes go to Bangladesh that's your country.

[@suraj1311]

It is not as worse as people try to show. Just chill.

[@KundanBhumi]

That's why your Portugal British came to india and was not in mood to leave india.😂

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@HeliRy]

Lived and worked in the UAE for a few years, and the entire administration core of the company was comprised of Indians. Watching the caste system in action in an office setting, even outside of India, was both fascinating and tragic.

[@Kart546]

As dalit thanks 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Its alot to us . voice of the voiceless . Our pain is more then that of physical pain My dalit community resistance and freedom is on going 💙💙💙💙💙

[@IronMan-nu3rb]

Hi bro...Muslim here. Once our family was Dalits as well. Around 120-130 yrs ago we accepted Islam. I think you know our pain also....what is happening now😢

[@rachaelbarat8460]

@Beratamo2004then get active and support Dalits. I think they should convert. 3,000 years is long enough

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@randomlyswatching9481]

Which state 😮😮😮😮

[@Curious.Intellectual]

@Beratamo2004 LOL NICE JOKE

[@Desi_Midget]

I'm indian and I am ashamed of my country. We make movies and campaigns to fight this bigotry, but enough change hasn't been made.

[@ebygeorge6399]

Even the so called "progressive" people in India, turns casteist when it comes to relationship or marriage.

[@jannguerrero]

The key is in finding out where actual power resides; my guess, the oligarchy and their laws and processes.

[@Mira-gu6we]

I am Indian, i am not ashamed of my country. Where are americans saying theyre ashamed of slavery and dropping nuclear bombs killing millions?? Where are the germans saying their ashamed because of what nazis did?? Evil people in my country DONT define me. I have never hurt any dalit.

[@jannguerrero]

@@Mira-gu6we in universities

[@harshakristipati586]

I am Indian and I am not ashamed of my country. When people who are said to be discriminated and use fake SC, St atrocity case I don't see any difference in them and earlier people who discriminated against them. To me both are monsters. People who get job through reservations but again go towards corruption.

[@arunray2986]

One of my best friend is a Dalit. We went to the same school & college, sat on the same bench, shared food and now he is married, has two kids and is doing pretty well in life.

[@EdilbertFernando]

Yeah tell that to Dalits who get violated and ended for just drinking from the "village well"

[@IronMan-nu3rb]

Trying to create a feel good narrative. Your story may be true...may be Not. But Most Dalits are still discriminated

[@saisameer8771]

​@@IronMan-nu3rbaccording to who? Some bald guy on KZbin?

[@keifer7813]

Exceptions don't invalidate the obvious pattern

[@Blah888]

problem is caste is from british divide and rule policy the literal meaning of caste is race and breed which is a Portuguese word used to separate humans based on color during colonisation Portuguese were one of the first invaders,Vasco da Gama visited India in 1498 captured goa and portugese were last to leave in 1961. some caste issues were there but most caste-related deaths was caused by European colonisation. Portuguese India - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_India) between 1860 and 1920, the British incorporated the Indian caste system into their system of governance, granting administrative jobs and senior appointments only to Christians and people belonging to certain castes. **Social unrest during the 1920s led to a change in this policy**. Caste system in India - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India#:~:text=Between%201860%20and%201920%2C%20the,a%20change%20in%20this%20policy).

[@taylortremaine3286]

Wow. I can't believe i had held Hinduism in a higher regard than the other religions up until this point. Sad to know people are being manipulated by religion worldwide.

[@VanaeCavae]

Let me explain the caste system to you. In Ancient India ,there were two societies. One was the caste based society centered around the cities and large towns. The other was the tribal society based in the remote areas like the mountains and forests. The Caste based system was basically a work based system. There was a division of labour and different skilled folks worked together in order to make a society work. Over time, some of the tribals saw the wealth being generated in the caste based societies and decided to move to the cities and towns to look for work opportunities. There they were discriminated against because they are not part of the caste system. Let me give you an example on why there was discrimination in the first place In ancient times, a father would pass on his work skills to his son and that son would pass on those work skills to his son. This was done for generations in order to ensure that the descendants can have a job in order to feed their family and to continue the family lineage. But if an unrelated outsider appeared one day in your town or in your part of the city and asked that father to teach him on how to do his work, the father worrying about his son having a competitor in the same field of work in that place, might refuse to teach that outsider. That is what happened when the tribals first appeared in the cities and large towns looking for work. They were refused work that were part of the work based caste system and were forced to do the work that existed outside the caste system that nobody else wanted to do. That was how the dalits came to existence. Another thing to note is that historically both tribals and dalits are not considered Hindus. Historically both the Hindus and Tribals don't worship the same Gods. The Tribals worshiped local forest, river or mountain deities, depending on which area they came from. Once they moved to the cities and large towns, they eventually lost touch with their tribal gods over time and started to worship the gods that the caste hindus were praying to. That marked the key transition from tribal to dalit. But since, the tribals/dalits were still not considered hindus, they were not allowed into temples nor allowed to take part in religious functions in the cities and towns, despite the fact that the dalits were worshiping the same gods as the hindus now. When the British conquered india and decided to do a census in order to understand about the wide variety of people living within the British India. They faced a major problem regarding religious beliefs. They obviously knew about the Christians. They also knew about Islam, since the days of Richard the Lionheart fighting Saladin during the crusades. But they could not fathom the wide varieties of other beliefs found in India. So the British decided to categorize all non Muslim and non Christians faiths aka indigenous belief systems as Hindu. They enacted a series of laws called Hindu laws which were concerned with matters like marriage and inheritance and placed caste hindus, dalits, tribals, buddists, jains and sikhs under these laws. They basically classified all indigenous belief systems as Hindu. That is why dalits and tribals are considered hindus nowdays because the modern indian government follows the British classification but they do classify the sikhs, buddhists and jains separately now.

[@religionsach]

Hindus r majorly Religiously illiterate, instead of listening to them read their Scriptures. It's horrible

[@AK-db2ph]

U were only exposed to Hinduism by the lens of upper caste, for a lower caste it's nothing less than a hell. And i mean isn't it kinda obvious that a religion who discriminates against its own followers is shit?

[@avinaashashastry3910]

Ironically the person who gave India's constitution was a Dalit who tore through the system to change it.

[@anon2034]

What was his name?

[@ashishhembrom3905]

​@@anon2034Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. He took a year and some, I think, to study constitutions around the world before making one for India.

[@avinaashashastry3910]

@anon2034 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

[@abdurrahmankhan1145]

He converted to Buddhism because of caste discrimination he faced throughout his life.

[@Asghebs]

​@@abdurrahmankhan1145 His real name was Bhim Rao Ram Singh the name Ambedkar was given by his teacher who was an upper caste But still gave his his own surname so he could get a proper education abroad because at that time casteism was even abroad India So he didn't just face caste discrimination he also was supported by upper caste teacher That's the reason how he become so intelligent

[@conantt29]

Writing this as an Indian who sees this on a daily basis. 1.Firstly people here are not well educated and those who are, use these tools to subjugate and use these people. 2.Secondly there's a thing called reservations for Schedule castes and tribes supported by constitution but that also is used as a tool to win elections rather than to uplift these people. It's all being done on paper 📜. It's so heartbreaking to watch humans behave these ways and justify them and even take pride in such activities.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@Curious.Intellectual]

​@@stormshadow5283ok bot

[@soumya5832]

​@@stormshadow5283bruh stop it whatever you are writing is bs ...

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

​@@soumya5832 how's that BS everything he said is irrefutable

[@AK-zi2rg]

You forgot to mention the biggest thing about the constitution. Where SC/ST can be considered passed even with lowered results.

[@AliceBowie]

Getting into Dalit history is really fascinating. It's mostly ignored, but there's a Dalit community in the US, and they're very successful. In India, they kind of created their own version of Theravada Buddhism, as Hinduism and Islam failed to improve their lives. They also don't have a lot of positive things to say about Gandhi, as he chose not to try and promote rights for Dalits, because he thought it would be too difficult.

[@kirannnnnn]

Caste system itself was invented outside India - a purely European invention called “Sistema de Casta“ practiced by them for centuries. "Casta" is a Spanish word meaning lineage documented since 1417. It is the root of the English word caste. Spanish & Portuguese invented this hierarchical race-based "caste system" rooted in concept of purity of blood called "Limpieza de sangre", to identify anyone with Jewish or Muslim heritage to persecute them during the Christian Inquisition. The OG caste system invented by them was called “Sistema de Casta”. They created an entire genre of disgusting racist Casta paintings to show their racist caste system where they believed the darker your skin, the stupider and more savage you were. Anyone with blood linked to dark skin was classified as a ”stain" by them. Most Indians would be called a “stain” by them because we have the genetic heritage of darker skin than them. Casta paintings depicted the supposed "innate" character & quality of people connected to their birth and skin color. In a painting by José Joaquín Magón, a mestizo (mixed Indian + Spanish) was labelled “humble, meek, and docile” because of darker skin than Whites. Casta paintings such as this by Ignacio Barreda (1777) showed white Spainards at highest social status & dark skinned as more “uncivilized at a lower status.” Entire categories of vile racist discrimination based on skin color were institutionalized by bigoted Europeans in their Casta system. When Portuguese came to India they simply transposed their word “Casta” from Sistema De Casta (caste system) to classify Indian endogamous groups with hereditary occupations. I challenge anyone to find a single Indian text with the word “caste” in it before Portuguese came to India. Moronic Indians who hate their own civilization perpetuated their utterly stupid lies - & the rest is history.

[@Dezzyyy]

Ghandi was kind of a MASSIVE sexist and racist piece of garbage

[@Knight46-n6z]

Can you explain the "Islam failed to improve their lives" part?

[@MbisonBalrog]

Are the Patel's Dalits? Are the IT workers all Dalits? Who be this successful Dalit Community in the US?

[@spaceteapot]

@@MbisonBalrog Nope, Patels generally are business owners and have massive egos. Im indian (catholic) and working with patels and punjabis was the worst thing i couldve done for my career. Sadly Canada and the west is full of them, and i unironically have to face racism from others because of these people. This is a clown world, and the only thing i hope now is that you and these absolute idiots rot.

[@tonypittsburgh9]

An indian friend yrs ago came from a christian community and he was telling us the caste system is in full effect no matter your religion over there.

[@DariusMazdehan-wl9du]

He is wrong tbh. Yes caste system exists but not throughout. You can see places like Northeast India, far Northwestern Himalayan regions of India like Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh. The former has a culture very close to East Asia and Buddhism which strictly abhors caste system. While the latter is Muslim or Sikh and has Iranic people, culture.

[@VanaeCavae]

The problem is when over the centuries, both upper caste and lower caste converted to Islam and Christianity but the upper caste continued to practice the caste system. They did not want to lose their privileges that they enjoyed just because they changed religion.

[@AK-db2ph]

Yes the caste system exists in the subcontinent regardless of religion, dalits who converted into islam Christianity and Sikhism still face caste based discrimination and atrocities

[@runajain5773]

​@@DariusMazdehan-wl9dunorth east india have more sino tibetian , burmaese and thai tribes are there they own animistic religion unyil they were introduced by hindu and then christnaity

[@MU80k]

Well done fact boi for highlighting this. This is obscene and the fact that India lets it happen is a shame.

[@CoochSmooch]

India is too corrupt & the government too weak to do anything India needs facism, democracy doesn't work for it

[@Jezus42]

The fact that westerns ignore the fact and are all India is such a nice place. 😂

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

@@Jezus42Don't be mad that we are accurately calling out the backwards nature of your culture, just bring yourselves into the modern era, it's almost 2025

[@abhinay172]

@@Jezus42 what? Everywhere I see india is considered a really bad country, everywhere indians are mocked what are ypu talking about? You living in another world buddy?

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@ferdinand12390]

the horror of being born into a caste and being told for generations you're below animals

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

No wonder Buddhism had such appeal. People became monks and nuns and renounced their class.

[@Rexorazor]

And then they complain and bi*** about Mughals invading them. They left themselves open to outsiders by making a gigantic population of people untouchables. It's common sense that if you create so much cruelty towards your own, they will seek help from outsiders and that is exactly what happened. Mughals had a superior culture, they don't have a concept of caste system and Dalits back then really found Islam attractive. Just imagine how happy they became once they converted. (My ancestors felt that happiness)

[@Buzyideas]

@@aethylwulfeiii6502 You think Buddhism has no hierarchy and discrimination? Please educate yourself

[@nobarakugisaki356]

Dalits ( due to their peculiar hereditary jobs) are having a kind of genetic immunity against a host of Diseases and pathogens, which the other classes of Indians are not having... So the caste system should be looked at as a form of social distancing. Rather than anything else. But because it wasn't easy to convince people about germs and diseases ... They just coded this behaviour into religious ideology. Brahmins= the Scientist, philosophers, & Psychiatrist & Doctors Kshatriya= Rulers, Soldiers, Farmers, Craftsman, Vaishya= Traders, Bankers, Goldsmith, Shudra= Architects & Builders of Palaces, & Menial Labourers, Dalits = the ones who did scavenging , sanitation, cleaning, handling the diseased & dead, The Indian constitution has job reservation for Dalits, and special economic & educational incentives for all Dalits. The Dalits have their own political party, who have sadly ignored the core issues of education for their supporters How they ended up at the bottom of the ( economic) food chain is anybody's guess, one popular theory was that they are descendants of either prisoners of war, criminals, deviants, etc

[@stormshadow5283]

​@@aethylwulfeiii6502 lmao if only you read what Buddha said about who can be admitted into the Sangha.

[@ACE-kb8uu]

“Dirty hands is a sign of clean money” - Prophet Muhammad (pbh)

[@slee2695]

Aisha was 6

[@ACE-kb8uu]

@ People life expectancy was only 33-35 years back then. Besides people of every religion was marrying that young because it was common practice 1400 years back. The problem is people like you don’t bother reading anything.

[@markv4453]

@@ACE-kb8uu ?

[@thenutella8846]

​@@slee2695no. Thats a slander that's been going around since the early days of islam based off of no real evidence. Anyone can research about the origens of the claim and why it's bullshit. And the fact that you felt the need to bring it up for no real reason but to attack someone's faith says enough to me about the kind of person you are.

[@thenutella8846]

​@@ACE-kb8uuthere's no proof that she was even that young, the first mention of it was buy a guy living in iraq that never met Muhammad or any of his acquaintances.

[@xeanderman6688]

Oh god, another Simon's channel. At this point I feel like General Grievous when subbing to these. "A fine addition to my collection"

[@TemmieContingenC]

Lmao I was hoping someone would say this. It’s like the infinity stones.

[@The_Viking970]

Bravo! This story really hits on some big issues in India. In the North, there’s a lot of bias against darker skin and South Indians, while in the South, caste discrimination is intense and can lead to violence. Sadly, it’s not just a Hindu thing-it cuts across religions like Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, and changing your religion doesn’t change your caste. Fair skin is seen as better, and lighter-skinned Dalits sometimes manage to hide their caste, but the system is still stacked against them. Crimes against Dalits often go unpunished, and upper castes dominate everything from movies to government jobs. It’s been this way for centuries and doesn’t look like it’s changing anytime soon.

[@kunalmore5212]

It is a Hindu thing you moron. The Christian’s, and other religions you talk about are also instances from India. They aren’t from outside India.

[@Africaisthefuture-zh8bo]

No.. could you give Examples of caste discrimination in Christianity? To the contrary, it doesnt encourage it. In fact, it speaks against social lines once you become a christian. The only single verse i can think of and its only ONE is about not marrying somone who is of a difderent yoke. Meaning, a christian will get lost if they marry into another religion. But it does not put others down as per social class and race. Thats not in the bible.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@GovindkumarRao123]

They do that in India if you convert from other religion to Christan you'll basically be excluded by both communities it sucks it's terrible and that's why I hate religions no matter what it is just live your life. it's too short to fight for some nonsensical gods

[@Curious.Intellectual]

Lol , caste system in Christianity? Source ? Your WhatsApp forwards from govt propoganda to whitewash bad thing about lindus

[@nahushpatil7339]

Shame to live in India is Cast system but Also proud to have who Write the Constitution of India was a Former Dalit The Greatest Human Being Dr. B.R. Ambedkar later accepted Buddhism.

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@Zack.N11]

he was already a budhist when he was framing the constitution.

[@Condorman1]

I saw this first hand.I work in high tech in Canada and I worked with 2 Indians, 1 Sikh and 1 Hindu. They were the nicest guys to know and to work with. Both have lighter skin. Then one day a dark skinned Indian came to work in our department and I couldn't believe what I saw. They scowled at him and completely ignored him. He knew better than to try to speak to them. This caste system is based on racism and does not belong in Canada. Makes me sick.

[@GamerKnight-os1ot]

Neither do indians

[@runajain5773]

What do you know which caste name they belong Also they scold him for reason it is castiest way or some issue it less color than caste name on it there dark upper caste and light lower caste also there

[@137_mrugmaymali4]

CASTEISM IS THE BIGGEST ADHARMA , Those who understood this have made the world better than those who haven't are still making the world a bad place to live in. It's a better thing that it is decreasing these days.

[@dawoodwilliams3652]

Most Indians who were brought to South Africa in the 1800's as indentured Servants were Dalits, manythese people went on to become successful business people, fought alongside other races against Apartheid and now have thriving community, with Durban having the largest Indian community in the world outside of India.

[@Dweeble233]

Indians were brought to Africa by the British as a "buffer" class that would be loyal to the British.

[@dawoodwilliams3652]

@Dweeble233 i'm talking about South Africa specifically, because it's a well known historical fact that Indians were taken to South Africa, specifically the East Coast now known as the Kwazulu Natal province, as indentured servants to work on the Sugar Cane fields.

[@Dweeble233]

@@dawoodwilliams3652 Yes of course, to "cut sugarcane" Indians were brought thousands of miles and at considerable expense to a foreign land to do a job which the native people were fully capable of doing and indeed a job in which their West African brethren were being stolen and shipped to the Caribbean to do. By those very same Brits...🤔🙄🙄🙄. Have a good day.

[@Bb-jm6wx]

Like the singer Tyla !

[@akshay9758]

as one among the backward caste,the discrimination is still there but mildly ,education and govt programs are helping us to brak these chains

[@Muipal]

What is mildly? The hathras rape and murder case happened just recently… every year honor killing is happening. What is so mildly about murdering for caste supremacy?

[@nobarakugisaki356]

Dalits ( due to their peculiar hereditary jobs) are having a kind of genetic immunity against a host of Diseases and pathogens, which the other classes of Indians are not having... So the caste system should be looked at as a form of social distancing. Rather than anything else. But because it wasn't easy to convince people about germs and diseases ... They just coded this behaviour into religious ideology. Brahmins= the Scientist, philosophers, & Psychiatrist & Doctors Kshatriya= Rulers, Soldiers, Farmers, Craftsman, Vaishya= Traders, Bankers, Goldsmith, Shudra= Architects & Builders of Palaces, & Menial Labourers, Dalits = the ones who did scavenging , sanitation, cleaning, handling the diseased & dead, The Indian constitution has job reservation for Dalits, and special economic & educational incentives for all Dalits. The Dalits have their own political party, who have sadly ignored the core issues of education for their supporters How they ended up at the bottom of the ( economic) food chain is anybody's guess,

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no institutional untouchability in India that is a fact. The people who are "unofficially untouchables" in India or treated as "untouchables" are not specific to any religious group, rather they are perceived as dirty because of the unhygienic conditions many choose to live in despite multiple government schemes to provide them better and more humane conditions to live in. So the argument that "oh there is untouchability in India" is like saying there is slavery in the West. No there really isn't. People just don't like to intermingle with those who live in unsanitary areas, conditions etc. The same cannot be said however for peoples who are actually treated as untouchables in places such as Japan (Burakamin) or in Europe (Romanis). These groups are still severely discriminated against and have no institutional safeguards unlike here in India. One of India's largest Northern State with a population of more than 200 million elected a so called "untouchable" Chief Minister and India also had an "untouchable" President before the incumbent one. Can any European or Western country claim to have elected a Romani/gypsy President, Prime Minister Or even provincial representative? So dont come to lecture here. Also most of the pathetic conditions of todays scheduled caste groups (who Simon is labelling as untouchables) can mostly be attributed to the Brits. Particularly discriminative legislations such as the "Criminal Tribes Act" which the Brits enacted specifically to sideline many communities from Government aid, jobs as well as encouraged local communities to boycott them on the threat of collective punishment. Now Brits like Simon whine about "historical problems" which they themselves have largely created just like the generational poverty they created in India lol.

[@Shinzon23]

@stormshadow5283 stop copy and pasting this response everywhere. I'm sensing Brahmin Caste assigned to downplay things.

[@dr.doctor2620]

​@@stormshadow5283 dense levels of copium detected.

[@bhupendraramteke4004]

Caste is the most fundamental to India, more than religion.

[@1989rs500]

I am an Indian and I totally agree with you on this. Its so sad that even India's current government tells lies on this issue like we have done this that for Dalita but in reality are really trying to marginalize and label these people as oppressed by allotting them freebies and schemes that makes it easier for upper caste people to label them infidels and outcasts not capable of achieveing anything unless a higher caste decides to help them. There is 1 state that I find as anomaly ie Kerala, there people include Dalits into their law and order, and all fields of life and overall has good caste balance compared to other states in the country But again even in Kerala it needs to be better, so one can imagine the horrors North Indian dalits has to face

[@vedantsingh6624]

Not infidels . There is no kaffir , heathens term in Hinduism . No Mallu that's not the truth The caste system was a problem and unfortunately still a problem. Do you know what's the problem: When a Yadav doesn't allow Musahar to come into their homes ,temples etc Sir our PM is himself an OBC , who consecrated a temple . Our president is an ST . But ik what would be your response. Read supreme court's order on quota system.

[@kzcciynk]

Lmao Kerala and South India is as bad as North India stop being delusional even China’s poorest provinces has higher hdi than your state

[@akeel6328]

​@@vedantsingh6624Adharmis would be right term? Or Mlecch?

[@अग्निमित्र-द8स]

The government has given you all possible help, still why are you poor? Have you ever asked yourself how many bad practices कुप्रथाएं and कुरुतियाare there?

[@1989rs500]

@अग्निमित्र-द8स We are not at all poor U ve no idea of Kerala it seems, USA has worlds biggest debt, but despite that they ve made sure their people ve got all possible amenities and all safety and security. Same way with Kerala people are happy but on a longer vision its dangerous thats what this video says, with industries US can recover, but with Kerala without industries and high value revenue generators like oil, gold, or any such raw material Kerala on a longer term might collapse.

[@kathryncumberland]

To say this is "uncomfortable" for Westerners to think about is a *_huge_* understatement!!! It's absolutely horrifying. I've known about the caste system since I was in elementary school, but it never gets easier to think about.

[@MbisonBalrog]

I had an Indian classmate and I used to make fun of him by calling him an Untouchable eventhough he likely from a much higher caste.

[@peacewillow]

westerners treat their poor in exactly the same way, so i don't know what you're so "uncomfortable" about. ignorance is bliss, i guess, especially when you're privileged.

[@DariusMazdehan-wl9du]

@MbisonBalrog The DNA of higher castes are high in Eurasian steppe ancestry. Look at the origins of caste system 3000 years back. You will understand. It isn't native to India.

[@soumya5832]

​@@DariusMazdehan-wl9duyeah but the moment it turned to be locked in the same caste then it became oppressive

[@soumya5832]

​@@MbisonBalrogdamn why dude this isn't funny tho

[@brainites]

2:14 "Laws can change but altering deeply ingrained beliefs is much more complicated."

[@gujibuandfriends9766]

Thank you..for raising voice for Dalits. Indian political system wants poor to remain poor and the rich to get richer.

[@bivas108]

A shameful part of India. A few weeks back my sister was travelling with her family by train and the ticket checker looking at the her surname asked her if she is a Brahmin, and if her husband is as well. Truly shocking and shameful.

[@Dezzyyy]

Brahmin is the highest caste lol.

[@TENGRI-101]

Call center scam Caste 👌

[@RanvijayRana23]

@@TENGRI-101 only fans center🤣 Caste system is based

[@maryearll3359]

bivas108 - why is a simple question so very shameful ? Questions such as these are asked daily eg: Are you Welsh ? Are you from the north of Ireland or the Republic ? Are you a Roman Catholic ? and so on. Putting diversity in every day trappings of life just perpetuates any issues. Don't talk about it if you don't like it.

[@bivas108]

@@maryearll3359@maryearll3359 When the question is never asked, and you have been segregated and oppressed, raped, and murdered from birth for thousands of years just because your caste is a crime against humanity, and it is shameful indeed. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a legend of India, was a Dalit from birth and fought against oppression and recounted the horrors he faced. For the people living in this state, it is like the Gestapo asking for papers from the Jews; well, not even that they shoot you because they know you are a Jew.

[@kinggamerz2838]

If reincarnation is real my biggest fear is to be reborn in india

[@JasbirSingh-zj1fg]

All right, you'll be coming back to Pakistan then.

[@JustGaming117]

If Robert Monroe is to be believed, you get to pick. The fact India exists tells me that's nonsense.

[@ferretyluv]

Well that’s the justification for it. You’d only be born an untouchable if you did something bad in a past life. If you’re born a Brahmin or kshatriya that means you did something good in your past life.

[@JustGaming117]

​@@ferretyluvfrom most people's perspective if they were reborn anywhere in India as anything it would be a dire punishment for past-life missteps the likes of which would make Jeffrey Dahmer blush

[@PietroRusso-r8h]

​@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg eh, less poo

[@sunny-sq6ci]

ghandi promised that he would abolish the entire caste system, but in the end, he never cared about the dalits. he was just another politician.

[@Ritesh-n7w]

He supported reservation.

[@yoman7873]

Casteism has been officially abolished though. The casteist mentality of the upper caste people is what remains. Gandhi as popular as he was couldn't change the mentality of the people. The mentality is slowly changing though. I hope in the next 50 years the Caste system will be a thing of the past.

[@CK-lt6jl]

All politicians are scumbags. Some are just better at acting.

[@lostrelicsf2p756]

Gandhi was.killed before he could do much. And you blame him while those guys are ruling us.

[@possiblyzero3582]

Absolutely false. Idi amin was an african supremacist, commited genocdie against his own people. Stop defending dictators under the guise of righteousness

[@hopefull61256]

Thankyou for hilighting this that is so prevalent in the modern world.

[@lohwenli]

It's kinda sad that a Big Mac (when it was alive) has a higher social status than a Dalit

[@santhakumar5948]

Ok radical muslim

[@yungmentalproblems]

Bro... Cow 🐄

[@lohwenli]

@@santhakumar5948 bro that was meant as a rhetorical observation, I have no stake in either side, being from an unrelated culture

[@hailo1368]

You could have just said cow.

[@jamescuttler8047]

@@hailo1368 How fragile are you?

[@TechnoMagi-h4r]

Gandhi Claimed the Dalits as Hindu during Partition..Thus gaining India more land.. But how can you be a Hindu when you forbidden to even enter a Temple ?

[@vedantsingh6624]

Gandhi also proposed to keep the caste system claiming that it is what has kept our culture alive . Now I will tell you one more thing? It was savarkar who talked about eradicating caste lines yet the left hates him.

[@nobarakugisaki356]

Dalits ( due to their peculiar hereditary jobs) are having a kind of genetic immunity against a host of Diseases and pathogens, which the other classes of Indians are not having... So the caste system should be looked at as a form of social distancing. Rather than anything else. But because it wasn't easy to convince people about germs and diseases ... They just coded this behaviour into religious ideology. Brahmins= the Scientist, philosophers, & Psychiatrist & Doctors Kshatriya= Rulers, Soldiers, Farmers, Craftsman, Vaishya= Traders, Bankers, Goldsmith, Shudra= Architects & Builders of Palaces, & Menial Labourers, Dalits = the ones who did scavenging , sanitation, cleaning, handling the diseased & dead, The Indian constitution has job reservation for Dalits, and special economic & educational incentives for all Dalits. The Dalits have their own political party, who have sadly ignored the core issues of education for their supporters How they ended up at the bottom of the ( economic) food chain is anybody's guess, one (un) popular theory was that they are descendants of either prisoners of war, criminals, deviants, drug-abusers etc

[@vadlamudiAshwith]

bro you don't know the cast discrimination in Muslim community ?

[@Shahvez-jr1nn]

@@vadlamudiAshwith Please enlighten us then......Bro!

[@anaesthete5592]

They are also equally casteist​@@Shahvez-jr1nn

[@simpleuserYT]

This system is now being exported to other countries with the immigrants from India. You can see this in place in USA and Canada. Famously, New Jersey situated hindu temple which was in controversy because it is alleged that they lured Lower Caste men from India to build the temple at $1/hr wage.

[@LenaRoss-i9e]

Stop that BS immigration existed way before your grand, grand mom was born and it’s the same story how their taking our jobs, the ones causing crime, all that this is all BS so and ask a old Italian man how US was hostile to the back in the days when they migrated there as working looking for a batter life, same old lie same old story

[@01jbeals]

Wow, I love that you have done an episode on this topic. I am not sure exactly what brought it about but I am sure glad you’re bringing more awareness to it. I often imagine what it would be like to be born into the bottom of such a cruel cast system and i can empathize with them, not based upon experience but on a human level. I am glad to see that change is starting to happen, it’s 2024 there is no place for this!

[@_PITBOY]

I work alongside a lot of Indian diaspora people in Canada here, and they all ... one way or another still support the caste system and either look down on the Dalits or simply refuse to reconcile that their life in Canada is because our society and culture guarantees that they will be safe and treated as equals ... and yet they coldly will not offer the same to the Dalits in their own country, or in their minds, while in Canada. The juxtaposition is astonishing ... they just dont get it. And these are young people.

[@anaesthete5592]

@@_PITBOY that's sad they should understand that Canadians hate them regardless of their caste

[@M91bk]

I'm absolutely shocked and disgusted to learn this is happening 2024.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

It is no difference to how people with autism are discriminated against in American society and elsewhere in the West.

[@yvalsondronkers6259]

This type of video makes me angry, bringing tears to my eyes. As the son of a woman we can be considered a saint I can’t imagine humans treating other humans this way

[@peacewillow]

then don't look around too much, because it happens in every country.

[@AK-db2ph]

Be grateful that you are not a part of this disgusting religion/system and enjoy your life

[@mar0364]

I never really understood the cast system they have. Gives me a helpful insight into Indian culture.

[@hien323fable]

I've watched many videos on KZbin about why India can never be the next China, i.e. improve the life for its people and eradicate extreme poverty for the majority of its population. And after watching this video I understand why. India has many illogical and dumb beliefs, but none more so than this caste system. It's such an antiquated and nonsensical belief, which for some reason has survived for thousands of years and still prevails even today. The Dalits make up 16% of the Indian population, so in essence you are excluding almost 1/5 of your people from the workforce. India has achieved many great feats, like sending a probe to mars and the moon, but until the caste system has been abolished, all that is irrelevant.

[@hien323fable]

@PromodBenjaminJoseph-z5p I think you are either misguided or delusional, lots of documentaries has covered this subject and how it's such a problem in general for Dalits in all part of India. The caste system is just one thing wrong with India, among other issues that seem to be endemic to this country. Such as Indians not having access to toilets, so they're having to resort to open defecation. And don't start me on the threat of rape on women who are warned not to travel alone or at night. I know there are many KZbin channels that document how bad the streets/road of India is and how they are scammed repeatedly, as soon as they leave the airport. I know every country has problems, however India needs to accept they have a problem and address it, and not ignore it and hope no one notices.

[@runajain5773]

Problem is politicians does not promote development or infracture promote education on villages now india on development many region developing but few region still are not get development

[@yetufekci1]

I have a friend from India who told me that he couldn't marry to the person he loved because she was from a different cast. Isn't it horrible?

[@AK-db2ph]

Yup, in most cases the family members themselves kill the couple. The recent incident where an upper caste lady constable was killed by her brother for marrying a guy from a lower caste.

[@JustGaming117]

The Japanese abolished their untouchables, the Eta, centuries ago. Why does India refuse to grow?

[@kirannnnnn]

Because Indian's follow constitution not European Portuguese Caste system

[@JustGaming117]

@kirannnnnn but they DON'T follow their constitution, that's the point of the video. All other cultures freed their slaves, wtf is wrong with Indians?

[@YodielandInhabitant710]

​@@kirannnnnnSeethe more poopy hands

[@aishikpanja3931]

Portuguese did not come to india 2000 years ago.​@@kirannnnnn

[@kirannnnnn]

@aishikpanja3931 Casta (Spanish: [ˈkasta]) is a term which means "lineage" in Spanish and Portuguese and has historically been used as a racial and social identifier. In the context of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, the term also refers to a 20th-century theoretical framework which postulated that colonial society operated under a hierarchical race-based "caste system". From the outset, colonial Spanish America resulted in widespread intermarriage: unions of Spaniards (españoles), Amerindians (indios), and Africans (negros). Basic mixed-race categories that appeared in official colonial documentation were mestizo, generally offspring of a Spaniard and an Indigenous person; and mulatto, offspring of a Spaniard and an African. A plethora of terms were used for people with mixed Spanish, Amerindian, and African ancestry in 18th-century casta paintings, but they are not known to have been widely used officially or unofficially in the Spanish Empire.

[@wakilahmedd33]

Most of the Bangladeshi Muslim population have Dalit ancestors. When Islam came to Bengal with Sufi preachers the local Dalits embraced Islam following the footsteps of the Sufi mystics. Islam grew exponentially under the Mughal rule until you get Muslim majority Bangladesh today. A Muslim country with Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu history surrounded on all sides by Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists and folk religion.

[@possiblyzero3582]

But Bengal was majority buddhist before it became muslim.

[@wakilahmedd33]

@ It went from Hinduism to Buddhism to Hinduism then to Islam. Bengal was an important centre of Buddhism, Buddhism spread to rest of SEA from our country. In fact our oldest remaining monument is a Buddhist school. I think we do not find any major older constructions because we mainly used clay and wood for construction and these things naturally corrode in nature.

[@137_mrugmaymali4]

Bangladesh is destroying the minorities right now.

[@EmilyJelassi]

This is Absolutely obscene and MUST be stopped, and not just in India, but throughout the rest of the world!!!

[@JS-wp4gs]

On the other hand you can mind your own business and not tell other people how to run their lives or their country and stop trying to impose your views of right and wrong on others

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

​@@JS-wp4gs there's no your view or my view on this mate, there's just one and that's this is wrong

[@truthlove1114]

As a white American I am appalled that this type of racism -because to me that’s what this is- exists in India. This sounds like what slavery was in our country 200 years ago. And now, Black Americans are major cultural icons in our society from music, to TV shows, prior president etc. I can’t believe India has let this go on in this modern day and age. There should be an uproar that this still exists. How can anyone think they are better than someone else by shear luck of who your parents are? Baffles me. Look throughout history, as soon as one group feels they are ‘better’ than another group it is always wrong and causes injustice. May eyes and hearts be opened to all reading this.

[@LenaRoss-i9e]

❤ love what you said there,,, it’s just striking to me to see that people will sit and still walk around with that old mindset that someone is better than someone just heartbreaking 💔 😔 just because of money or family it’s just disgusting

[@MichaelWadhwania]

Black Americans are getting shot by the cops and are still third class citizens. They are the poorest or second poorest ethnic groups in America. The reason they're in music is because they're naturally talented not because whites gave them a chance. They made their own music during Jim Crow and whites ended up copying or watching them.

[@slee2695]

White hero complex

[@AK-db2ph]

The upper caste despite being only 20% of population has hegemony over everything. They control the narrative which benefits and solidifies their caste supremacy and privilege. The caste system is deeply ingrained in society culture and custom. Unfortunately it will never cease to exist until india goes through some sort of cultural revolution

[@Antimony-wh5in]

This is the reason Idi Amin expelled Indians. Some of them came with their caste mentality to the African continent forgetting that they were no longer in India.

[@MichaelWadhwania]

No, Idi Amin was just a racist and nothing else, attacking people based on racial stereotypes is racist. The Bantu did the same thing to the pygmies. The Somalis do the same thing to Bantus and call them Jareer. The Arabs do it to all of you and call you Abeed.

[@MichaelWadhwania]

Idi Amin expelling Indians is just like Jews expelled from Europe.

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

Too bad he was even worse than them

[@Anti-304]

​@@publiusventidiusbassus1232Worse according to who? He is a hero on the African continent. Same way Winston Churchill is a hero in the UK despite starving 4 million Indians to death.

[@dogngarf]

As a Dalit Indian, I hate reading and hearing what my ancestors went through because of the caste system. But I lm not anti-Hindu even though the caste system directly links to it

[@mendmywings7238]

200 million... isn't that like ⅕ of the population

[@Tathagata-eo5tz]

Approximately 20% of the Hindu population in India is Dalit, 10% is Tribal and 50% is Shudra. Shudras however have much greater opportunity to push themselves up in social ladder compared to the other two given that they have money and education. For ex: 300-400 yrs ago my parent's caste was considered Shudra in many parts of East India but now that caste is one of the wealthiest (even wealthier than Brahmins (highest caste)) among Hindus and more educated even compared to Brahmins in states where that caste was considered Shudra and as a result Government now classifies the caste as forward/general caste.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

No, more like 1/7 There are about 1.4 billion 'people' in India

[@dh00mketu]

​@@Tathagata-eo5tzthere are more than 5000 castes. So stop this bullshit propaganda.

[@kirannnnnn]

​@@Tathagata-eo5tzCasta (Spanish: [ˈkasta]) is a term which means "lineage" in Spanish and Portuguese and has historically been used as a racial and social identifier. In the context of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, the term also refers to a 20th-century theoretical framework which postulated that colonial society operated under a hierarchical race-based "caste system". From the outset, colonial Spanish America resulted in widespread intermarriage: unions of Spaniards (españoles), Amerindians (indios), and Africans (negros). Basic mixed-race categories that appeared in official colonial documentation were mestizo, generally offspring of a Spaniard and an Indigenous person; and mulatto, offspring of a Spaniard and an African. A plethora of terms were used for people with mixed Spanish, Amerindian, and African ancestry in 18th-century casta paintings, but they are not known to have been widely used officially or unofficially in the Spanish Empire.

[@mayan5600]

keep on lying. Most of the jobs in India are hold by lower caste people because of reservation even if they are wealthy and other bhramin kid who is from poor background won't get the opportunity. Why don't you talk about that?? I know there are discrimination against dalits in rural India. But it is also true that they get more preference compared to a bhramin or other caste when it comes to securing job. Now you will say they deserve it. Okay.. their grandparents and parents deserve it. But not their children. Plus, the misconception among outsider is that dalits are poor. No being dalit has nothing to do with being poor a bhramin could be a poor too.

[@ObservingBlue5943]

The irony is a guy far from India is speaking about Dalits and people are committing horrendous crimes here in India and going scott free.

[@reaux1560]

One happened another is happening.

[@mr.nobody7958]

I have had a lot of exposure to indian people and even among the upper "casts" there is an immense class discrimination.

[@sahilsaini2000]

This is why, with me being born hindu (even though I'm high caste apparently), I refuse to be religious. I do not believe in discrimination of any form for any human. Almost every religion has a derogatory word for non believers or lower class people because, oftentimes, those who are most religious are those who have done the most to fear consequences of their actions after death. Just be kind to everyone around you and treat everyone with respect. Do not demean people for simply existing past your arbitrary standards.

[@runajain5773]

As it much no matter you matter religious or not as much you do not promote hate or superhit complex over dalit not telling children to hate lower caste is good sign you do not promote caste discrimination

[@kimjongun6746]

Thanks for shedding light on the subject of discrimination of Dalits in India ❤. The caste system is the biggest obstacle for the socio economic development of our country and i hope it lose it's importance in modern life.

[@danialyousaf6456]

Why has no one tried to abolish it still ?

[@kimjongun6746]

@danialyousaf6456 It is illegal in India to discriminate people on the basis of caste but it is hardly respected by the upper castes who still uphold their superior status in our society. The Indian government also indirectly contributes to the continued existence of the caste system by dividing people on the basis of caste for welfare schemes, thus reaffirming their caste feelings.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

The caste system and having far more kids than you can afford

[@abhinay172]

There are many laws for protection of lower castes against discrimination which have been used many times to falsely accused and imprison upper castes. ​@@kimjongun6746

[@vedantsingh6624]

​@@kimjongun6746 no only trads like avimukteshwarnand who believe it not others .

[@Revan2908]

Now I see where Isaac Asimov got the "Dahlites" on the planet Trantor.

[@John-PaulHunt-o8r]

If you're born poor you'll die early and poor in the west as well in the east. the rich will soon live forever while the poor die in droves early.

[@husaindoodhwala9940]

Indian Caste System ❌ Hindu Caste System ✅

[@Asghebs]

Promoted by the so called Mughals (Muslims) and Britishers (Christians)😂 Half knowledge is dangerous 🤡

[@Kart546]

True as dalit I have muslim friend who don't discriminate not their family i live in house who owned by muslim . They never treated differently infact they treat us better then hindus .

[@husaindoodhwala9940]

@Kart546 Brahma Purana Chapter 115 Verse 23 The food cooked by a Śūdra should never be eaten. Quran 49:11 O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

[@pakistanentertains9001]

Talk about how blacks are illiterated first. How British Empire subjugated India , looted wealth that was belonging to Dalits as well. Discrimination is wrong. Are you guys even trying to help. If you guys want to help,take them into your country , improve their lives. Humans are Discriminatory. You all hypocrites.

[@harsh6764]

I'm dalit but I know Muslims have also caste system so shut up

[@ashanjeetsyan9742]

Thank you for bringing this forward

[@2thedudestdude]

Honestly, I expected no less from India.

[@2thedudestdude]

@ you about to find out soon