Ambedkar described Hindus in eugenic language popular with European fascists

Evidence

But the world owes much to rebels who would dare to argue in the face of the pontiff and insist that he is not infallible. I do not care for the credit which every progressive society must give to its rebels. I shall be satisfied if I make the Hindus realise that they are the sick men of India, and that their sickness is causing danger to the health and happiness of other Indians. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 754 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Eugenics gained popularity in India by justifying caste endogamy as racial purity. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1070; Some Indian thinkers defended caste as the world’s first eugenic movement.; Ambedkar framed caste as a sickness endangering all Indians beyond Hindus — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 754 (+1 more)

Related

• Ambedkar framed caste as a sickness endangering all Indians beyond Hindus (similarity 0.91)
• Ambedkar himself drew on eugenics language to describe Hindus (similarity 0.89)
• Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities (similarity 0.86)
• Ambedkar borrowed eugenicist language popular with European fascists (similarity 0.86)
• Eugenics gained popularity in India by justifying caste endogamy as racial purity. (similarity 0.83)
• Caste infection extends beyond Hindus to Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians (similarity 0.83)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.81)
• Ambedkar built his indictment on inauthentic texts and degraded practitioners (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar defined caste as an enclosed, endogamous class distinct from race and class (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar frames belief in the shastras and liberalism as contradictory (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar’s anti-Hindu section doomed his address even before it was delivered (similarity 0.80)
• Caste discrimination persists inside non-Hindu religious communities. (similarity 0.79)
• Sub-castes prove caste cannot rest on racial purity. (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar planned to renounce Hinduism and reject its sacred texts in the address (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar resolved to abandon Hinduism to escape the stigma of untouchability. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ambedkar framed caste as a sickness endangering all Indians beyond Hindus #expands (0.70) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 754
• Caste segregation shapes even how Ambedkar’s text circulated among readers #complicates (0.55)