Caste law’s fixity across classes and generations makes it uniquely iniquitous.

Evidence

But the worst evil of this code of ordinances is that the laws it contains must be the same yesterday, today and forever. They are iniquitous in that they are not the same for one class as for another. But this iniquity is made perpetual in that they are prescribed to be the same for all generations. The objectionable part of such a scheme is not that they are made by certain persons called prophets or law-givers. The objectionable part is that this code has been invested with the character of finality and fixity. Happiness notoriously varies with the conditions and circumstances of a person, as well as with the conditions of different people and epochs. That being the case, how can humanity endure this code of eternal laws, without being cramped and without being crippled? — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 997

Categorization

• XREF: The double iniquity — unequal per class, unchangeable per generation — connects to the reader’s central theme of caste’s scale and persistence.