Emancipation from untouchability must precede majority rule.
Evidence
The Depressed Classes cannot consent to subject themselves to majority rule in their present state of hereditary bondsmen. Before majority rule is established, their emancipation from the system of untouchability must be an accomplished fact. It must not be left to the will of the majority. The Depressed Classes must be made free citizens entitled to all the rights of citizenship in common with other citizens of the State. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 376
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: Articulates the principle that political rights presuppose social emancipation.
Related
- Ambedkar argued Untouchable emancipation must precede rather than await majority rule. (similarity 0.88)
- Ambedkar made emancipation from untouchability a precondition for Untouchables’ consent to majority rule. (similarity 0.88)
Broader Connections
- Gandhi sought abolition of untouchability but retention of the caste system
#qualifies(0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 319 - Substantive democracy required deliberately raising the political value of devalued Untouchables
#expands(0.60) - Emancipation of labor requires freeing the majority of workers who are non-white.
#qualifies(0.30) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 938 - Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women
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