Gandhi agonised over sexual lapses but never over his damaging caste actions

Evidence

Though he was given to apologising and agonising publicly and privately over things like the occasional lapses in his control over his sexual desire, he never agonised over the extremely damaging things he had said and done on caste. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 98

Categorization

• QUESTION: The asymmetry between Gandhi’s confessions about chastity and his silence on caste - what explains which failings a moral leader confesses?
• XREF: connects to: Gandhi revered the Bhangi role but refused to break caste marriage rules — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 546; Gandhi’s moral authority cannot be separated from his caste views — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 99; Gandhi’s apparent progress from caste to varna does not resolve the underlying problem (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gandhi revered the Bhangi role but refused to break caste marriage rules — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 546; Gandhi’s moral authority cannot be separated from his caste views — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 99; Gandhi’s apparent progress from caste to varna does not resolve the underlying problem (+5 more)