Gandhi felt jailed with Africans was a degradation worse than white discrimination

Evidence

We were all prepared for hardships, but not quite for this experience. We could understand not being classed with the Whites, but to be placed on the same level with the Natives seemed to be too much to put up with. I then felt that Indians had not launched our passive resistance too soon. Here was further proof that the obnoxious law was meant to emasculate the Indians … Apart from whether or not this implies degradation, I must say it is rather dangerous. Kaffirs as a rule are uncivilised—the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 212

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the paradox central to Ambedkar’s critique: Gandhi’s caste loyalties shown as racial hierarchy in South Africa. — connects to: Gandhi described African and Chinese prisoners as wild and immoral; Gandhi’s early political awakening opposed racial equality with Africans, not segregation itself — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 184; Gandhi’s South African outrage was caste and class status, not race itself — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 184 (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gandhi described African and Chinese prisoners as wild and immoral; Gandhi’s early political awakening opposed racial equality with Africans, not segregation itself — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 184; Gandhi’s South African outrage was caste and class status, not race itself — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 184 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Gandhi’s published words contradicted his later sympathetic recollections of Zulus #complicates (0.80)
• Gandhi’s later memoirs falsified his contemporary views of Africans. #complicates (0.78) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 207
• Gandhi actively collaborated with white colonizers to suppress Africans #complicates (0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 260