Reforming caste Hindus cannot advance Untouchable interests without alienating orthodox caste Hindus

Evidence

But what can anyone expect from a relationship so tragic as the relationship between the reforming sect of caste Hindus and the self-respecting sect of Untouchables, where the former have no desire to alienate their orthodox fellows, and the latter have no alternative but to insist upon reform being carried out? — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 791

Categorization

• APHORISMS: The structural trap captures why liberal reform of caste from within Hinduism keeps failing: reformers cannot afford honest alliance while Untouchables cannot afford compromise.
• SEED: An essay angle: Ambedkar’s one-sentence diagnosis of why moderate caste-Hindu reform is structurally incapable of emancipating the oppressed.