Because it could cause violence towards or the destruction of that Dalit person’s life: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India https://

Because it could cause violence towards or the destruction of that Dalit person’s life: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_In... Caste is a very complex topic that spans back thousands of years — including the exploitation of the Manusmriti [1] by British colonists to wield their own power while colonizing South Asia — and is really not at all comparable to, say, being an “ethnic” white person like an Italian in early 20th century America (half-Irish here myself). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti