Who does Caste harm?

Caste harms everyone by holding everyone captive to its narrative and its programming. Caste disproportionally harms the members of the lowest caste, by portraying them as being less valuable than the people of the lower caste. This causes feelings of inferiority and psychological stress which creates health problems, make it difficult to find success financially, and can make them vulnerable to brutalization and acts of violence. The lower caste is scapegoated to be blamed for all of society’s problems, despite their lack of control in society. For this reason, the issues of the lower caste are ignored, seen as either their own fault or irrelevant to the upper caste.

The dominant caste, while being the perpetrators of the violence, are also harmed. The upper caste is dehumanized themselves when they refuse to see the humanity of the lower castes. They deprive themselves...