Who created untouchables?
The old orthodox Hindu did. The old orthodox Hindu does not think that there is anything wrong in the observance of Untouchability. To him it is a normal and natural thing. As such it neither calls for expiation nor explanation. The new modern Hindu realizes the wrong. But he is ashamed to discuss it in public for fear of letting the foreigner know that Hindu Civilization can be guilty of such a vicious and infamous system or social code as evidenced by Untouchability. The distinction between the Hindus and Untouchables in its original form, before the advent of Untouchability, was the distinction between Tribesmen and Broken Men from alien Tribes. It is the Broken Men who subsequently came to be treated as Untouchables; Just as Untouchability has no racial basis so also has it no occupational basis; There are two roots from which Untouchability has sprung: Contempt and hatred of the Broken Men as of Buddhists by the Brahmins. Continuation of beef-eating by the Broken Men after it had
