Is the cast system a system to reckon with?

I believe that the Indian cast system should not have had to be reformed, unlike the "White man's burden" in Africa, the Indian people did no need the help of the western civilizations. The poor and hopeless African nations needed the help of the British, but the Indians do not. They have already established sets of rules and sets of hierarchies and classes, if you are born poor, you will be poor for the rest of your life. The British might find this to be alien to them but to the Indians it is as normal as can be. The cast system has worked for many years in India and the Indians, i believe they would not have had any intentions of changing it. Caste system has worked for India for centuries,except during British Rule. British used the Division of labor , promoted by Caste System to Divide and Rule.The British thought that everyone needed to be equal and that if you were born poor, you wouldn't necessarily be poor for the rest of your life. They also thought that everyone should be having the same amount of pay, even if you were a untouchable. This all sounds good to us, but for the people in India that followed the Caste system, this was out of the picture. The Indian people did not want change and didn't necessarily need the British too much. They id need them, but not to change their Caste system.



- Robbert van Doorn 10C