Problem
B. R. Ambedkar, selection from The Annihilation of Caste.
I. What is the basic structure of Ambedkar's argument against caste? What positive view of politics does he support instead, and what are its primary intellectual sources?
II. Ambedkar has many things to say about Gandhi's character in the second reading. What are his basic concerns? Before reading Gandhi himself, do those concerns seem likely to be justified or not?
III. What are the similarities and differences between the political goals that Ambedkar describes and those that Fanon has in mind? Where they differ, which is more plausible?
IV. Could one make similar arguments about economic class in countries like the United States and the UK to those Ambedkar makes against caste? What are the strongest overlaps and biggest differences?