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It's not racism of you believe those people were born into a lower caste because of their actions in a previous life. It is their punishment and thus you should treat them like shit!
So exaclty what he said
Not racism. They're the same race. It's a class system where your future occupation is set in stone at birth based on your lineage. You can literally be born and your only future career prospect is becoming a latrine cleaner.
It's more like Hindu thingy. Other cultures with heavy Hindu influence also have similar caste system.
Other former British Empire colonies have similar issues
Technically it's bigotry since it's Indians hating other Indians, but yes, India has a lot of problems and those in power mostly ignore them.
"Bigotry" is an umbrella term. Racial prejudice is a type of bigotry.