• @dejected_warp_core
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    362 days ago

    India has its own problems with class/caste and the language that surrounds it. Officially it’s no longer in play, but there are knock-on effects.

    “filthy and undesirable.”

    This already means something in the old caste system, specifically about the lowest “backwards caste” people (“untouchables”). Not to say that everyone involved has old-world bigotry in their hearts, but for those that do, this is likely an especially cutting insult.