Originally Posted by Punjabee in USA

The problem is a lot of "dalits"/backward classes do not want to study/work hard/compete and instead rely on freebies like reservations in colleges/jobs/legislature etc. So basically whereas an "upper caste" needs 95% to get admission in a good college, a "backward caste" can get in with 40%. Same thing with jobs - their cutoffs are a lot lower. Obviously there is a difference in the quality of their work product