Ikrr I am so offended. Caste system is a very sensitive topic for us and look at how they are using it.
I’m not trying to argue btw, but I’d like to be educated on what’s the problem with the manhwa and the caste system? And why there is an issue?
Yea I wanna know too
Idk about Indian Caste system but i agree that some of these manhwa authors are very insensitive and lazy at doing research about other cultures to use in their work. In Capable Maid manhwa, the author created a supposed Muslim character and portrayed him as "unnecessarily difficult and bothersome" for requesting food to be prepared in a certain way. It's such a huge turn off how the author used a character that culturally is so close to me to be someone who's trying to start a war. Like bruh that is offensive af.
India’s caste system is a social structure that divides different groups into ranked categories. Members of “higher” castes have a greater social status than individuals of a “lower” caste. I'm not Indian so I'm not gonna tell you how to feel or react. I understand after doing some research.
Basically, in Hindu India, people are divided into 4 different classes, with the Brahmins being at the top, and the Shudras at the bottom. This how jobs, money, level of education, living conditions and basically your level of equality was decided. However, there existed a 5th class, known as the Untouchables (or Dalits) who were simply that, not meant to be touched. Imagine think that a whole group of people were cursed and touching them would be unholy. They had to pick up the trash with their bare hands, dispose of dead animals, manually scavenge, get rotten food and basically lived in horrible, inhumane conditions. They were sub-par humans for thousands of years, and still are treated that way. Imagine being forced to drink water off someone's shoes. Worse than that, imagine being forced to consume human feces or urine. That's what endured and what they still endure. These social divides also forbade inter-caste marriage, otherwise both the bride and groom would be killed by their own families to protect their 'honour'. Even now, after our Constitution criminalized the act of Untouchability, these honour killings continue and the Caste System continues to destroy lives. People of the 5th class eat gutter meat, live in extreme poverty without education, are treated cruelly by other classes, work in life-threatening jobs such as cleaning drains, and basically live horrible lives. Even among the elite Indians, who are 'educated', 'rich' or urban, caste is a highly influential. This author, with her limited, or non-existent knowledge, had no right to include the Caste System and bastardize it so disrespectfully on the basis of looks, calling the Dalit class ugly. She had no right when she could've easily made her own system, to so flagrantly use a system despite the cruel history it has. She's an ignorant, privileged, insensitive woman with little creativity. Sorry for the late reply and the anger I might have displayed, but I hate what this webtoon did, so I dropped it.
Ngl, I was really into this webtoon till the Indian Caste System got completely bastardized and disrespected. IDGAF if it's fiction, whoever the author is, do not ever use someone else's culture as an aesthetic piece in your story, webtoon, clothes whatever. Especially if you haven't ever researched on it, your ignorance shows. The author could have used a few brain cells to simply come up with a different set of names for a beauty-rank system. People have died in India due to the exploitation of this system and to see this disrespect is astounding tbh. Unless you're Indian, don't bother giving me your 2 cents.