Buraku Vs. Dalits

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The Untouchables in India and Japan (Picture from: www.1.bp.blogspot.com) This is a picture of Dalit women in India Anton Thivanka Fernando ANC ID: 2045 Eng 101B 70A Dr. Hans Straub Introduction Discrimination is one of the crudest concepts embedded to human culture and have been continuing since early civilization. Cast discrimination is one of such wide spread discriminations in today’s world. Thus untouchability has been a universal crisis largely implanted in the Indian sub-continent which is mostly bound with culture and religion. As it was practiced in most of Europe till late decades, countries like Japan also still experience its consequences.(Gogineni, B) Millions of people are been discriminated without any valid reason all around the world, trampling them inhumanly; their human rights are often violated. Confrontation against this improper practice is often suppressed. This report will outlook on the cast system, current situations of Dalits, untouchables in India and Burakumins in Japan, the multiple problems they face and the improvements made on both legal and social grounds. Indian Cast system The cast system is the foundation of discrimination. This separation of the society, according to the cast, in India is generally underpinned by the rituals of Hinduism. According to the belief of the Hindus, a person belongs to any of the four castes based on their fate and goodness, namely Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras. Generally, Brahmans are priests and teachers; Kshatriyas are rulers and soldiers; Vaisyas are merchants and traders and lastly, Sudras are laborers. Although these are the main four castes, there can be more sub groups within each group based on factors such as occupation, religion and others. Untouchables,known as Dalits (known as Harijans by Gandhi) are often considered as out of the cast system.They are plainly
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