The_Caste_System

The Caste System The Caste System The caste system of social segregation cannot be corrected by merely climbing the social ladder. In a caste system, one is born into a particular caste. In India there are four major castes and many sub-castes of those. These classifications have been followed for thousand of years. People do not question these classifications; they are woven into the culture and the religion. Per the Hindu religion you can only change your caste by reincarnation into another. You can climb the social ladder so to speak, but it may take many lifetimes. The highest caste hierarchy is the Brahamans consisting of preachers, teachers and highly educated people. The bottom of the caste hierarchy is the Dalits, also known as the untouchables. The Dalits are the very low working class. Their work consists of doing the “unclean” tasks such as clearing away dead animals, sweeping, and other undesirable tasks. In between there are many castes, including businessmen, kings, and rulers. The Dalits or untouchables are considered unclean because India’s culture holds high beliefs in ritual cleanliness. Therefore, the higher castes will not except water or caste, system, even, social, dalits, considered, change, castes, americans, years, untouchables, unclean, tasks, take, slow, religion, people, one, ladder, hierarchy, given, equal, desegregation, dalit, culture, climbing, classifications, children, changes, begin, been, african, woven, working, work, within