Burakumin
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Burakumin are a historically marginalized social group in Japan. Their ancestors were outcastes of the pre-modern era who were associated with occupations considered impure or tainted by death, such a
Staged photo by Suzuki Shin'ichi I depicting burakumin leather workers, 1873
17th-century painting depicting a buraku outside the walls of Kyoto
Text of the 1871 Liberation Declaration (Kaihōrei)
Suiheisha members in 1924
Dalit
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Dalit, also called Harijans is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represent the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varna of the
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…Baekjeong, the former outcast community of Korean society Dalit, a collective term for the outcast endogamous communities of South Asia Cagot or Agotes, the former outcast community of France and Spain…
A school of untouchables near Bangalore, by Lady Ottoline Morrell
Representation of the varna system hierarchy, depicting Brahmins (priests) at the highest level and Dalits (historically marginalised as untouchables, considered outside the varna system) at the lowest stratum
Dalit leaders at Bahujan Samaj Party head office
A Sikh gurdwara in Smethwick. The majority of gurdwaras in Britain are caste-based and one can indirectly inquire about a person's caste based upon which gurdwara the person attends.