https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df Look up information about a society around the world that uses the caste system (think India). Find something about the caste system in current events/news and post it here. en-us 2019-03-11 00:46:15 UTC 2026-03-21 20:07:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852542 the upper and lower castes almost always lived in segregated colonies, the water wells were not shared, Brahmins would not accept food or drink from the Shudras, and one could marry only within one's caste 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852542 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852627 2019-03-21 15:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852627 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852762 Pakistan and Nepal has designated where you can work, who you can marry, and what your reputation is in life.  https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/04/25/605030018/when-caste-discrimination-comes-to-the-united-states]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852762 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852773 India's caste system is one of the world's oldest forms of social stratification ]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852773 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852967  The Buraku people of Japan.The Buraku  are an outcast group at the bottom of the traditional Japanese social order that has historically been the victim of severe discrimination and ostracism. They were originally members of outcast communities in the Japanese Feudal Era.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343852967 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853007 The caste system isn't as relevant in india as it used to be.
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/caste-still-relevant-today]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853007 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853076 The people of Nepal are divided into castes based off ones their families were assigned in 1854. Though castes are not supposed to be tied with socioeconomic status, it still often is. This became evident after an earthquake that hit in 2015. People at the bottom of the caste were helped last and given the least amount of aid. https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/NepalQuake-CaseStudies/caste-based-inequality/#significance]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853076 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853116 There are 36 castes within Nepal. "One should never touch someone of the lowest caste"
https://www.thelongestwayhome.com/blog/nepal/nepalese-caste-system-culture-in-nepal-today/]]> 2019-03-21 15:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853116 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853197 Caste systems in Somalia mandate non-Arab descended outcasts as impure. Some other societies in Africa separate by occupation or ethnic ties. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Caste_system ]]> 2019-03-21 15:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853197 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853280 Eight people died in protests in three states on Monday, as tens of thousands of lower-caste Indians demonstrated violently across the country against a recent Supreme Court ruling they say dilutes protections for the Dalit community]]> 2019-03-21 15:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853280 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853490 2019-03-21 15:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853490 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853522 Caste Bias exists in many domestic universities, especially in Indian and Middle-eastern dominated universities. https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2019/02/27/caste-bias-isnt-illegal-in-the-united-state-but-this-university-is-trying-to-fight-it]]> 2019-03-21 15:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853522 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853694 There are 5 classes in India's caste system (Brahmins on the top, Kshatriyas, Vasishyas, Shurdas and Daltis on the bottom) 

https://www.dw.com/en/indias-caste-system-weakened-but-still-influential/a-39718124]]> 2019-03-21 15:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853694 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853792 the caste system in India continues to have a strong impact on society.
https://www.dw.com/en/indias-caste-system-weakened-but-still-influential/a-39718124]]> 2019-03-21 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343853792 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854037 India's caste system, which splits up Hindus into different societal groups according to their work and birth, is thought by researchers to go back some 3,000 years.
https://www.dw.com/en/indias-caste-system-weakened-but-still-influential/a-39718124]]> 2019-03-21 15:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854037 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854200 france and spain
For centuries, through the modern times, the majority regarded Cagots who lived primarily in the Basque region of France and Spain as an inferior caste, the untouchables. While they had the same skin color and religion as the majority, in the churches they had to use segregated doors, drink from segregated fonts, and receive communion on the end of long wooden spoons. It was a closed social system. The socially isolated Cagots were endogamous, and chances of social mobility non-existent.]]> 2019-03-21 15:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854200 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854359 Nepal has a caste system that most people don't recognize
https://www.thelongestwayhome.com/blog/nepal/nepalese-caste-system-culture-in-nepal-today/]]> 2019-03-21 15:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854359 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854883 Protest about the caste system in India 
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/asia/dalit-protests-india-intl/index.html

]]> 2019-03-21 15:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854883 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854906 Nepal has 36 castes that all have different people based on their families. 

]]> 2019-03-21 15:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854906 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854909 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/japan-has-caste-system-and-it%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98untouchables%E2%80%99-are-yet-be-completely-mainstreamed-35429 Even though the caste system is illegal, it still exists in Japan and the people at the bottom are often  ostracized and looked down upon. ]]> 2019-03-21 15:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343854909 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855152 Korea has a caste system named baekjeong which is similar to one in Japan called burakumin. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Caste_system#Korean_caste_system ]]> 2019-03-21 15:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855152 NovaHedges https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855605 The Caste System is not completely abolished because sentiment towards certain people is still very prevalent and people can even be identified in a caste now by last name.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616]]> 2019-03-21 15:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855605 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855608 https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/asia/dalit-protests-india-intl/index.html]]> 2019-03-21 15:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343855608 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343856563 https://asiasociety.org/education/jati-caste-system-india

]]> 2019-03-21 15:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343856563 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343859229 The caste system in India is called Jati.]]> 2019-03-21 15:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343859229 https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343863785 2019-03-21 15:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/courtneyharrell/wnbwes01d1df/wish/343863785