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1. Why do you think that someone would continue to practice a religion or live in a society that they believe does not care for or claim them?

1. Why do you think that someone would continue to practice a religion or live in a society that they believe does not care for or claim them?

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9. To be born a Hindu in India is to enter the caste system, one of the world's longest surviving forms of social stratification. Embedded in Indian culture for the past 1,500 years, the caste system follows a basic precept: All men are created unequal. The ranks in Hindu society come from a legend in which the main groupings, or varnas, emerge from a primordial being. From the mouth come the Brahmans-the priests and teachers. From the arms come the Kshatriyas-the rulers and soldiers. From the thighs come the Vaisyas- merchants and traders. From the feet come the Sudras-laborers. Each varna in turn contains hundreds of hereditary castes and subcastes with their pecking orders. 10. A fifth group describes the people who are acute, or untouchable. The primordial being does not claim them. Untouchables are outcasts-people considered too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings. Prejudice defines their lives, particularly in the rural areas, where nearly three-quarters of India's people live. Untouchables are shunned, insulted, banned from temples and higher caste homes, made to eat and drink from separate utensils in public places, and, in extreme but not uncommon cases, are raped, burned, lynched, and gunned down. I1. The ancient belief system that created the Untouchables overpowers modern law. While India's constitution forbids caste discrimination and specifically abolishes Untouchability, Hinduism, the religion of 80 percent of India's population, governs daily life with its hierarchies and rigid social codes. Under its strictures, an Untouchable parent gives birth to an Untouchable child, condemned as unclean from the first breath. Guided 1. Why do you think that someone would continue to practice a religion or live in a society that they believe does not care for or claim them? 2. Would you continue to live in a society or practice a religion that you believe does not respect you? Why? Why not? 3. Why does the author state that "all men are created unequal?" What was the author trying to tell the audience/reader?
Transcribed Image Text:9. To be born a Hindu in India is to enter the caste system, one of the world's longest surviving forms of social stratification. Embedded in Indian culture for the past 1,500 years, the caste system follows a basic precept: All men are created unequal. The ranks in Hindu society come from a legend in which the main groupings, or varnas, emerge from a primordial being. From the mouth come the Brahmans-the priests and teachers. From the arms come the Kshatriyas-the rulers and soldiers. From the thighs come the Vaisyas- merchants and traders. From the feet come the Sudras-laborers. Each varna in turn contains hundreds of hereditary castes and subcastes with their pecking orders. 10. A fifth group describes the people who are acute, or untouchable. The primordial being does not claim them. Untouchables are outcasts-people considered too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings. Prejudice defines their lives, particularly in the rural areas, where nearly three-quarters of India's people live. Untouchables are shunned, insulted, banned from temples and higher caste homes, made to eat and drink from separate utensils in public places, and, in extreme but not uncommon cases, are raped, burned, lynched, and gunned down. I1. The ancient belief system that created the Untouchables overpowers modern law. While India's constitution forbids caste discrimination and specifically abolishes Untouchability, Hinduism, the religion of 80 percent of India's population, governs daily life with its hierarchies and rigid social codes. Under its strictures, an Untouchable parent gives birth to an Untouchable child, condemned as unclean from the first breath. Guided 1. Why do you think that someone would continue to practice a religion or live in a society that they believe does not care for or claim them? 2. Would you continue to live in a society or practice a religion that you believe does not respect you? Why? Why not? 3. Why does the author state that "all men are created unequal?" What was the author trying to tell the audience/reader?
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