The caste system.

From: New Internationalist | Date: July 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The caste system ensures that between 250 and 300 million people worldwide continue to suffer from segregation, exclusion, modern day slavery and other extreme forms of discrimination, exploitation and violence.

The Indian caste system is probably the oldest social hierarchy in the world. It is difficult to place a firm date on its origin as the system evolved over time into a rigid social hierarchy, and was further reinforced under British rule. You can be a president o...

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