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__Primary Document 1__ [|Broken People] I chose this report becasue it gave great information on the Dalits. It descrbibed what it ment to be a Dalit, their jobs in scociety, and the idea of being untouchable. The report did bring up a really good point. The Dalits, which mean "broken people" are the lowest level of the caste system. The idea of untouchablity is that people of higher caste can't touch them, be near them, or even let their shadow hit them or they would be considered unclean. What the article brought up is the fact that Dalit women will become prostitues for upper caste men. That mean theat they are touching each other, wouldnt the man become unclean, isn't that breaking the rule. No, " no one practices untouchability when it comes to sex", stated by Tamil Nadu, who is a government offcial there. There may be some "flaws" is the system, but that is nothing compared to the unfair treatment of the Dalits.

__Primary Document 2__ [|Hidden Apartheid] I chose this report because it also gave great information on the Dalits and the caste system, and the idea of untouchability. 165 million people have suffered becasue of the caste system. Being treated with discrimination, cruelty, and unfairness. The caste system basicaly controls everything; the land you can own, where you ca go, what job you can have, who you marry, and scocial status. For those 165 million people, they dont have much. No rights, no house ( they live in slums, home made from scraps and grabage) and no respect. Whart they are doing to them has been called India's hidden apartheid. reading this article made me feel upset and angery. Upset that they have to live like this and can;t change it. I felt anger because the other caste just treat them like dirt, but it's a cultural thing, it's all they know.

__Artifact 1.__ __[|Combatting Caste]__ I chose this article becasue it's the one that we read off edmodo, and I knew it was very informative and it also gave a real life example. It relates to my topic because it's all about the Dalits and the caste system. It described the lives that they have. Re-reading it helped me notice things that I missed the first time, so I was able to get more from it.

__Artifact 2__ __[|Untouchables]__ I chose this article because it focused more on the rules that the Dalits have and the idea of being "twice born", which is only for the higher Varnas. This article relates to my btopic because it foucses on the rules which shows why they are treated so poorly. It also mentioned the punishments that they would have for being with the higher Varnas, being beaten or death. This article helped me to realize how hard they really have it.

__Artifact 3__ __[|Caste system is human rights abuse]__ I chose this article because disscused how being a Dalit is human rights abuse because of their treatment. It was about the UN and what they feel. This relates to my topic becasue it talke about how it violates human rights. The human rights concil has been working on writing a draft that could help the problem. The UN working on this draft gives the Dalits hope, that maybe in a couple years they could be in a better situation. No more degrading work, beatings, or killings. They could maybe be treated like normal people.