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Dalit

vr.tr.dalit · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain the term Dalit and the communities it designates, relay history, law and social movements from academic and official sources with attribution, describe the status of terms including derogatory historical names, and distinguish Dalit from Scheduled Caste as a legal category, from other backward classes and from caste as a whole, presenting debates respectfully.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the term Dalit and the communities it designates, relay history, law and social movements from academic and official sources with attribution, describe the status of terms including derogatory historical names, and distinguish Dalit from Scheduled Caste as a legal category, from other backward classes and from caste as a whole, presenting debates respectfully.

A term of self-designation, meaning broken or oppressed, adopted by communities in India and South Asia historically placed outside the four varnas and subjected to untouchability, officially designated as Scheduled Castes, including communities such as the Devendrakulam of Tamil Nadu; the registry aliases also list Chuhra and Chandala, historical names that are widely considered derogatory and that the model does not use as neutral terms. Dalit movements, led by figures such as B. R. Ambedkar, have sought equality, and untouchability is outlawed in India.

What it is for: Not applicable; a social identity and category.

It can be explain the term and communities; relay history, law and movements; describe terminology status; distinguish related categories.

Distinguishing features

Self-designation

Historical untouchability

Legal protections

Political movements

What it looks like

Not a visible object; communities.

Physical character

Scheduled Caste population, India: about 200 million - 2011 census

untouchability abolished: 1950 year - Constitution article 17

Ambedkar: 1891-1956 note - leader and jurist

How it is recognised

Self-designation of communities historically subjected to untouchability

Scheduled Castes, Devendrakulam; Chuhra and Chandala as derogatory historical terms

Scheduled Caste is the legal category; Other Backward Classes are distinct; caste system is the wider structure

Related models

is a kind of - category in registry terms

caste system in India

corresponds to - as the legal category

Scheduled Castes

was led by - in the movement for equality

B. R. Ambedkar

is contrasted with - a distinct category

Other Backward Class

In practice

Families and kinds

Dalit communities across Indian states such as the Devendrakulam

Dalits in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Dalit Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Sikhs

Dalit political and literary movements

the Dalit diaspora

Standards and regulation

Indian Constitution articles 15, 17 and reservations

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989

Nepal caste discrimination laws

UN human rights treaty body recommendations on caste

Failure modes and hazards

Using derogatory historical names as neutral terms

Partisan framing of reservation debates

Registry aliases including derogatory terms

Also called

ChuhraChandalaDevendrakulam

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What Dalit means.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition and terms.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What does Dalit mean, how does it relate to Scheduled Caste and other categories, and why are terms such as Chuhra and Chandala considered derogatory? definition
  2. Is the question about the term, history, law, a community or a policy debate? boundary

Communities

Communities.

Communities

Communities.

  1. Which communities identify as Dalit, including the Devendrakulam, and how do they differ across regions and religions? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific community? action
History History and movements.

Attribution.

Untouchability

Untouchability.

Untouchability

Untouchability.

  1. How did untouchability operate historically, as historians and social scientists describe? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Movements

Movements.

Movements

Movements.

  1. How did Ambedkar, Phule, the Dalit Panthers and later movements pursue equality, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Law Law and policy.

Regulation.

Protections

Protections.

Protections

Protections.

  1. What do the Indian Constitution, the Atrocities Act and Nepali law provide? provenance
  2. Which entry fits reservation in India? action

Debates

Debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What debates exist about reservations, caste censuses and discrimination abroad, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful and neutral? boundary
Context Culture and today.

Context.

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What are Dalit literature, art and religious movements such as Ambedkarite Buddhism? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Dalit literature? action

Today

Today.

Today

Today.

  1. What is the situation of Dalits today in India, South Asia and the diaspora, as reports describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits caste discrimination? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Scheduled Castes and the Dalit movement be separate primary entries?
  • How should academic and official sources be linked?
  • The registry aliases Chuhra and Chandala are derogatory historical terms and should be marked as such