Caste System

Question 1

Ancient India incorporated an elaborate caste system that defined social relations within society. At the bottom of the caste system were the “Untouchables”, a group of people who did important, yet despised, jobs and were treated as if they didn’t even exist. Do you believe that this way of thinking is something in the past, or do we have “Untouchables” in our society today? Please explain why or why not?

Question 2

You are working for a local youth center that provides after school activities including games, tutoring and peer groups. You have recently discovered that a couple of your regular attendees have not been attending the afterschool program but are rumored to be socializing with known gang members.

The following week, your students return. Hoping to dissuade the students from further gang affiliation, you employ a systems approach in addressing the problem. Discuss and describe what this approach will look like. Be specific. Give examples.