RLG100Y1 Study Guide - Aung San Suu Kyi, Riffat Hassan, Dalit
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A term used by ambedkar to describe the hierarchical structure of class society in the. He came to recognize an unrelenting hierarchy in hindu tradition which necessarily led to oppression, which caused him to convert to buddhism. Another world tradition that functions under a similar model is confucianism. The degrading treatment and the abuse of members of the untouchable castes continued. It is a belief in human equality, especially with respect to social, political and economic rights and privileges, and advocates the removal of inequalities among people and of discrimination (on grounds such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc). During times of conflict or war, conventional moral and ethical codes concerning the treatment of others are often challenged. Dehumanization is the deliberate removal of sympathetic human traits when referring to members of an opposing ideology, race, political party or other source of conflict. Adolf hitlers references to jews as vermin or rats is one example of dehumanization in action.
