The Untouchables are seen as so vile and unimportant to Indian society, that they do not have a piece of the social pyramid and are instead underneath it. Since each caste came from the first human, Purusa, the Untouchables are said to not even come from the first human because they should not exist. The word outcast comes from the term 'out-caste', which is used to describe the Untouchables.
The Untouchables live a life of poverty and it is believed that if someone from another caste, even including the Shudra, were to touch an Untouchable, they would become polluted. Although the Shudra are harshly discriminated against, the Untouchables are seen as lower lifeforms and a disgrace to Indian society. Untouchables are seen as vile because they take life for a living, such as fishing for food, and they eat the flesh of cattle or pigs, which is an act only people of indigenous tribes perform. The Untouchables have no rights of a normal person, and typically avoided by most people in Indian society.
Although living the life of a Shudra is tough, living the life as an Untouchable is far worse. Being seen as a monster by your own people for eating meat in order to survive helps show that the categorization of the Untouchables is one of the largest and strongest racist phenomenons on the earth.
The Untouchables live a life of poverty and it is believed that if someone from another caste, even including the Shudra, were to touch an Untouchable, they would become polluted. Although the Shudra are harshly discriminated against, the Untouchables are seen as lower lifeforms and a disgrace to Indian society. Untouchables are seen as vile because they take life for a living, such as fishing for food, and they eat the flesh of cattle or pigs, which is an act only people of indigenous tribes perform. The Untouchables have no rights of a normal person, and typically avoided by most people in Indian society.
Although living the life of a Shudra is tough, living the life as an Untouchable is far worse. Being seen as a monster by your own people for eating meat in order to survive helps show that the categorization of the Untouchables is one of the largest and strongest racist phenomenons on the earth.