Caste structurally denies entitlement to land, wealth, knowledge and opportunity

Evidence

It must at once be added, however, that this markedly unstratified traditional political system does recognize a subordinate category of people known as sab who fulfil such specialized and to the nomad degrading tasks as hunting, leather- and metal-working, and haircutting. The sab who practise these occupations form a minute fraction of the total population and, traditionally, were separated from other Somali by restrictions on marriage and commensality. Today the enfranchisement of these Midgans, Tumals, and Yibirs, is far advanced and most of their traditional disabilities are disappearing. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Caste Hindu reformers avoid alienating orthodox peers even at the cost of untouchable allies; Caste Hindu reform organizations expected untouchables to accept subordinate roles; Caste’s real violence is denial of entitlement, not ritual pollution (+14 more)

Related

• Graded inequality makes every caste level invested in preserving the hierarchy (similarity 0.85)
• Somali egalitarianism coexists with a stigmatized sab caste (similarity 0.83)
• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste (similarity 0.82)
• Caste among Muslims and Sikhs differs fundamentally from Hindu caste. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Caste-based water exclusion persists in post-independence India #exemplifies (0.80)
• Hindu reformers reframed caste as untouchability to avoid addressing economic exploitation. #complicates (0.70)
• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste #exemplifies (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66