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Outcast (person)
The term outcast has its roots in the caste system, a form of social stratification based entirely on a person's birth family (usually paternal). The most famous caste system is the Indian caste system, which has since been outlawed, yet the caste a family used to hold, still holds some regard for marriage and other purposes. The family a person is born into is the caste they will belong to for their life; with the only exception being marriage, in which case the woman will move up or down depending upon the caste of the man's family. Outside of the caste system are people considered not to belong to any caste; either criminals or socially stigmatized. These people are known as outcasts. While in western cultures this may be seen as unfair, one must consider the culture. The people occupying a caste system in India believed in reincarnation, with a persons caste or status being based upon the way you lived your previous life. So being born into a specific caste was an indicator of how your previous life was lived. There are very radical caste systems as well, an example would be slavery in America.
In popular culture, an outcast is a person with social stigma or untouchability, who is rejected or 'cast out', as from home or society, or in some way excluded, looked down upon, or ignored. They don't fit in with normal society which contributes to their isolation regarding the affairs of life.
==History==
In Ancient Greece it was customary to write a person's name on a piece of broken pottery, and later place it in a large container in a public location if one had behaved in a manner that was deemed overly aggressive or offensive. These broken pieces of pottery were called ostraka. If an individual were to have his or her name written 6,000 times the entire community would give that person ''the silent treatment'' for ten years. This was also the same procedure for banishing or 'ostracising' individuals from Ancient Greek society.
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