AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
THE TERM HARIJAN MEANS ____
A
CHILDREN OF POOR
B
CHILDREN OF GOD
C
CHILDREN OF SHUDRAS
D
CHILDREN OF GREEN
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Children of God: Harijan was a term used by Mohandas Gandhi to refer to the community of Dalits. Before that time, they were called ‘Untouchable s. Gandhi said it was not right to call people “untouchable", and started to refer to them as Harijans, which essentially means Children of God.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a member of the outcaste group in India : untouchable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahatma Gandhi called untouchables Harijans (“Children of the God Hari Vishnu, ” or simply “Children of God”) and long worked for their emancipation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahatma Gandhi called ‘untouchables’ as Harijans or “Children of God” and worked for their liberation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mahatma Gandhi coined the term Harijan for the untouchables. He started using the term from the time after signing the Poona Pact. He also renamed his weekly newspaper Young India to Harijan in the year 1933. So, this is the correct answer.

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