On Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:28:06 PM UTC-5, cloa...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 11:43:44 AM UTC+9, Frankie wrote:
> > Can anyone shed light on a group of people in Japan referred to as 部落　.
> > 
> > Are these people regarded like.. Bad asses, avoid conflict with them at all costs?  Or more like trailer trash? 
> > 
> > I had a small experience that has baffled me.
> 
> The word itself is a subunit of a village but probably is shorthand for the descendants of the lowest feudal economic group and their activist/terrorist organizations. 
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraku_Liberation_League

Thanks