Fourth World

'''Fourth World '''

definition          Fourth Worlds refers to the estimated 6000 groups of indigenous people, who make up from 300 to 600 million of the world's total population. These tribal people are usually the poorest of the poor in the countries where they live. They are often discriminated against and often face forced assimilation. "Between 1900 and 1987 about 130 million indigenous people were slaughtered by state-sponsored genocide in their own countries (Rummel 1994).

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