Indigenous Peoples and Relationships The Power: A Critical Assessment Public Policy Against Discriminatory Parmalim

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10.2991/icosop-17.2018.94How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Indigenous Peoples, Parmalim, Relations Counsel, Discrimination

Abstract

Indonesia's Constitution noted that every community has the same rights as citizens. However, the narrative of the constitutional language is not in line with the implementation of a policy of discrimination because they are felt to indigenous peoples Parmalim community is no exception. Parmalim an indigenous people in North Sumatra that suffered discrimination policies in the name of development and technological progress. Nowadays, when it recorded the number of people in North Sumatra Parmalim is 5026 persons or 0.14 of 12,985,075 inhabitants of the population of North Sumatra. Parmalim Indigenous Peoples are still experiencing difficulties in defining itself. Do beliefs and rituals for which they believe in and practice religion or not. On the other hand, they also did not gain official recognition from the state about whether it pertained Parmalim trust or an indigenous community. The root of this problem is due to a very unequal power relations and exploitative towards Parmalim. The author analyzes this issue with critical paradigm by banging social phenomena and in uncovering discrimination etnometodologis power relations that make experiencing marginalization of indigenous peoples.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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