Social Stratification — Flashcards

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Social stratification is the practice of classifying people as upper class and lower class based on factors like income, education, caste, colour, gender, occupation, and intelligence. This classifica…

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Social stratification is based on: 1) Income, 2) Education, 3) Caste, 4) Colour, 5) Gender, 6) Occupation, 7) Intelligence. These factors determine whether a person is classified as belonging to the u…

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Children born in rich families have more opportunities for good nutritious food, quality education, and employment. Children born in poor families lack these opportunities. Though children are not res…

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The caste system is a form of social stratification that has existed in India for thousands of years. It determines whether a person belongs to the upper caste or lower caste. Some people from certain…

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In America, white people treated black people as slaves and traded them. This shows how stratification existed where whites were considered superior and blacks were treated as inferior, denying them b…

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Social inequality is the result of social stratification that leads to differences in treatment and opportunities. It humiliates people classified as lower class. For example, blacks in America were n…

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Prejudice is the opinion a person forms about another person or community before getting to know them. It can be positive or negative. Discrimination based on caste, gender, region, and economic statu…

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The great Kannada poet Pampa declared 'Truly, the whole mankind is one' (ಮಾನವ ಪುತ್ರ ವೃಂದೇಕೇ ಮಲ). This means that all human beings are one, emphasizing the unity and equality of all people despite vari…