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class and caste  

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  • A class is a group that is ranked according to its place in a social hierarchy based on inequality in terms of wealth, education, and/or income. A caste is a more rigid form of social stratification whereby a member of a particular caste, as determined by birth and social mobility, has a fixed ethnicity and is rigidly confined to the status of the group. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Class and Caste]

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