a category of persons who all have about the same opportunity to obtain the three advantages
open class
possibility of moving from one class to another. hopefully up
define caste system
membership determined at birth
who are untouchables and brahmans?
untouchables are at the bottom of the hierearchy, do the dirty work
brahmans are at the top, like priests.
define slavery
a person who does not own their own labor. lowest class of society
racism is
the belief that some races are inferior to others.
eugenics
a program in the 1900 that sterilized women. people got infections and died
ethnicity
involves a group of people emphasizing common orgins and language, shared history, and selected cultural differences
hypodescent is
the rule that automatically assigns the children of a mixed union or mating between members of different socioeconomic groups in the less privileged group.
one drop rule
it means that if you have even one drop of african american blood then you are considered black