SOC-2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quran, Debt Bondage, Vaishya
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We should be able to zoom in/out of cultures. Thought to be a war between north/south korea. Actually a war between us and soviet union. We can take from this that dictatorship has a negative effect to a society. Gotta have some people to do the dirty work. Social stratification = the ranking of groups into a hierarchy according to their relative: We rate people based on how much of these they have. Social stratification = structured inequality with regards to: About 20 million people currently living in slavery. (look up immokalee workers in fl) They believe the west only bring traditions of sin, so no reason to change their ways. (happening in kyrgyzstan) Practiced today in central asia, caucasus, africa, mexico. Cultural relativism = part of their culture. Ethnocentricism = looking at other cultures through your lense. Endogamy = marrying within one"s own group. Apartheid (when europeans of dutch descent controlled country) Seperated into 4 groups (similar to castes)
