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Document Summary
Systems of social stratification: groups divided according to, property, power, prestige, major stratification systems, slavery, have a different set of privileges, caste, class. Slavery: oldest form of social stratification, most common in agricultural societies, least common among nomads, usually based on, debt, crime (instead of killing people, would become slave for the families lose, war. Slavery in the new world & modern slavery: some analysts conclude slavery led to racism, u. s. slaves owners developed an ideology to defend slavery, modern child slavery, mostly in africa, asia & south america. Caste: birth determines status, ascribed status (born into it, cant work your way out, practice endogamy, marriage within own group, ritual pollution rules, limit contact between castes, cant even touch the shadow of an untouchable . Us racial caste system: replaced slavery, all whites had higher statues than all blacks, separate schools, hotels, toilets, etc.
