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I think class and caste are very different. Caste is ascribed at birth and can't be changed. Class is related to wealth and behaviors, and can certainly change
by Nifty3929 4y ago
I think class and caste are very different. Caste is ascribed at birth and can't be changed. Class is related to wealth and behaviors, and can certainly change in either direction over the course of someone's life. If you were born into a rich family, you may start "upper class," but then later in life find yourself farther down. Or the reverse.
- Loquebantur 4y agoThat is more or less right of course. It's usually not easy to change class though and certain indicators like speech patterns are difficult to get rid of. People discriminate based on whatever they can discern. My point is, class and caste are both fundamentally the same as they are both rooted in culturally accepted/tolerated discrimination and prejudice. Class isn't fundamentally better than caste.
- Nifty3929 4y ago>>My point is, class and caste are both fundamentally the same as they are both rooted in culturally accepted/tolerated discrimination and prejudice. It's okay for us to disagree on this point, but I do want to make mine clear: MY point is that class and caste are both fundamentally different, since one can change and the other can't, despite both being rooted in culturally accepted/tolerated discrimination and prejudice.