01-29-2018, 11:50 AM
(01-29-2018, 11:44 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: No. A caste system restricts mobility. We have an open class system that goes beyond generational. People can move from the lowest class to the highest within their life.
The meat of the author's point is noted, but we use specific language in sociology for a reason.
Mobility is virtually non-existent in today's society, though. In addition to this, just to provide some fodder for conversation, when you look at those that have managed to alter their economic standing in their lifetimes they often encounter difficulties in social circles. New money versus old, that sort of thing. So as the author points out, even in India a Dalit can gain power (and presumably wealth), but that doesn't change their caste. Someone can gain wealth in their lifetime, but there are still certain social circles that other wealthy people may shun them from because of the status of their birth.
Just food for thought on that.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
