caste
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Caste is a hereditary system of social hierarchy found in India that traditionally determines a person's occupation, social status, and place in society based on their birth. It matters because it has historically affected access to education, employment, and social opportunities for millions of people, particularly those classified as "Scheduled Castes" like the Basor community.
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- Etymology
- In South Asia
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Rest of Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- East Asia
- Tibet
- Japan
- Korea
- North Korea
- West Asia
- Kurdistan
- Yazidis
- Iran
- Yemen
- Africa
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- Horn of Africa
- Europe
- France and Spain
- United Kingdom
- Americas
- Latin America
- United States
- Racial casteism
- Caste and higher education
- Caste in sociology and entomology
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The Basor weaving bamboo baskets in a 1916 book. The Basor are a [[Scheduled Caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.]]
A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (endogamy), follow lifestyles often linked to a particular occupation, hold a ritual status observed within a hierarchy, and interact with others based on cultural notions of exclusion, with certain castes considered as either more pure or more polluted than others. The term "caste" is also applied to morphological groupings in eusocial insects such as ants, bees, and termites.