caste

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.]]

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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
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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.