A caste is originally linked to occupation while a class is not rigidly linked to occupation . A caste promotes segregation since each lives apart from one another while the same is unofficially true in a class system. A caste is associated with agricultural societies while a class is associated with industrial societies . Although, India has modernized and retained the caste system. During slavery, one drop of Black blood pollutes the person.
Whites have a fear of polluting their class.
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