Are Caste Systems Similar to Social Class?

            In this YouTube video about Caste Systems they described it in a way that made it simpler. In the video they made it into a comedy. They described how in India they have a Caste System. Brahmins is the highest and they are the priestly and academic class, Kshatriyas being the rulers and warriors, Vaishyas are farmers and merchants, Shudras do manual labor, and the lowest is Dalits who are street cleaners. In ancient India they created this system and once you are assigned into your level of Caste you are there for life and your future generations are too. Within the Caste system you are only allowed to talk to people who are in the same Caste as you. This also is with Marriage, when you are going to marry someone in India they first have to meet all the requirements and one of the requirements is that they have to be in the same Caste system that you are in because you are not allowed to move up or down in that system. The video than brings up the idea of people connecting in America and in America we do not have a Caste system. In America we are still divided but not because there are rules that we have to be divided. We are allowed to marry or be friends with who ever we want.

            In lecture and from the book we talked about Caste systems. With Caste systems we learned that people are divided into groups of higher more ruler like people to lower living very broke people. We learned that within the system you are not allowed to move up or down in the system. We also brought up the idea of America and if we have a system. We do not have a Caste system but we do have social classes. In a social class it is similar to a caste system by the wealthy are on the top and the poor are on the bottom. The only thing with America is we are allowed to talk to others who are not in the same social class as us, and we can also move up or down in our social class. When it comes to marriage you can marry whoever you want no matter how much or how little money they make or what social class they are in. You are also allowed to go to college if you can afford it to be able to move up in your social class. Social class is similar to Caste systems by how they rank them, but in America you have to choice to move and be with whoever you want.