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Caste systems have existed throughout history and throughout the
world, but the most well-known caste system today is the Indian Varna
system.
The word caste is derived from the Portuguese or Spanish word casta,
meaning lineage, breed or race.
Anthropologists use the term more generally to refer to a social group
that is endogamous and occupationally specialized; such groups are
common in highly stratified societies with a very low degree of
social mobility. Broadly understood, South Africa during the era of
apartheid, the practice of slavery in the antebellum South of the
United States through the Civil Rights movement, colonial Latin
America under Spanish and Portuguese rule (see Casta), and India
prior to 1947 were all class and caste-based societies.
Caste is not unique to Hinduism. Aside from India, caste systems still
exist today in other parts of South Asia, and some countries in Africa
have equivalents of the Untouchables (Dalit) as a small proportion of
the population.
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