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Chapter At A Glance
- In democracy people identifies and relates themselves with others on many bases like physical appearance, gender, caste, class, tribe, religion, etc.
- Society is divided on many bases like inequality, caste, class, religion, wealth, etc. So there is social division of our society and this division has many forms.
- Many people have tried to express their views about inequality like in 1968 two olympic medal winners in prize distribution ceremony they received their medals by wearing black socks and no shoes. It shows that how ineuality prevails in our society.
- It is generally felt that people of same religion do not relate themselves to people of other religion because their sect or caste is different from other one.
- Social differences are starting even exactly after birth and there are a number of bases of inequality, biological and social, like age, colour, gender, wealth, caste, religion, etc.
- Difference between blacks and whites in U.S. is generally believed that blacks are poor and homeless and whites are rich.
- In India, Dalits are facing a number of discriminations and injustice which is a perfect example of social division.
Important Terms & Their Explanation
- African American : Black descendants of Africa who went over to U.S.A. in the form of slaves between 17th and 19th century.
- Civil Rights Movement : A movement started by Martin Luther King Jr. to abolish legal racial discrimination in U.S.A. against the black people.
- Black Power : A more militant and anti - racist movement which was started in 1966 to end racism in U.S. with the help of even violence.
- Migrant : Persons who move from one place to another to live or to work or for any other economic opportunity.
- Homogeneous Society : A society whose people are of same kind and where there is no value of ethnic differences.