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Difference between caste group and ethnic group.​

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Ethnicity is usually an inherited status based on the society in which one lives. Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.
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Ethnicity is usually an inherited status based on the society in which one lives. Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.

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This has led many to conclude that caste is distinct from ethnicity, should be analyzed within a different analytical framework from ethnicity, and is unique to the Indian scene.

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