Ch 8- Social Stratification

It is hard to accept that social stratification in societies has always existed and will most likely always exist. There are countries where this social stratification is worse, and some where it is not so rigid. In places like India, some people are shun from the rest of society just because they suffer from a curable sickness, or because of where or to whom they were born; and these people have no hope to move themselves to a higher social status. And there are places like here, where your social status doesn't depend on whom you were born to or where, but it depends on what you do for a living and how much money you make.