Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on ...

China, the world's manufacturing powerhouse and a socialist state governed by a communist party, is being accused online of having a birth-based caste system that shapes access to education, ...