Some sociologists have suggested that in the southern U.S. in the pre-civil rights era, an African American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community. This is an example of a(n)
A. caste system.
B. feudal system.
C. estate system.
D. class system.
Answer: A
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