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At the top of the carnival caste system are the owner and such administrators as the lot man (who arrives first in each town to lay out the midway); the patch, who handles complaints from outsiders; and the ride superintendent, whom Truzzi and Easto describe as "a kind of grand...
The conclusion Herrnstein draws from these premises is that social standing is based largely upon differences among people which are inherited and therefore beyond the influence of social action. Furthermore, this genetic caste system will only become more rigid as stratification becomes more "meritocratic" and less arbitrary.
Herrnstein sees this vision as the coming shape of America. Not so Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky of the University of California at Davis. In a new book, Genetic Diversity and Human Equality, Dobzhansky agrees with Herrnstein that the present trend toward making people's environments-and educations -equal will cause...
"Tastefully dressed in a pale green turtleneck, matching jacket and slacks, Taoka, who is recuperating from a heart ailment, played the solicitous host to perfection. He offered his caller a delectable piece of green melon and then launched into a professorial discourse on social ills. Many of his followers, he...
The state proclaimed the caste system illegal in 1871, but prejudice did not yield to government fiat. On the average, buraku-min are less well educated than their countrymen, and their children test 16 IQ points lower than other Japanese.* About 7% of buraku families are on relief, more than...