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Question
How is social inequality different from the inequality of individuals?
Solution
Individual inequality refers to destructiveness and variations among individuals in their psychological and physical characteristics.
Social inequality refers to a social system where some people are getting the opportunity to make use of the resources and others are not. Some people are at a higher level in terms of wealth, education, health and status while others are at the lowest level. Social inequality gets manifested in the following forms:-
- Social stratification
- Prejudices
- Stereotypes
- Discrimination
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