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)

caste system

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that this is an example of a caste system. This is a system created by the Aryans that invaded South Asia. This system focuses on controlling the population by defining specific economic and social classes/roles within the society and placing individuals in a certain class at birth, based on different notions of purity. This system was later used in the U.S to segregate African American individuals.

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