hummanities(Race, Class and Caste)

In a 600-word essay using MLA format, discuss the relationship between race and social class from a cross-cultural perspective, including the formation of rigid or de-facto caste systems, if applicable. You should use the text readings as your source. You must use outside academic sources to support your analysis (minimum two).

Hirschberg textbook (LO 5.1, 5.2, 5.4):

Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “The Myth of the Latin Woman” (p. 180)
Immaculee Ilibagiza’s “Left to Tell” (p. 186)
Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes’s “Civilize them with a Stick” (p. 195)
Jo Goodwin Parker’s “What is Poverty?” (p. 203)
Gordon Parks’s “Flavio’s Home” (p. 208)
Don Kulick and Thais Machado-Borges “Leaky” (p. 219)