CS401A's Midterms: Phil. Pop Culture Module 03 Flashcards
For midterms' exams.
*is *defined as *a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status *(Britannica, 2019).
A social class
It has been studied extensively in social science, as it was covered by several philosophers
philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, and Max Weber, to name a few.
social class
is a large group of people who live along or below the poverty line.
The lower class
They are sympathetic to other people because of the community but are themselves victims of anxiety and depression, which push them to do dangerous actions
because “… desperate times call for desperate measures”
lower class
(Money and Happiness,n.d.).
collectively called the working class,
The middle class,
is the largest and most diverse group of people who lives along and beyond the poverty line.
The middle class,
Their income is sufficient to provide some — if not all — the basic necessities in life.
middle class
In most countries,
serves as the backbone of the economy, which lends to their capacity to do diverse labors.
the middle class
is a somewhat small group of people who live beyond the poverty line.
The upper class
They have the means to gain all the basic necessities in life — which leads them to invest more in their lives and live in luxury.
upper class
Many aspire to be like them, never realizing the tradeoff:
have the means to spend for their personal happiness but, in turn, make them apathetic and self-centered.
upper class
The most famous social class system is the
Indian caste system
The caste is divided into two (2) major groups, with one (1) group further subdivided into four (4) sections.
Indian caste system
is the highest religious position covered by Filipino women and homosexual men.
The babaylan
is the highest position that leads the barangay, where they were elected among the next caste.
The datu
was composed of the feudal lords who agreed to band with each other as an unbreakable alliance.
The maharlika
were the group of people that served under the maharlika as their vassals.
The maginoo
were simply the people who lived freely and in the service of the land.
The timawa
is the lowest major caste in the pre-colonial Filipino caste system.
The alipin caste
serve as workers of the land, similar to peasants in Western feudal classes.
The aliping namamahay
were the lowest of the low because they represent actual slaves.
The aliping saguiguilid
is an incentivized system wherein each casta pays taxes based on their racial heritage.
The Casta system
had base taxes; they paid the minimum amount of tax.
Indios and Aetas
which are the top three (3) classifications, were exempted from paying taxes
The blancos,
insulares
Americanos
Peninsulares
pay taxes, however, despite having mixed heritage.
The Mestizajes
This is because not all members of the mestizaje contain Spanish blood.
for example, were required to pay double the base tax due to their Chinese-Filipino heritages.
The mestizo de sangley,
were the first natural-born Filipinos with pure Spanish blood.
The insulares
Hence, they were also called Filipinos.
Some of them exemplified liberal thinking and empathy towards Filipinos.
The insulares
The Philippine Casta
are simply Spaniards born from the American colonies such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, to name some.
Americanos
The Philippine Casta
were Spaniards that came from the Iberian Peninsula, where Spain and Portugal are located.
Peninsulares
The Philippine Casta
They were exempted from paying taxes and held the most power and influence.
Peninsulares
The Philippine Casta
were a varied *casta *because they comprised four (4) mixed heritages, of which they had their own hierarchy.
The Mestizajes
The Mestizajes
was the highest of the four (4) because it is the intermarriage of a Filipino and a Spaniard.
The mestizo de Español
The Mestizajes
paid no taxes since they had Spanish blood in them.
The mestizo de Español
Any Filipino known to be a mestizo de Español
The Mestizajes
was the term used here in the Philippines to classify either a mestizo de Español with Chinese blood, a mestizo de Sangley with Spanish blood, or someone with Spanish and Chinese blood.
The tornatras
The Mestizajes
They were usually considered as the odd ones because their mixed heritages meant that their taxations were also confusing.
The tornatras
The Mestizajes
were people with FIlipino and Bombay heritages.
(i.e., Indian)
The mestizo de Bombay
The Mestizajes
paid no taxes since Indians were not part of the casta.
he mestizo de Bombay
The Mestizajes
were people with Filipino and Chinese heritages.
The mestizo de Sangley
The Philippine Casta
The lowest among the four (4), they paid fewer taxes from a Chinese standpoint but paid more than indios.
The mestizo de Sangley
