How do race-based and caste-based systems compare with respect to unequal treatment?

Are gender and age cultural or biological phenomena? How are gender and age used by different groups in different ways to organize society, the division of labor, and governance?

What is kinship, and is it cultural or biological? Explain the differences between matrilineal, patrilineal, and bilateral kinship systems.

Both race-based and caste-based systems of social stratification create barriers for some and opportunities for others. How are race and caste similar, and how are they different? How do race-based and caste-based systems compare with respect to unequal treatment?