How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon Valley

Post by gherkinnn » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 2:35 PM UTC

doggodaddo78 wrote: post #4

Who's worked with Brahmin IITians, raise a paw? :paw emoji here: I hope the Valley absorbs all of the world's horrible tech sociological antipatterns because I ejected from that heap. Transient gold miners descended on the place where I grew up, treated it disposably, and failed to make any effort to integrate because they're just visiting to make their coin. Sunnyvale Costco is like an airport in Burma (okay, Myanma…

Post by bluGill » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 2:36 PM UTC

majjgepolja wrote: post #28

jtdev wrote: post #10

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In India, you’re born into a socioeconomic position and the likelihood of ever moving upward in the socioeconomic structure is virtually zero. Those at the top of the socioeconomic structure treat those below them like complete shit.

Most of them don't even ask your caste these days. I do not know where you're from. And there's even caste based affirmative action.

Post by iamshs » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 2:36 PM UTC

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #43

srameshc wrote: post #17

I once was volunteering at an event. I was having a causal conversation with another guy and after a while he asked me my last name and decided to not indulge in any further conversation anymore. This is one of many instances I experienced. There is a paper about caste oppression. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3725938

Thank you for sharing this. While it is apparent that US job market is not a meritocracy, it simply cannot allow ( hell, afford ) to import bad practices from afar.

Post by doggodaddo78 » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 2:38 PM UTC

majjgepolja wrote: post #39

mc32 wrote: post #22

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A contributor to the attitude is the caste itself. These kids (huge majority from upper castes) are treated with too much deference at home by the parents, family and society. Since they are served well at home by servants and society when they go to foreign lands their expectations don’t change and they take the baggage with them. Mind you, they’re modulating the behavior a bit abroad because at home it’s even more…

> These kids (huge majority from upper castes) are treated with too much deference at home by the parents, family and society. Since they are served well at home by servants ... Do not know which area you are from. But in practice most of the traditional "Upper caste" people are not rich enough for having servants. Their air of superiority comes from mere name of the caste and tribal feeling, but upper caste people w…

Post by iamshs » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #29

throwaway713 wrote: post #3

I don’t know anything about Indian culture; could someone who is from there shed some light on how prevalent the prejudiced mindset is? E.g., do 80% of people think the caste system is stupid and outdated whereas the other 20% still hold some prejudice toward Dalits? What about Indians that have moved to the U.S.? And is this issue improving quickly or slowly?

It is still very prevalent. 1. I know people in my friend circle here in USA who refuse to invite people from lower caste into their home. One even had separate set of tea cups for lower caste friends to serve tea in. In india lower caste people are not allowed to enter the homes of higher caste people. 2. indians in usa form their friends group based on their nationality/language/region/caste in that order. While I…