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

Post by lotsofpulp » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

twaybtclong wrote: post #123

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> It used to be truth seeking was important. There is truth to what Trump was saying. No, there is no truth. I consider all the hardworking people, including Mexicans, who harvest my fruits and vegetables, do construction and landscaping labor, work in meat processing plants, and any other task “to be the best”. How one can indict Mexico for the opiate problem rather than the pharmaceutical companies and doctors that…

> How one can indict Mexico for the opiate problem I never said this and neither did Trump. You should restate it to make sure you understand the real argument. If you notice I mentioned Oxy. Everyone shares some of the blame.

Post by yumraj » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

Post by thewhitetulip » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

connectsnk wrote: post #118

apexkid wrote: post #49

This article is as bullshit at it can get with no proof and random catch phrases on the lines of "ohh blacks are hated in America". Truth is, there is absolutely no place for cast in any top Indian engineering colleges. Millennials and GenZ does not give a single fuck to what the cast of a person is. That too in IITs were 90% students come from middle or poor class of society and have similar lifestyle. There can alw…

I can confirm. There are very fringe sections left in the society which are still practicing caste based discrimination. To get more clicks, news websites try to project this small minority as the truth of the whole nation.

Post by yumraj » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

bobosha wrote: post #156

yumraj wrote: post #153

Dear Dang and YC: as someone who has been admonished in the past for not walking over eggshells while criticizing CCP, I’m genuinely surprised at the unchecked vitriol that is allowed in this thread against Brahmins, IITs, Indians, their culture and so on. Thank you!!

I disagree, while there are some unsavory comments, this thread is allowing sunlight into some bad aspects of the Indian-American subculture. We - I am Indian-American myself - need to be serious about such allegations and not get defensive.

Post by thewhitetulip » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 5:19 PM UTC

49yearsold wrote: post #126

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You have a modern view of the world. You'll be surprised as I was back in the day that not everyone is open minded. Ppl still want to keep old systems in place because their parents have brain washed them into thinking that they're upper caste and that Hindu Khatre mein hai

I come myself from middle class Brahmin family in Maharashtra, have a engineering degree from a mediocre school in Maharashtra. If at all I witnessed something negative is snobbishness from people who graduated from better school than me. I have been in silicon valley for over 25 years now. I worked in 2 startups and 4 mega corporations/public companies with friends/superiors/colleagues (some of whom are Brahmin IIT…