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When you find a southeast Asian person talking about "neighborhood" or "neighbors", e.g. "he's from my neighborhood", "they're from a neighborhood over", understand that these are nearly always thinly veiled references to caste (that, or they merely serve as proxies to talk about caste in a socially acceptable manner). You will almost never, ever, hear your everyday person talk about caste.
In this system, what caste are non Indians?
Long overdue. Those who are most offended by a light being shed on this practice are often those who have benefited from it the most. For many (the 98% who are not the correct caste), caste is a sin that they cannot be freed of. This has been well being entrenched in place for over 20-25 years. It can be found at any large tech company not just in SV, but beyond too. Children are destined to be treated as less as if…
Long overdue. Those who are most offended by a light being shed on this practice are often those who have benefited from it the most. For many (the 98% who are not the correct caste), caste is a sin that they cannot be freed of. This has been well being entrenched in place for over 20-25 years. It can be found at any large tech company not just in SV, but beyond too. Children are destined to be treated as less as if…
Long overdue. Those who are most offended by a light being shed on this practice are often those who have benefited from it the most. For many (the 98% who are not the correct caste), caste is a sin that they cannot be freed of. This has been well being entrenched in place for over 20-25 years. It can be found at any large tech company not just in SV, but beyond too. Children are destined to be treated as less as if…
Honest question - once immigrated to the US or other places, what makes ones caste obvious? Is it found out by surname? Can it be faked ( not saying that's a acceptable solution, but it obviously doesn't seem work).
In this system, what caste are non Indians?
e.g. this trader from China came via sea to Kerala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He
Caste is familially inherited. So a person is being judged based upon their ancestry. The only difference between "that group of families is inherently inferior" and "that race is inherently inferior" seems to be how broadly/narrowly you define "race". So a legal argument should be able to be made that discriminating based on caste is discriminating based on race, a protected class.
Am I missing something? If so could someone correct me?
When you find a southeast Asian person talking about "neighborhood" or "neighbors", e.g. "he's from my neighborhood", "they're from a neighborhood over", understand that these are nearly always thinly veiled references to caste (that, or they merely serve as proxies to talk about caste in a socially acceptable manner). You will almost never, ever, hear your everyday person talk about caste.