Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by saagarjha on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:18PM
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> but people in the lower or lowest castes wouldn't be in the US in the first place due to lack of resources
While Indians in the US tend toward the upper castes, it's not true that there aren't any people in the US of lower caste as well. Even in India the disparity between the castes is narrowing as affirmative action and modernization render such differences moot–as such, it isn't really true that people of lower cast have a "lack of resources", so there are people that are able to come over.
Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by lotsofpulp on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:25PM
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It all depends how you define lower castes. I’m not talking about farmer vs merchant vs priest, but about the castes that are toiling in the farms and untouchables or others who can’t even read, surely they are considered to have a lack of resources.
It's more about your education level and how useful you are than who your ancestors were, but that is many times intertwined.
Edit: India, like most places, is in the middle of re-drawing it's caste system along socioeconomic lines. Of course, the lower castes will still be on the bottom and possibly discriminated against due to being behind on resources being passed down to them.