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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by linlucas on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:30AM (#23699222)
I’m sorry that you had to go through this. I’m east Asian myself, and I often cant tell the ethnicity of other east Asians (Korean, Chinese...). So how does Indians determine the caste of other people? Is it by the lightness of their skin?
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by devdas on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:32AM (#23699617)
Usually name, accent, dialect, food habits. It's not visible upfront, but a few minutes of conversation will get that information.

There is a skin colour bias, but that isn't about caste (darker skin is a sign that you have to work in the sun, which signals poverty and being of a lower economic class).

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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by ves on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:29AM (#23699599)
last names encode a lot of information. Skin color / features etc can also be informative.
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