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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by randomguy2379 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:02AM (#23699788)
An even better approach is to just change your religion. I was born a hindu dalit but I converted and so have many of my friends and family. Religious conversions have become so common in India that states have started to bring out laws to curtail it. Casteism is a construct of Hinduism and other religions don't suffer from it in the same way as Hinduism does. So you can change your religion , your name and claim that you have no caste. Hindus have no problem seeing a converted christian as equal to them, but will refuse to see people from their own religion as equal.
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by g8oz on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:21AM (#23700235)
Convert and you might get beaten up by your local Bajrang Dal chapter.
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by thewindow on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:47AM (#23701918)
I understand the reason you have described to change religion or become an atheist. But in part of India where I am from, I see people adopting another religion and still taking the cast name with them. They will only allow marriage within "Christian + same cast" people. Even People who have renounced God and become atheist home on to their cast. I guess it is the tribal instincts of human being kicking in.
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by wobbly_bush on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:31AM (#23701739)
The other religions in India haven't given up on casteism - https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Focus-on-quota-...
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by muro on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:06AM (#23700151)
> You should read up a bit about the apology made by the church for being responsible for the Rwandan genocide.

That's a misleading statement. The church was complicit, not responsible. Still reprehensible.

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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by naruvimama on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:17AM (#23700216)
The church was responsible for promoting the division so they could convert. That is not just complicit but also responsible.

If you are engaged in arson, and the church watches silently or hand out gas it is complicit. If it pours gas on the building so you can light it on fire it is responsible.

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