California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste

Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by tootsandboots on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:59PM (#23703737)

You can modify the test to give them two choices, a partner that is of higher caste and another that is of lower caste - all things being equal (wealth, health, even skin color). If they were truly non-discriminatory, and only cared about preserving their "culture", they should reject either one with equal probability.

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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by wobbly_bush on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:07PM (#23703834)

And that is what happens in reality. Among all the inter-caste marriage discussions not all happen in the high vs low distinction, there are several where there is no higher one or lower one (like say a north Indian marrying a south India, like in the book 2 states) but still there is chance of rejection of the marriage.

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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by tootsandboots on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @02:17PM (#23704661)

I agree fully that there are rejections that will happen because of inter-regional differences outside of just caste.

> that is what happens in reality

Are you claiming a "mid" caste family given two marriage proposals:

1. To a brahmin spouse 2. To a lower caste spouse

with everything else being equal (including geographic region) will reject both with equal probability?

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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by esyir on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:14PM (#23703932)

Or you could model it a different way. They know it sucks, would rather it not be an issue, but hey, take all the advantages you can get.

If everything is the same, would a rational actor not pick the one which is more advantageous?

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