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Re:California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on In... by whatshisface on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:46PM (#23799291)
Caste is highly correlated to skin pigmentation, so in practice... this would be almost indistinguishable from regular old racism.
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Re:California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on In... by cjsaltlake on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:56AM (#23799629)
It's not at all highly correlated, and skin color certainly wouldn't trump real caste affiliation.
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Re:California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on In... by mirimir on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:10AM (#23799692)
Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23799512 for a recent paper which reports that it is.
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Re:California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on In... by cjsaltlake on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:57AM (#23799633)
Additionally, there's north/south discrimination, with greater antipathy from southern Indians against northern Indians.
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