I think when it gets to saying these things out loud it might be too late
The fact that it would be top of mind at all
Could be curiosity or it could be a status play. Are there castes she would/would not hire from, would it be a problem to getting work done?
Edit: I’ve worked with indians my whole career and only recently learned via HN that caste system “carried over” to the US
Re:How To Be An Anti-Casteist
by andreareina on Friday October 02, 2020 @12:48AM
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I have all sorts of thoughts that I don't act on, or actively work to counteract. Should I be judged on these thoughts that, to a first approximation, I cannot control[1] yet I don't let affect what I do?
I'm flawed, but I used to be more so. A big part of that improvement is thanks to the people that judged my actions and not every aberrant thought that entered my head.
[1] responsibility is there of course, and I work to reduce their future frequency. But that change takes time, and until then the best remedy to unwanted ingrained patterns is to not act on them.
It may be because of my habit of blurting out whatever stupid thought I'm having, but believing that someone might blurt out whatever stupid thought they're having comes easy to me.
Re:How To Be An Anti-Casteist
by unsignedchar on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:09AM
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#notallindians
Indians have a deeply engrained culture of noticing caste. This is true whether they are ok with discriminating on that basis, or staunchly against it, caste permeates the culture.
So either she was only interested in hiring Brahmins, and realized that she shouldn't have tipped her hand... or she was curious about it, and then realized that was a shitty thing to say during an interview, and decided not to make it worse by explaining that of course it wouldn't make a difference in her judgement.
She's right, though; she shouldn't have said that.