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Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by presentation on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:10AM (#26435967)
One of my friends had a story, where he was conducting a job interview with an American-born Indian teammate, and the interviewee was an Indian; when the interviewee went to the bathroom, she offhand guessed at the interviewee's caste, and then immediately felt mortified that she said that to a non-Indian and apologized. Just hearing that story secondhand was pretty wild for me to process!
Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by bluGill on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:35AM (#26436216)
In the US that is illegal, your friend should have immediately reported it to HR.
Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by Mauricebranagh on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:09AM (#26436593)
Not totally sure that "Caste" is a protected thing.
Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by bluGill on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:02PM (#26439521)
Several of the laws are broad enough to apply.
Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by Mauricebranagh on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:10AM (#26466265)
Last year I remember a news item linked on HN where some HR person flat out said that "caste" is not a protected category.
Re:How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon... by lazyninja987 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @06:13AM (#26454074)
If you doubt the interviewer's integrity in making a decision, just remove him from the panel.

better to be safe than sorry.