This is blatantly false. Can you cite me some?
Even the Lord Rama killed Shambuka because he wanted to learn the Vedas as a Sudra.
Another incident I don't remember from the Mahabharata where one person was keen for reaching brahminic status. And that was denied. And was said as an example.
> there are innumerable instances in the scriptures when people have taken up jobs of other castes, as per situation demands.
Cite me two or three.
And please don't say Parshuram being a warrior or Viswamitra being a sage. Both were upper caste Brahmin or Kshatriya.
All religions are bad. Degree varies.
(To top it all, apparently there's even a tradition which says the wise Shambuka ultimately managed to perfect his dharma by means of Rama's intervention, whilst the Brahmins who had requested that very intervention are criticized. Thus adding all sorts of nuances to the story that can hardly be described as "casteist".)
Western media is extremely India phobic and Hindu phobic.
The caste system, as per scriptures, is just a categorization of work that people do. Every one is prescribed their duties and jobs as per caste. However, there are innumerable instances in the scriptures when people have taken up jobs of other castes, as per situation demands.
The discrimination of people based on castes, is an invention of society and its degradation.
However, I often find that an ingrained sense of "my religion is holier than thou" leads to a subtle thread of anti-Hindu outputs.
Some publications are blatant. Some are not.