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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by unmole on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @10:28PM (#30523307)
> One day it occurred to me that I can tell if someone is from India

Can you really tell if someone is from India and not from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh? Because I can't and I am from India.

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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by vmception on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:41AM (#30529303)
After hearing their name, dialect and seeing their mannerisms, yes, I can tell. Several other comments mentioned there is an overrepresentation of specific groups from India, within the US, so I am attuned to recognize that group as "Indian heritage".

These things are rarely as simple as looking at someone visually from afar or in a lineup and making a complete decision.

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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by unmole on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:48AM (#30529403)
> After hearing their name, dialect and seeing their mannerisms

So, you can confidently tell a Bengali Indian from a Bangladeshi? Or a Madhesi from a Bihari? An Indian Gurkha from a Nepali?

I respectfully call BS.

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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by vmception on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @02:23PM (#30531630)
> overrepresentation of specific groups from India, within the US, so I am attuned to recognize that group as "Indian heritage"

the ambiguity is practically nonexistent in the US so the circumstance wouldn't come up

I acknowledged that

You’re not going to get more than that

(unless I’m wrong about how represented those other groups are, that could be an insightful conversation I’m willing to have)

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