Google cancelled a talk on caste bias

Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by zajio1am on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:44AM (#31596288)

So why people (specifically immigrants in other countries) just do not change their last name to ones associated with higher caste?

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by vkou on Thursday June 02, 2022 @08:33PM (#31602524)

For the same reason that I, a white English-speaking person, am not going to be able to fool a British old-money old-boys club that I have the same cultural background that they do.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by cuteboy19 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:08PM (#31601145)

The main benefit of caste comes from 2nd and 3rd degree connections from your family. Simply changing your name won't help you with that.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by deelly on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:14PM (#31596746)

As far as I know (from some coworkers) they do. But last name is only the first step/flag in identifying to which caste person belongs. Sorry, I don't remember exact details, but there some additional steps like special clothes I think?

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by ChoGGi on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:49PM (#31599692)

Yeah, I think the Brahmins have a vest you can feel on the shoulder, so they do a shoulder grab to act close.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by alex_smart on Friday June 03, 2022 @03:54AM (#31605467)

Oh, ffs, that is just ridiculous.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by PestoDiRucola on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:44PM (#31622507)

Can't you wear the special clothes without belonging to the specific caste?

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