Google cancelled a talk on caste bias

Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by skyde on Thursday June 02, 2022 @05:30PM (#31600749)

Well to be fair If in United States, I met/interview someone from India. I would have no idea which caste they are, so I don't see how I can discriminate one caste over another :)

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by rhacker on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:00PM (#31601063)

Ever get an offhanded comment from another co-worker (indian) that says something like, yeah I don't know about this guy. What if THAT was him thinking about the entire CASTES thing!?!?!?! I mean that's often enough to pass up entire people

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by skyde on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:05PM (#31601116)

So would that co-worker be able to guess the caste of the candidate during a 30minute phone interview ?

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by SamoyedFurFluff on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:11PM (#31601181)

Casted are guessable simply by seeing someone’s name.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by qorrect on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:59PM (#31601647)

What are some obvious examples? Thx

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