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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by chimeracoder on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:39PM (#31601437)
> As an America-born Indian-American, I honestly don't know what my caste is beyond knowing I'm not Brahmin (I didn't do the string ceremony some of my childhood family friends did)

That's not actually sufficient information to infer anything, since people from any of the four savarna castes can participate in the ceremony. It varies a lot by region and community.

It's not actually unheard-of for Dalits to have it, although that's rare.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by akavi on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:47PM (#31601541)
Oh huh, TIL!

Well, then I have no idea at all what my caste is.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by trhway on Thursday June 02, 2022 @07:09PM (#31601740)
> I have no idea at all what my caste is

you're an American citizen, by many measures the best caste out there :)

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by jbnorth on Thursday June 02, 2022 @07:17PM (#31601822)
Unless you’re a woman. Or minority. Or go to school. Or go shopping. Or go to the movies.
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by l33t2328 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @07:41PM (#31602067)
Women and minorities have it pretty good here, so I hope you’re joking.
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by saagarjha on Thursday June 02, 2022 @08:49PM (#31602710)
Pretty good compared to what?
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by l33t2328 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:11PM (#31603413)
Compared to anywhere in the world. You can’t get much better than 5 or 6 Eastern European countries and the US/Canada
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