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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by xadhix on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:10AM (#31604523)
Wanted to correct one part of what you said: The thread is not exclusive to Brahmins[1]

I know people who identify as Kshatriyas and Vaisyas wear it. It is just that almost all brahmins do it and the practice has reduced or stopped in the other two varnas.

And from what I see, he didn't compare the thread to burqas. He compared the calling of the thread as sign of discrimination to calling the turban as a sign of terrorism. There is a difference.

[1] https://www.firstpost.com/india/hinduism-denies-spiritual-ri...

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by senthil_rajasek on Friday June 03, 2022 @02:26AM (#31604918)
OP said, "I wear the thread the same reason a Sikh wears a turban or a Muslim woman wears a niqab/burka."

That's the comparison.

>know people who identify as Kshatriyas and Vaisyas wear it

I know but all Brahmins wear the sacred thread.

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by rajup on Friday June 03, 2022 @02:39AM (#31604984)
> I know but all Brahmins wear the sacred thread.

False. I may have only anecdotal evidence, but even one counter-example renders your statement incorrect.

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