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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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