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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by samarthr1 on Friday June 03, 2022 @07:04AM (#31606738)
But do i not have the right to bear the name of my forebears?

Just because I bear a name commonly used by people of my community, does not make me complicit in the ills of the community I belong to.

Or are you also judging a person by their surname?

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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by senthil_rajasek on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:08AM (#31607702)
>do i not have the right to bear the name of my forebears?

Why should this be a right?

Inherited "wealth" is not considered a unrestricted right in many societies.

The wealth tax is a great example of how society regulates "concentration of power" through inherited wealth.

Caste based inheritance of wealth has no such regulation.

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