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A comment on Google’s caste-bias problem. Parent comment

Re:Google’s caste-bias problem by metadaemon on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:13AM (#32425892)
What do OBC and BJP stand for?
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Re:Google’s caste-bias problem by seventyheads on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:20AM (#32426042)
OBC - Other Backward Class [1]

BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party (the current ruling political party of India)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Backward_Class

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Re:Google’s caste-bias problem by adharmad on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:23AM (#32426099)
OBC stands for "Other backward classes". It is a caste classification created by the Indian government based on certain criteria of people who are economically/educationally backward but who do not fall under the main backward class group (Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes - SC/ST).
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Re:Google’s caste-bias problem by mtalantikite on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:18AM (#32426007)
OBC: "Other backward class" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Backward_Class

BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the right wing Hindu nationalist party that is in power in India (of which Modi is a part of) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party

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