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Just the other day I read a comment on HN, I think, about how in Mexico there is racial stratification between light and dark-skinned people, and how they even
by e40 10y ago
Just the other day I read a comment on HN, I think, about how in Mexico there is racial stratification between light and dark-skinned people, and how they even have different ways of speaking. The point was that people can tell immediately which class you are in and act accordingly.
So, yeah, I think this is a (bad) feature of humans everywhere, not just the US.
- paloaltokid 10y agoAn Indian colleague of mine told me that she felt it was the same in India with respect to the caste system (she was born a Brahmin). She said she could tell from the way people spoke what caste they were from. When I hear folks from India talk about the caste system, it sounds very similar to how people in the US talk about racism against blacks.
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- paloaltokid 10y agoYep, just like in the US.
- ganeshkrishnan 10y agoNo, you cannot tell what caste a person is by the way they talk. There are 800+ languages and thousand of dialects in India. On an average the dialect changes every 7 kilometer is any direction. You cannot also visually tell the difference between high/low caste. The best indicator is last name and hence social strata (centuries of exploitation has left them 'backward'). There are plenty of 'backward caste' people in high position and extremely rich. Though racism and casteism have similar effects they are not the same
- paloaltokid 10y ago> No, you cannot tell what caste a person is by the way they talk. That is your belief and experience. I was trying to point out that some people from India feel that the opposite is true. I have no knowledge of the caste system other than what people have told me from their own experience of being Indian.