Growing up in America, my understanding was that it was incredibly rude to ask an Indian immigrant what his/her caste was and that a person born in America of I

Growing up in America, my understanding was that it was incredibly rude to ask an Indian immigrant what his/her caste was and that a person born in America of Indian descent would be even more offended and likely not know the answer. I may be wrong, but I suspect my perception is shared by most non-Indian Americans. Consequently, I don't see how an explicit caste system would carry over. America's class system is much more implicit and based on social cues and habits of the sort talked about here: http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/550-trash-food http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/550-trash-food. Also Race... which is far too complex a topic to be summarised here. As a mixed-race person who is light-skinned enough to that people think I'm Mediterranian, I still find it confusing despite many years of paying attention.