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Indian who was born and grew up there. Caste was never a thing outside of arranged marriages. The only time I hear about it is from news when there were protest
by nonamechicken 9y ago
Indian who was born and grew up there. Caste was never a thing outside of arranged marriages. The only time I hear about it is from news when there were protests from certain castes recently demanding reservation or from places like reddit and hn where someone would post about casteism in India.
- ap3 9y agoWhat is your (parents) caste ? Is it offensive to ask this about indians in the US?
- vijay_nair 9y agoAnother Hindu Nair here; it’s not offensive to ask, only discriminate. Nair is actually included in my name so you get the caste info just by getting my name.
- nonamechicken 9y agoI am a Hindu Nair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nair). There is also a sub caste-I don't know which one it is. Both my parents are Nairs, but belonging to different sub castes I think. As for offensiveness, I don't remember anybody asking me about my caste (outside of govt forms-they need it for job/educational reservations) except once. He (an Indian from my state) didn't ask me my caste, he heard my name and immediately said "oh you are a Nair" and I felt really weird and wanted to end the conversation quickly. If a foreigner asks me, I don't think I would mind. I am not sure if I would be comfortable if an Indian asks me though.
- fellellor 9y agoI feel it's offensive. But a foreigner may do so out of curiosity and ignorance so I can't be angry about it.