No, not geographic. Unlike ethnicity or color, the caste system is racial discrimination based on profession. In old Indian kingdoms, there were warriors, prie

No, not geographic. Unlike ethnicity or color, the caste system is racial discrimination based on profession. In old Indian kingdoms, there were warriors, priests, teachers, business people, janitors etc. The caste system basically puts a social value on each of these with priests (who were also teachers) being at the top. The problem is, you couldn't just choose to be a priest.. or a warrior.. or a janitor. You were born into the profession. You were a janitor because your father was a janitor and his father before him. Discriminating based on caste for the purposes of education, work, government services, etc.. has been outlawed in the Indian constitution since 1948. It still happens, because people are people, but less so with each generation.