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Perhaps if something doesn’t make sense, ask for clarity instead of asserting that changing one’s surname makes zero difference. I am also familiar with many u
by russelldjimmy 5y ago
Perhaps if something doesn’t make sense, ask for clarity instead of asserting that changing one’s surname makes zero difference.
I am also familiar with many upper-caste people who have changed their surname to something generic (like Kumar) to avoid revealing their caste. This doesn’t just apply to job seeking in private enterprises. They do this to avoid any kind of attention drawn to their surname, and hence caste. This attention can then play out differently in different scenarios.
- unmole 5y agoI called the stated reason i.e. fearing losing out on jobs and promotions nonsensical.
- programmer_dude 5y agoThey change their surname so that they can weasle into quotas reserved for the repressed class. You are not fooling anybody Mr. Kumar.
- frontman1988 5y agoChanging surname doesn't change caste certificate. Otherwise millions of people would be turning into lower castes
- programmer_dude 5y ago> Changing surname Is just the first step. Bribing the right authorities is next. > Otherwise millions of people would be turning into lower castes How do you know they aren't already?
- frontman1988 5y agoI have a kumar surname. Can you get me a Scheduled Caste/Tribe certificate? I am ready to pay a million rupees if you get it done.
- zxienin 5y agoyes. Surname change was to avoid revealing caste. No appropriation of "lower caste" to get favorable quota. I have no evidentiary way to conclude if change ended up helping me or not. I just never had to face caste based discrimination. I shared the experience, so folks on this forums come out knowing more than what is typically seen in media. No rhetoric. There is no denying, that problem is real.
- unmole 5y ago> There is no denying, that problem is real. The problem of people from dominant castes facing discrimination on the basis of their surnames is wholly imaginary.