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This is unthinkable in any IIT/NIT in India. I think casteism is somewhat worse in the US

oh_sigh 4y ago
I forget what the concept is called, but I will call it something like emigrant conservatism, where emigrants bring essentially a snapshot of their culture from when they emigrate, and that snapshot remains fixed - they don't feel American, so they don't integrate into American cultural norms, and they don't have much active interaction with their previous home's culture which is constantly progressing.
dataexporter 4y ago
Well. I am from an NIT in India and upper caste groupism is super common there. Of course to an outsider it seems like these are guys from the same high school and same hostel hanging out, but in reality it is mostly upper caste Brahmins in those high schools as well who end up continuing their groupism and favoritism in college and beyond. The same groupism exists even today - decades later. You see the same upper caste brahmins hanging out in the US together still in their close knit groups.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  Groupism is one thing but this kind of brazen discrimination is absurd. I never saw any case of people refusing lower caste roommates for example
sreevisakh 4y ago
Either that is lack of awareness or a misrepresentation. Please have a look at this: https://theprint.in/opinion/brahmins-on-india-campuses-studying-science-is-natural-to-upper-castes/378901/ https://theprint.in/opinion/brahmins-on-india-campuses-study... . There were lots of anecdotes about this going around. But it's documented news these days.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  I would know if I were being discriminated against
  - sreevisakh 4y ago
    That is a very poor argument to backup your claim. Not is it just anecdotal, why do you even assume that everyone else has the same experience as you do? Reports and statistics are much more believable. I cited a report. Do you have anything of equal stature to counter it?

I forget what the concept is called, but I will call it something like emigrant conservatism, where emigrants bring essentially a snapshot of their culture from when they emigrate, and that snapshot remains fixed - they don't feel American, so they don't integrate into American cultural norms, and they don't have much active interaction with their previous home's culture which is constantly progressing.

dataexporter 4y ago

Well. I am from an NIT in India and upper caste groupism is super common there. Of course to an outsider it seems like these are guys from the same high school and same hostel hanging out, but in reality it is mostly upper caste Brahmins in those high schools as well who end up continuing their groupism and favoritism in college and beyond. The same groupism exists even today - decades later. You see the same upper caste brahmins hanging out in the US together still in their close knit groups.

cuteboy19 4y ago
Groupism is one thing but this kind of brazen discrimination is absurd. I never saw any case of people refusing lower caste roommates for example

sreevisakh 4y ago

Either that is lack of awareness or a misrepresentation. Please have a look at this: https://theprint.in/opinion/brahmins-on-india-campuses-studying-science-is-natural-to-upper-castes/378901/ https://theprint.in/opinion/brahmins-on-india-campuses-study... . There were lots of anecdotes about this going around. But it's documented news these days.

cuteboy19 4y ago
I would know if I were being discriminated against
- sreevisakh 4y ago
  That is a very poor argument to backup your claim. Not is it just anecdotal, why do you even assume that everyone else has the same experience as you do? Reports and statistics are much more believable. I cited a report. Do you have anything of equal stature to counter it?