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While caste systems might seem far off and irrelevant in the modern world there is actually a rather extreme amount of caste based discrimination in work places
by munk-a 4y ago
While caste systems might seem far off and irrelevant in the modern world there is actually a rather extreme amount of caste based discrimination in work places. It's an issue we need to talk about and resolve.
I can't talk to this particular activist's positions, but Dalit Activism is a very relevant and worthy cause - it causes pretty significant discrimination even in the US.
- ALittleLight 4y agoHow do you come to know someone's caste?
- floren 4y agoOften, the surname is enough.
- lin83 4y agoSurnames are a direct indication and to a lesser extent place of birth I believe.
- barry-cotter 4y agoIndia is far too large for place of birth to be a reliable indicator of caste seeing as all cases are everywhere in Hindu majority areas and many areas they’re a minority. Surname, yes.
- _dain_ 4y agoAn Indian lecturing white people about discrimination is almost certainly a Brahmin.
- bergenty 4y agoSurnames.
- colinmhayes 4y agoBrahmins will tell you a talk about caste discrimination is anti-hindu.
- d23 4y agoI don’t want to pile on or anything, because it seems like you’re engaging in good faith, but I don’t understand the quickness to say “I don’t think this should be discussed at work” if you don’t even know the basics. Why is the default position not to be curious to learn more?
- ALittleLight 4y agoYou don't know anything about religion X. Does that mean work is a good place to discuss religion X? Social, political, religious, or just generally ideas that are likely to make people uncomfortable are, generally, not good things to talk about at work. I shouldn't have to worry about my well meaning coworker wanting to save my soul, win my vote, or whatever. My coworker and I need to work together to solve the problems of our business - those other topics don't help us coordinate and might hurt our ability to coordinate by sowing dissension. Until very recently it was well understood that certain topics are better off not discussed at work. This is not a dearth of curiosity but a surfeit of common sense.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoChristianity gets shoved into people's face all the time at work, on the road, at sports games, at the state and local legislature, at the school board, at the fxxxing presidential inauguration. Why don't we throw Hinduism in there for good measure? What's more fuel on the fire?
- animal_spirits 4y agoPersonally I'd rather less fuel in the religious fire
- st34m 4y ago
- robonerd 4y agoExcellent demonstration of why this sort of discussion isn't appropriate at work.
- toofy 4y agothe same way that i can tell within a relatively short time and with decent accuracy whether or not someone was raised in my class. regarding caste, toss in skin tones, name, accents, etc…
- ushakov 4y agois it only in the US or do Indian employees face same challenges in other parts of the world too?
- munk-a 4y agoTo my knowledge it's a global issue but the US brings a lot of skilled immigrants from India and is a lot more proactive in addressing workplace discrimination. I'm only aware of the US and Canadian issues with Dalit caste discrimination - maybe someone else can help shed light on other areas? I'm sure that the UK has enough ethnic Indian residents that it's had to deal with it as well?