Also I’m from a South American background and unfortunately was very ignorant of the Indian culture and have never met an Indian person until I immigrated. I h

Also I’m from a South American background and unfortunately was very ignorant of the Indian culture and have never met an Indian person until I immigrated. I have Indian colleagues and a one of them became a good friend. I asked him once or twice about castes and how it worked etc. He said it’s all bullshit and it didn’t matter and I felt like it was a topic he was felt awkward discussing so I made a mental note not to ask him about it. I Googled around and found his surname was from basically the 2nd highest caste. A few years later a young Indian woman joined our company and I was very impressed by her. She was confident, eloquent and seemed eager to make an impact. I told my friend something like: “man the newbie is here to kick ass isn’t she?! Loved how she spoke at that meeting” To which he made the only comment on castes I’ve ever seen him make, something along the lines of: “She’s a brahmin bro, she thinks we all work for her”. That’s when I knew it wasn’t “all bullshit”.