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I could have misread or maybe it was some sort of propaganda but I thought I read somewhere that Silicon Valley's caste discrimination is the inverse of what us
by hk1337 4y ago
I could have misread or maybe it was some sort of propaganda but I thought I read somewhere that Silicon Valley's caste discrimination is the inverse of what used to be in India? i.e. the lower castes discriminating against the higher castes.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoLol no. Brahmins (the highest caste) are wildly overrepresented in IT, in and outside India.
- woweoe 4y agoIT is one of the least casteist sectors within India though.
- advisedwang 4y agoIn the US, you often see claims of "reverse racism", e.g. around affirmative action or just from general vibes. This is the equivalent - high caste people interpreting attempts at leveling the playing field as if they are being discriminated against.
- Manuel_D 4y agoLet's be clear though, in India these come on the form of explicit quotas. In some states, even if high caste applicants to university got 100% of the non-quota slots, they'd still be underrepresented because so many slots are reserved for caste. It's like if tech companies noticed their share of Asian tech workers was well above the 6% national average, and set a cap of only 4% Asians. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_in_India
- adaml_623 4y agoSpeaking as a person with zero knowledge of SV and caste discrimination I will make the observation that 'accusations' of discrimination can and are made by people in almost every conceivable group. So yes you could very easily have read something like that. And more reading would be required for background and context to figure out who's telling the truth in different situations Slightly off topic I am anticipating discussions and media reports in the next few years where the antipathy between two groups manifests as clear discrimination by both groups towards the other. But if neither group is clearly in a stronger socio-economic then how will we describe and talk about that problem. To be clear I think these situations exist already but I don't think they are being reported in.
- ummonk 4y agoInverseish caste discrimination does happen in some places in India, where demographically large "lower" castes seize political power and take the spoils and boss around everyone else (both upper castes who're easy to oppress in the name of equality, as well as other lower castes). But I can't see that happening in Silicon Valley. There's too many Brahmins for other castes to be able to discriminate against them.