> I had absolutely no idea this was even a thing in the US before reading about it. Yeah, it's absurd, but it's highly impactful because of the prevalence of I

> I had absolutely no idea this was even a thing in the US before reading about it. Yeah, it's absurd, but it's highly impactful because of the prevalence of Indians in high-paying careers in the US. Indians make up nearly 2% of the US population, and the Indian diaspora is heavily concentrated in just a few coastal tech hub cities, so they make up a sizeable proportion of both the population and the workforce in the tech industry. Caste-based discrimination is therefore highly impactful, and it makes sense that it's now getting the attention from US authorities.