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Perhaps related to the caste system. Not sure how relevant that still is these days.
by opan 8mo ago
Perhaps related to the caste system. Not sure how relevant that still is these days.
- boxed 8mo agoIt's very relevant. Untouchables are fairly regularly murdered with the police doing nothing, and scandals breaking regularly about caste based discrimination showing up in US corporations from immigrants even.
- rdfc-xn-uuid 8mo agoIts true. Only problem we avoid speaking such things to westerners is that your left-brained 90IQ liberal arts media picks it up and spins as an anti-brahmin narrative (who are less than 10%) while most perpetrators of such crimes are landholding classes (often grouped as "other backward caste" for political reasons).
- whynotmaybe 8mo agoAm I understanding correctly that because westerners tend to misappropriate caste problems, you keep the lid on it ? I don't know where you place 2020's CNN on the left/right scale but Brahmin is not named in this news : https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/tech/cisco-lawsuit-caste-discrimination/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/tech/cisco-lawsuit-caste-...
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- boxed 8mo agoIn that specific case it probably is Brahmin discrimination though. The previous poster was talking about the murdering.
- nelblu 8mo agocaste system will likely never die in India. I once even joked to my friend that one day when Indians will start accepting gay marriages they would post a matrimonial ad something along these lines - "Looking for an intelligent, well-behaved, educated, fair coloured gay groom for our son (Brahmin only)".
- embedding-shape 8mo agoWorth remembering that many felt the same about male friends saying "I love you" between each other was seen the same way just like 2-3 decades ago, that it'll never be socially acceptable. We had a transition period where it was "required" to add ", no homo" at the end, but today seems like most men are comfortable saying it to each other as friends without adding that disclaimer. Big progress in just 2-3 decades, so never say never :)
- leosanchez 8mo agoThere are some states where caste doesn't matter like Telangana (not 100% casteless society but better than most states in the country). Also urban India is relatively casteblind.