> Other dharmic religions that disavow castes include Sikhism and Jainism. ...and don't forget Hinduism. It's very frustrating when people try to portray Hind

> Other dharmic religions that disavow castes include Sikhism and Jainism. ...and don't forget Hinduism. It's very frustrating when people try to portray Hinduism as a single, monolithic religion - it's like talking about Catholicism, Baptism, and Mormonism (in the US) as if they were the same entity. Despite what /r/worldnews might have one believe, the caste system is by no means universally followed. It varies greatly by region and other demographic factors. In some parts, the caste system is virtually nonexistant, or is (at most) a more formal codification of the same socioeconomic-racial social discrimination that exists everywhere.