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>Although I personally haven't seen or noticed casteism in the Indian community here or back in India for that matter.

Have you not seen a single matrimonial advertisement in the US for members of the Indian community or back home in India?

I find the statement perplexing having lived in India for a while and having professional relationships with many from the region.

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Matrimonials is a curious thing in India, it's not just caste, but it's the sub-sub-sub-caste that's often used as a filter. Most Indian marriages are arranged as you know...

However, I didn't see any overt casteism, I would play and be best buds with people of other castes. With caste being somewhat akin to how Americans think of ancestry. AFAIK my parents and their colleagues never once brought caste into any of our interactions. But it could very well be my upper middle-class and urban upbringing and not representative.

Perhaps you can ask your parents why they're not inter-caste

To be fair, arranged marriages depend on even more things. Sub-sub-sub-caste as other poster mentioned, and gotra (which excludes certain members of same caste). That's just too foreign thing for a western mindset.

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