This is just creeping wokeness again. It is designed to lead to more bureaucratic overhead, probably creating a role for some kind of "caste non-discrimination compliance officer." Meanwhile, there are no "castes" in the US. No one knows, or needs to know, what "caste" I am.
Nah it’s actually a real issue, but concentrated among South Asians generally. Nobody cares in the generation born in the US but immigrants still have that mentality unfortunately