That has nothing to do with Caste... obviously everyone from south india isn't in the same caste
North and South indians have completely different languages, foods, cultures, etc.
People hire people who are similar to them... hence south indians hiring south indians.
Having every indian fill out their caste in their job application doesn't solve that issue.
Would probably be a good idea for you to read up on indian culture before you lecture us on what our issues are.
I am sure there must be some relatively objective data somewhere on this.
Edit: Ah yes, here come the downvotes as we can’t ask for data on a source of easy virtue signaling :)
There is a quite a lot of data on both Indian villages and caste system but caste is the offices is not well studied, IMO.
By the way, caste takes a lot of shapes. There have also been attempt to study racial divide in US South from caste perspective (a social category rather than a biological one).
PS: I am a high caste Indian living in India who has more than interests in caste system.
PPS: Mention of caste triggers most Indians, even those who are not living abroad. My wife (south Indian Brahmins) feels somewhat annoyed with my interest in caste. I won't ask my fellow Indians about caste, ever!! It triggers them more than saying bad thing about Modi.
PPS: Mention of caste triggers most Indians, even those who are not living abroad. My wife (south Indian Brahmins) feels somewhat annoyed with my interest in caste. I won't ask my fellow Indians about caste, ever!! It triggers them more than saying bad thing about Modi.
“ One of the most striking findings of this report is the exceptionally high rates of discrimination reported by those of Caste-oppressed background in places of employment. 67% of Dalits surveyed in the diaspora reported being treated unfairly at their workplace because of their Caste. 12% of Shudras also report the same.
To show this in contrast with other protected classes of people, data from national surveys report that approximately 40% of women experience discrimination in the workplace based on gender. However, unlike categories such as gender, no specific legislation exists to protect people from workplace Caste-ediscrimination. This is an area of concern that companies that work with and hire South Asian American immigrants should consider when crafting HR policies to create safe and equitable workplaces.
Employees feel that Caste is not well-understood by other Americans, feel their concerns will not be given weight, and fear being dismissed or suffering other negative consequences to their career. Ultimately, they often do not report their discrimination or correct their situation.”
Caste discrimination does exist, but not to the extent the report projects.
[1] https://medium.com/@rachelgotham5/equality-labs-caste-report...
Do you have a better source of data or survey results on caste based discrimination?
[1] https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/09/social-realities-of... (search for "Experience With Discrimination")
> Muslims report the greatest degree of religious discrimination by far (39 percent), followed by Hindus (18 percent), Christians (15 percent), and believers of other faiths (9 percent). Sixteen percent of Indian Americans report being discriminated against by virtue of their Indian heritage. And, finally, 5 percent of all respondents report having encountered discrimination due to their caste identity.
Similarly, I wouldn’t quote from an upper caste org on caste discrimination. Equality Labs is not an unbiased source.
>>> I have seen South Indian promote, hire etc other South Indians.
Are you saying somehow they are gaming the system and getting them in. If everything is above board, how is it a problem?