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by thowaway_2mar 1568 days ago
^ How many people from that group would be in Silicon Valley

Less that 10%

Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24552047 - Sept 2020 (613 comments)

^ Seems like there is a potential for solidarity amongst more vocal groups pushing for representation.

Good luck, but I don't believe that's happening anytime soon considering that SV is upper-caste dominated also no politician really gives a damn unless your group has the population significant enough to win the elections.

Also, do you know prop-16 was rejected by Cali, the most progressive state in the US. see https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/prop-16-failed-in-californ...

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California didn't reject Prop 16 because of a consensus against this form of progressiveness, they rejected it because people read the implementation of Prop 16 and saw it was flawed. California has enacted a great number of "feel good" things that screwed everyone, voters are being more discerning.
The 10% can be split into 2 more layers - Dalits (untouchables) and Shudras. Dalits are significantly worse off than Shudras.