[akiselev]

> Not sure how those folks could be leveraging their social class in America.

One example off the top of my head: Indian caste discrimination in Silicon Valley [1][2]. Cisco was even sued by the state of California for such discrimination [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952698

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24552047

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23697083

[refurb]

The caste system is not an American social class.