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Is this discussion of castes among other Indian coworkers? They gain nothing from Caste signalling to you. We should name and shame if a company doesn't act against discriminatory dog whistles. I drink, eat meat, eat beef and do not bear any caste specific signifiers on my person. No other Indian expat has tried to enquire about my caste or treated me differently because it's ambiguous. 99% of Indian immigrants are Upper or Middle castes. The reason for this has not been studied. But a few causal factors can be. - Wealth India is a poor country. Most Indians upper or Lower caste are poor by first world standards. But the few Indians who are rich tend to be more upper caste (Scholarly, Mercantile or Landowning castes). But this is also a bad explanation since most Indians who come to US for higher studies do so on a loan. - Culture Upper caste families even when dirt poor may have a higher emphasis on education which means they are overrepresented in employment based skilled immigration. Edit: Vegetarianism often gets bandied around as an upper caste but most Urban Indians eat meat regardless of caste. So, except for a few cases caste is very much ambiguous since a caste that's upper caste in Western UP may be lower caste in Eastern UP. |
Your last name is the biggest caste specific signifier.