A caste is a ranking, an order, a top to bottom accounting. The concept of caste — not unlike class, though different in important ways — is thousands of years old, its roots can be ...

Oliver Cromwell Cox, a Marxist economist and author of Caste, Class, and Race (1948), strongly rejected the notion of caste to define American race relations.

Article 15 of the Indian Constitution minces no words with its prohibition of discrimination “against any citizen on grounds ...

Jeffrey Brown: In 1959, Martin Luther King Jr., visiting India and seeing its caste system, realized he was a kind of untouchable in his own land. It's one of many stories told in the new book ...

Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri's Dhadak 2 is in theatres. It follows a lower-caste boy’s struggles as he falls in love with an upper-class woman.

PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit held that California State University professors’ challenge to the inclusion of “caste” as a protected class in the university’s anti-discrimination and harassment ...

The allegation of witchcraft is put to a new-found effective use to repress and punish; the worst affected are those widowed, ...

Classism, like caste discrimination, is a very real aspect of diversity equity and inclusion, one that needs addressing as much as racism, sexism and all other forms of inequity based on one's ...

The city of Seattle became the first U.S. jurisdiction to include caste as a protected class in ordinance CB12051, “An Ordinance Relating to Human Rights; Including Protections Against ...

Potential implications for including caste as a protected class. How each jurisdiction ultimately defines caste in legislation will affect the resulting interpretations and application of the law.

The BAFTA-nominated film "The White Tiger" tells the story of Balram, a poor but shrewd young driver in India battling against the country’s caste system. It’s based on the 2008 Booker Prize ...

V S Achuthanandan, a staunch Marxist known for his sharp rhetoric, anti-corruption stance, and unwavering commitment to ...