(The Conversation) — Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups as well. Skip to content Mastodon Covering the world ...

On a recent Sunday, between services and a meal, members swapped anecdotes about the discrimination they encountered, including in the U.S. In social settings among other South ... The concept of the ...

They say they will not eat solid foods until Newsom signs Senate Bill 403, which would explicitly clarify that caste is among ... system, a social hierarchy most prominent in South Asian ...

"The simplest way to explain it is that it is an inherited system ... Caste systems can be found among Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims and Sikhs — and other communities from South Asia ...

U.S. discrimination laws ban ancestry discrimination though they do not explicitly mention caste. California’s legislation targeted the caste system in South Asian and Hindu immigrant ...

CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion Vol. 4, No. 1, April 2023 Politics of Recognition and Caste among ... The caste system among ... the Coorgs of south India, New Delhi: Oxford University ...

Some South Asian Americans say that the proposal unfairly targets Hindus, because the caste system is most commonly ... This has been among our family’s favorite destinations for almost 50 ...

However, the reality in South ... rejects caste-based distinctions, social stratification among Indian Muslims has evolved. This is primarily due to the legacy of the Hindu caste system which ...

In other words, the system remains unchanged. Muslims across the region ... are settling down and address caste-based discrimination among other South Asian faith communities as well.