While many non-Hindu and non-Asian Americans have heard of the caste system, it's likely very few understand it. Caste is one of the oldest most insidious forms of social discrimination in South Asia.

Due to the caste system in Nepal, education has always been an elusive dream for my family. The caste system has plagued the socioeconomic life of millions of low-caste families in Nepal for almost ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Andy Smith The Caste System: An Overview Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where ...

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

Prem Pariyar, a Nepali Dalit activist who got CSU to include caste in its anti-discrimination policy, at his home in Richmond on May 16, 2023. (Loren Elliott for CalMatters) ...

View the full episode transcript. California might become the first state in the nation to ban discrimination based on caste, a hierarchical system based on birth that affects South Asians all over ...

Because of the caste system's carryover here in the U.S., experts say the latest legislation and more awareness around the issue of caste and discrimination is much needed.

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to ...

What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they ...

Recent events are a reminder that the caste system still determines American life—but we can overcome it, writes Isabel Wilkerson ...