Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

On Dec. 12, 2023, the Mellon Sawyer Seminar hosted the panel “Legacies of Colonial and Postcolonial Gender, Sexuality, Caste, and Citizenship.” Community members engaged with the linked Anglo-colonial ...

A caste census is increasingly demanded by OBCs and other marginalised groups in India to address historical inequalities and exclusion exacerbated by neoliberal policies, says Surinder S. Jodhka ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Caste census has been a consistent demand of the Socialist parties of different hues and OBC organisations in the country ever since the rise of the Mandal movement. The scholarly debate on caste ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

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Caste is one of human history's oldest forms of inequality, legitimized by Brahmanical knowledge and enforced through caste-based violence and dehumanization. This paper argues that the anti-caste ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

The California State University system, America’s largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing ...

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