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I am a first generation Indian-American. I have no idea what caste my father belonged to. I use the past tense because discrimination by caste was something he left behind when he immigrated to the States. Should such “boutique” discrimination occur it is covered under prohibitions against discrimination based on religion and national origin. It’s a symbol of the rot that had taken over the DEI industrial complex that they are drumming up business by importing new types of discrimination and protected classes from overseas.

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My sincere request to the authors of this one of kind article, Suhag Shukla & Samir Kalra, Pls go back to India and enjoy the fruits of your Aryan Vedic Brahmin Varna(Caste) system.

Let the USA be free from your trash.

I am hopeful one day USA will make all the caste names illegal. I don't know why ppl have so much ego not to add their Father or Mother's name(As surname). Your parents need more respect than those inhuman Caste names. All humans are equal. Period

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As @Mandi! knows, India is still steeped in the caste system. Many have been trying to get rid of it for decades, to no avail. Now, "progressive" California is enshrining it in law. I was born in California in 1946 and left in 1976. None too soon.

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