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redmaverick | 2 years ago

>> and do not bear any caste specific signifiers on my person

Your last name is the biggest caste specific signifier.

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yutijke|2 years ago

Thanks for pointing this out.

I can now ignore anything you say about caste since it shows you don't know anything about it.

Most last names are used by multiple castes.

Except for popular surnames like Iyer, Sharma or Agarwal the link between surname and Caste can be quite ambiguous.

Given how regional some castes are, in Geographically mixed work places it's really hard to narrow down the caste via surname.

What does a Punjabi know about the caste their Telugu coworker belongs to?

redmaverick|2 years ago

>> I can now ignore anything you say about caste since it shows you don't know anything about it.

Basically, your mind is not capable of tolerating anything that goes against your worldview. The Telugu coworker will know about their fellow Telugu coworker's caste and can easily inform the Punjabi.