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 ...

(RNS) — This January, California State University, the largest public university system in the United States, added caste to the anti-discrimination policy in its faculty collective bargaining ...

The caste system is a key decider of status in India, and is relevant enough in Indian-American communities for cities like Seattle to try banning caste discrimination.

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

The debate over how, or even whether, to fight discrimination based on caste — an ancient social ranking system associated with the Hindu religion — is heating up in California. As Governor Newsom is ...

Meena Dhanda, Karthick Ram Manoharan, Freedom From Caste, CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, Vol. 3, No. 1, FREEDOM FROM CASTE: ANTI-CASTE THOUGHT, POLITICS AND CULTURE (April 2022), pp.

People from the lower rungs of India's strict social hierarchy say they're trapped doing jobs like cleaning sewers because of historical discrimination.

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status.