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As Caste Vanishes Only Genes Remain

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In February 2022, Seattle became the first U.S. city to ban caste-based discrimination. This follows the California State University student body association banning caste-based discrimination, in addition to the University of California, Davis and Brown University. In 2020, a lawsuit was filed in California against Cisco Systems alleging caste-based discrimination where a lower-caste Dalit employee was passed over for promotion by an upper-caste Brahmin colleague. The case against two individuals accused of discrimination was dismissed, but the suit against Cisco continues to be litigated. What’s going on here? There are three intersecting factors at play in modern American society that makes caste relevant. First, Indian Americans are now publicly prominent. Long the most educated and wealthiest ethnic group in the U.S., in the past few decades they have become prominent in politics and business. Not only are the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and Starbucks Indian American, but two Repub

Raimond Klavins/An ancient Hindu Temple in Suchindram, India. This article by Razib Khan will feature in PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance, our 2025 summer print edition. Subscribe now to receive your copy. In February 2022, Seattle became the first U.S. city to ban caste-based discrimination. This follows the California State University student body association banning caste-based discrimination, in addition to the University of California, Davis and Brown University. In 2020, a lawsuit was filed in California against Cisco Systems alleging caste-based discrimination where a lower-caste Da

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