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https://www.equalitylabs.org/castesurvey/#key-findings

“ One of the most striking findings of this report is the exceptionally high rates of discrimination reported by those of Caste-oppressed background in places of employment. 67% of Dalits surveyed in the diaspora reported being treated unfairly at their workplace because of their Caste. 12% of Shudras also report the same.

To show this in contrast with other protected classes of people, data from national surveys report that approximately 40% of women experience discrimination in the workplace based on gender. However, unlike categories such as gender, no specific legislation exists to protect people from workplace Caste-ediscrimination. This is an area of concern that companies that work with and hire South Asian American immigrants should consider when crafting HR policies to create safe and equitable workplaces.

Employees feel that Caste is not well-understood by other Americans, feel their concerns will not be given weight, and fear being dismissed or suffering other negative consequences to their career. Ultimately, they often do not report their discrimination or correct their situation.”




Equality labs survey is anything but scientific. The participants were not carefully sampled. They say it was "community organized", which basically means it was a link that was propagated by activists to like-minded people to participate and pass the link on to. They don't explain their methodology in their report. See a rebuttal here [1]

Caste discrimination does exist, but not to the extent the report projects.

[1] https://medium.com/@rachelgotham5/equality-labs-caste-report...


Thanks for posting a rebuttal to a survey.

Do you have a better source of data or survey results on caste based discrimination?


I don't. I've seen this[1] passed around as an evidence to show a much lesser prevalence of caste-based discrimination, but I haven't myself examined this in depth.

[1] https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/09/social-realities-of... (search for "Experience With Discrimination")

> Muslims report the greatest degree of religious discrimination by far (39 percent), followed by Hindus (18 percent), Christians (15 percent), and believers of other faiths (9 percent). Sixteen percent of Indian Americans report being discriminated against by virtue of their Indian heritage. And, finally, 5 percent of all respondents report having encountered discrimination due to their caste identity.


The report from Equality Labs is, pardon my French: garbage. Here’s a somewhat more balanced take https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/09/social-realities-of... and here’s an article highlighting what’s wrong with the equality labs report https://www.pgurus.com/breaking-down-the-carnegie-endowments...


Also note that one of the founders of this organization has called for “dismantling” Hinduism and to ban festivals like Holi. How anyone takes this report or the organization behind it seriously is beyond me…


I meant a relatively objective source, something like NLRB or ACLU.

Similarly, I wouldn’t quote from an upper caste org on caste discrimination. Equality Labs is not an unbiased source.




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