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Left unstated is the assumption that Brahmins limit their discrimination to Dalits.

Oh while we are on this topic there are branches within Brahmins and each group gets to feel superior to other Brahmins because reasons.

In some regions, there were also some devout worshippers of one God that take adverserial position about worshippers of another God (Shiva versus Vishnu)

Luckily most of these (I think) are on their way out and don't manifest in professional workplaces of today.

These tendencies must have definitely shaped careers and unfairly disadvantaged people as recently as a couple of decades ago.

It is no different to how the WASPs, Jews, Irish, Slavs, Blacks and Hispanics all view each other in America.

I'm not understanding the implication. Does it matter how limited the discrimination is?

The implication is that it's not limited. If they discriminate against Dalits, they probably discriminate against others too.

> The implication is that it's not limited.

Right, but what are the implications of it being limited or not? Is there a tolerable level of discrimination?

That has nothing to do with it. There's no tolerable level, but more is still worse than less, and GP's point means more people with a direct vested interest in calling for change.

Which is true of all bigoted groups tbh. Quite harmful in how it manifests and grows, esp in corporate companies.

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