caste discrimination
Birth-based social exclusion
Caste discrimination is prejudicial treatment based on a person's hereditary social position within a hierarchical system, particularly the Hindu caste system of South Asia.
The practice ranges from social exclusion to denial of employment, housing, or services.
Laws in India prohibit caste discrimination, though it persists.
The term increasingly appears in Western contexts as South Asian diaspora communities grow: The company added caste discrimination to its anti-harassment policy.
- untouchabilityState beyond contact or criticism
- DalitOppressed caste group member
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
honor killing · reserved seats · social reformers · oppression · grassroots organizing · stereotyping · hierarchy · stigmatization · traditional customs · segregation · varna · apartheid · wall · protests · exploitation · inequality · social · bonded labor
- discriminationracism, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment, prejudice
- Castevarna, Brahmins, untouchables, Dalit, casteism
- Caste Reformuntouchability, social equality, reservation system, reservations, affirmative action
- Indian castesBrahmins, subcaste, Dalit, Rajputs, Rajput
- South Asian Lawhigh courts, high court, Muslim law, fundamental rights, advocate
- Indian EducationNIT, UGC, primary schools, secondary schools, primary education
caste discriminationmeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
equal opportunity · merit-based system · blind audition · standardized testing
caste discriminationsocial equality
Equal standing among people
egalitarianism · equal treatment · non-discrimination · social inclusion · classless society
caste discriminationsocial mobility
Movement between societal strata
open society · upward mobility · self-determination · American Dream · rags-to-riches