In this episode we discuss the role caste plays both in South Asia as well as in diasporic communities in the West. Some suggest that caste does not exist outside India, while others insist it does and protections against caste basted discrimination are necessary. These protections bring up additional concerns regarding Western stereotypes of South Asian caste in the West, and the fear of increased discrimination against South Asians in the West if discussions of caste in the West persist.

Links to articles and books discussed in this episode:

Jeremiah, A 2020, Caste and Caste Based Sectarianism in India. in Caste and Caste Based Sectarianism, Urban Spaces and Sectarian Contestations. SEPAD , pp. 46-50. <https://www.sepad.org.uk/files/documents/Urban%20Spaces.pdf>

NPR News report - https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/1095861447/some-south-asian-americans-believe-caste-based-prejudices-exist-in-the-u-s

Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. United States: THORNDIKE Press, 2021.

Google caste discussion scrapped - https://qz.com/india/2172954/google-scrapped-a-talk-on-caste-bias-for-being-too-divisive/

Music by Kirk, Aiden and Caleb Sandvig.

Edited by Kirk Sandvig

Published by Hidden Wave Productions