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These travelers were commonly referred to as “Indios chinos” in the colonial caste structure, though historians say the majority were Filipino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

White working-class and precarious middle-class voters were alarmed not only at the upending of the racial caste system but also at what they saw as an unraveling of society in general.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The first attempt in 1872 contained 17 questions and was essentially a house register - recording who lived where, along with basic markers such as age, religion, caste and occupation.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

The significance of this cannot be overstated, for the failure to acknowledge the humanity and dignity of all persons has lurked at the root of every racial caste system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Over the years, quotas have grown to encompass many other groups, including politically powerful landowning castes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

By some estimates, the vast majority of India’s 1.5 billion people are divided into more than 3,000 castes and 25,000 subcastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Each year, nearly a thousand theyyam performances take place in family estates and temples across Kerala, traditionally performed by men from marginalised castes and tribal communities.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes -- queens and workers -- each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging, defense and care of maternal brood.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

Their mendicant members, usually known as Vairagis, are, like the general body of the sect, drawn from all castes without distinction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various