caste

At independence, India adopted a modest 12.5% quota for the “scheduled castes,” or Dalits, widely acknowledged as the most-disadvantaged victims of caste discrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

"He transcended social and caste hierarchies through his music," says Krishna.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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

Only after years of working on criminal justice reform did my own focus finally shift, and then the rigid caste system slowly came into view.

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

Last year, the government announced a census to enumerate the country’s castes officially.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Another challenge lies in data collection - castes have many subgroups, raising questions about the right level of classification.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

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

A state of equality is an instance of the first case; the division of the people into castes, as among the Ancient Egyptians, and still among the Hindoos, of the second.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles