I'm a bit surprised by some points in the article.
>“why would I even report to HR when they probably don’t even know where India is on a map?” (Much less, understand the complexity of caste.)
Who are these HR people who don't try their best to get to know employees, and to make them feel comfortable on the workplace ?
I thought most HR departments would include sociology graduates, or at least sensible people, who have the curiosity to understand networks of power inside the company. How do you manage a company when you can't understand the actual hierarchy and influences among workers ?
Also, the case of the manager is highly inappropriate as well. He should just be fired.
Lastly
> “People would only want to live with roommates from their own caste,” she said.
Good riddance to bad rubbish! Who would want to share a flat with morons, anyway ? You can just find actual friends at uni to share a flat.
And with their mindset, I doubt they can actually settle down. I heard that my company had issues with some Indian workers who moved in, when they expected HR to find them a flat, fix their oven, arrange taxis, or run their errands,... because they were 'elite' as well.
I'm in France. They have 'equality' in their motto, and are proud of an history of being at the literal cutting edge of mechanical engineering to chop all heads in a republican way : equally (but especially them of the elites). So as far as I heard, it upset some locals who were suddenly considered Untermenschen by an 'elite' guy who just moved in.
But it's just an history of the past. So I'm not sure some of these guy made a long time around here.
> heard that my company had issues with some Indian workers who moved in, when they expected HR to find them a flat
This just seems to be a case of mismatch in expectations. Companies around the world provide expatriate relocation packages. The idea being expats wouldn't be familiar with how things are done in a foreign countries.
I don't understand why you think this was relevant to the topic.
It's definitely relevant. Some upper caste individuals, from my personal experience, tend to expect things to be done for them by others. It doesn't matter what position the other person holds, the only thing that matters is the authority given by caste
Again, expat relocation support is something companies do the world over. It was pioneered in Hong Kong and Singapore to assist European professionals.
It's rather silly to poffer caste privilege as an explanation just because the individuals in question happened to be Indian.
You chose to interject when I responded to another poster. And you claimed it was relevant despite the fact that it was an entirely different scenario.
You don't even know what the other situation was! You don't even know if the other situation even involved upper caste Indians. But hey, don't let that stop you from asserting it's the same behavioural pattern.
>“why would I even report to HR when they probably don’t even know where India is on a map?” (Much less, understand the complexity of caste.)
Who are these HR people who don't try their best to get to know employees, and to make them feel comfortable on the workplace ?
I thought most HR departments would include sociology graduates, or at least sensible people, who have the curiosity to understand networks of power inside the company. How do you manage a company when you can't understand the actual hierarchy and influences among workers ?
Also, the case of the manager is highly inappropriate as well. He should just be fired.
Lastly
> “People would only want to live with roommates from their own caste,” she said.
Good riddance to bad rubbish! Who would want to share a flat with morons, anyway ? You can just find actual friends at uni to share a flat.
And with their mindset, I doubt they can actually settle down. I heard that my company had issues with some Indian workers who moved in, when they expected HR to find them a flat, fix their oven, arrange taxis, or run their errands,... because they were 'elite' as well.
I'm in France. They have 'equality' in their motto, and are proud of an history of being at the literal cutting edge of mechanical engineering to chop all heads in a republican way : equally (but especially them of the elites). So as far as I heard, it upset some locals who were suddenly considered Untermenschen by an 'elite' guy who just moved in.
But it's just an history of the past. So I'm not sure some of these guy made a long time around here.