A similar sort of thing exist at most companies in one form or another. For example, at my company some people's opinions are valued more than others. People base their evaluation of others on communal opinion which can contain discriminatory trends. It produces a strata within the organization whether that opinion comes from a last name or heritage, or some other trait like sex, accent, philosophy, etc.
> For example, at my company some people's opinions are valued more than others
At your company people with lighter skins are more valued than others? Because that's what we're talking here in regard to Indian castes. Please name your company.
I'd like to keep my job, so I can't say the name. It is in the financial services industry.
There is discrimination on sex. You can also see that there are very few people of different ethnic backgrounds in positions of leadership. I've had other people with more tenure than me state that if you have specific qualities, you are likely to go farther (white/Irish decent, male, catholic).
Also, what we are talking about is the discriminatory stratification of a group (company or country).
How the world turns! 100 years ago, an Irish last name in America would relegate you to menial labor with no hope of advancement. Being Catholic (at least in the Sourther USA) would land you with a cross burning in your yard at night.
Yep. It's all based on the current people or group of people in power. It seems that if you want to be CEO at my company, you must be a male of Irish decent (all the CEOs of the past 30-40 years have been, maybe even for the complete history of the company and I know who the next one is planned/rumored to be and he fits that too). I'm sure there are still areas or companies that do discriminate the other direction too.
