[Carlford Wadley]

What a lot of people don’t know is that the caste system in India is also a system of race. All the darker-skinned Indians are at the bottom of the system, and all the lighter-skinned ones are at the top. Because Asians and white people don’t have the stigma associated with skin color (in most cases) they are not automatically viewed as low-class, ‘ghetto,’ whatever you want to call it. Black people, on the other hand (including other dark-skinned Indians), are automatically conceived of as less and are treated like pariah. I know this is true because of conversations I have had with Indian friends who have lived in Africa, and from speaking with people from Trinidad and Tobago, an island with an equal proportion of black people and Indians. This racism is not true of every Indian person you come across, but when you encounter it, the caste/color thing is definitely in play.

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Name : Carlford Wadley, Gender : M, Religion : Christian, Age : 21, City : Brooklyn, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class, 

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