A “comparative” study of this issue by A. M. Hocart called kingship its focal institution, unlike most Western studies. A book on this issue argues that it is not exploitative because it involves “contributions to a whole,” in contrast to de Tocqueville’s (“TOHK-veel’s”) individualism. A country’s remedies for this issue are subject to the “creamy layer” doctrine. This issue, which was was publicized in the US by a 2020 case against Cisco, is the subject of Louis Dumont’s (“dew-MON’s”) study Homo Hierarchicus. A vetoed 2023 bill would have made California the first state to explicitly ban this form of discrimination, which is the subject of a book titled for its “Annihilation” by a writer who was hailed by the slogan Jai Bhim. For 10 points, what discrimination protested by B. R. Ambedkar (“ahm-BAYD-ker”) affects Silicon Valley workers from Dalit backgrounds? ■END■
ANSWER: caste discrimination [or caste system; accept jajmani, jati, jadi, or varnas in place of “caste”; accept descriptions of discrimination against untouchables, Harijans, “Other Backwards Classes,” “Educationally Backwards Classes,” or OBCs; accept discrimination against Dalits until read; prompt on affirmative action by asking “to remedy what specific form of discrimination?”] (India’s “creamy layer” doctrine states that affirmative action programs must prevent overuse by the richest part of disadvantaged groups.)
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