“I have no idea what the alleged problem is that they are talking about or what their alleged remedy consists of.”
The problem is people from India coming over here and bringing with them their system of categorizing each other according to caste. I hate to say it, but Colby College might be doing the right thing here. It sounds crazy to hear one Indian say, “That other Indian is of a lower caste than me, so we can’t socialize,” etc., but unfortunately, it’s a very real thing. I know a guy from India, nice enough fellow, very successful in his career and he talks about other Indians’ castes all the time. It’s definitely a thing.
And fifty years ago I knew a woman from Northern Italy who wouldn’t be caught dead interacting with a southern Italian. People like their tribes best.