WGBH series examines "Caste in America,” including at Brandeis | BrandeisNOW

WGBH series examines "Caste in America,” including at Brandeis | BrandeisNOW: Laurence Simon, Professor of International Development and Director of the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School, served as an advisor to a major new radio and web series looking at the impact of caste, the religious and social hierarchy of Indian society. “Caste in America,” launched on Feb. 25, focuses on the discrimination low-caste Indian immigrants face in the U.S. as a result of the importation of this ancient hierarchical system of human classification.