Equality Labs Self-Citation Chain
The 2018 Caste in the United States report relies primarily on an earlier (2016) Equality Labs internal survey as its evidentiary foundation.
Loop Structure
How the loop operatesThe 2018 Caste in the United States report relies primarily on an earlier (2016) Equality Labs internal survey as its evidentiary foundation. Because both the citing report and its primary source originate from the same organisation with no disclosed codebook or independent audit, the evidential chain does not extend beyond Equality Labs itself. SASAC's Hindutva Harassment Field Manual further cites Equality Labs, extending the self-citation chain into a broader advocacy network.
Equality Labs Publisher
EL 2016 Survey Source
Participating Organisations
2 entities in this loop- Equality Labs publisher
- EL 2016 Survey source
Publisher Source Governance Amplifier
Evidence
Documented sources establishing the loop- 2018 report's primary quantitative claims rest on an unpublished 2016 Equality Labs survey
- The 2016 survey used non-probability sampling with no disclosed methodology
- No independent replication or external validation of the 2016 survey figures
- Circular: the 2018 report's credibility is anchored in data produced by the same organisation
- SASAC's Hindutva Harassment Field Manual cites Equality Labs as a source, extending the chain (CID-0029)
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