Seattle becomes the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to prohibit caste discrimination. A similar measure introduced in the California Legislature last week could lead to the first statewide ban on such discrimination.
which said caste discrimination is already prohibited under U.S. law and that the new legislation suggests "a prevalent form of prejudice and malice" amongst people of Indian and South Asian descent.The Seattle legislation cites 2020 U.S.
Census data showing 167,000 people from the South Asian diaspora living in Washington, mostly in the Seattle area, and that it is the fastest-growing ethnic group in the city.The new law is "a beacon to cities and states around the country and for working people elsewhere to build movements to also ban this horrific form of oppression,"
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