Por: The New York Times World March 06, 2023
The injustices were all too common. In one part of India, a , depriving him of his livelihood. In another, members of a poor family were denied government benefits, forcing them to . They were all Dalits, once deemed untouchable by India’s hierarchical caste system.Such episodes have gone largely unnoted and unaddressed for decades. But both cases were picked up by an online news outlet that was started two years ago with the mission of... + full article
Time USA World February 23, 2023
In the fall of 2015, a group of Dalit survivors and activists from India began marching across 16 cities in North America—including New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle—to “break the silence” on caste apartheid and expose caste-based sexual violence in India and abroad.... + más
Seattle could become first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination | Los Angeles Times
New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California | Los Angeles Times
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation February 22, 2023
SEATTLE – The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, .Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.... + más
Seattle Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Caste Discrimination | Time
The Boston Globe USA Nation February 22, 2023
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to ban caste-based discrimination, in the first such move by a U.S. city. The move adds caste as a protected category to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, which already include prohibitions against discriminating on disability,... + más
10 WBNS USA Nation February 21, 2023
SEATTLE — One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she... + más
Los Angeles Times USA World February 21, 2023
Among Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India,... + más
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation February 20, 2023
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw caste-based discrimination in Seattle has thrust this complex — and often... + más
One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid.The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India,... + más
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