Por: Los Angeles Times Politics October 08, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill highly watched by the South Asian community that would have banned discrimination on the basis of caste — a system of social hierarchy that dictates a person’s standing from the time they're born. Newsom called the bill unnecessary in his veto message, saying existing laws already prohibit such discrimination. If passed, Senate Bill 403 would have made California the first state in... + full article
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation October 07, 2023
LOS ANGELES – Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination.Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have... + más
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ABC News USA Nation May 31, 2023
Some South Asians, many miles away from their homes, say they are suffering from experiences with discrimination that dates back to thousands of years.From job rejections to unsupported marriages, they claim that severe harassment from the caste system crossed over into America... + más
What is India's caste system? Is it contentious in U.S.? | WPLG Local 10
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Associated Press USA Tech April 11, 2023
The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the Silicon Valley tech giant.The two Cisco supervisors, Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, were... + más
Cisco still faces caste bias suit; engineers' case dismissed | WPLG Local 10
WPLG Local 10 USA Tech April 10, 2023
Cisco still faces caste bias suit; engineers' case dismissed | Associated Press
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
New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California | Los Angeles Times
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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