Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
23rd Feb 2023
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Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
- The movement is getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community
- The Seattle City Council added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to specifically ban caste discrimination.
- 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. But the movement is getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community.
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