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City Seattle became the first city in the United States to ban discrimination on caste basis, following a city council vote on Tuesday.
“Official: our movement has won ban historicalfirst in the country about caste discrimination in Seattle!” Indian-born council member Kshama Savant, who introduced the initiative, noted this on her Twitter account.
“Now we need to build a movement to spread this victory throughout the country,” he stressed.
Municipal Council of Seattlelocated in the northwestern state Washingtonvoted 6 to 1 for a ban that covers places of work, housing, public transportation and Retail Stores.
caste system
Hindu caste system Indiadating back thousands of years, divides society through hereditary hierarchy tough, based on the belief in the so-called purity of the upper caste. Dalits or “untouchables” occupy the bottom rung of this ladder and are subjected to widespread exclusion and violence.
Activists claim that discrimination based on caste is present in South Asian communities rooted in state joined.
“Discrimination on the basis of caste takes place not only in other countries. It is experienced by South Asian Americans and other immigrant workers in their jobs, including in the technology sector, in Seattle and in cities across the country,” Savant said when introducing the law in January.
“With over 167,000 South Asians living in Washingtonmost of which are concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area, the region must combat caste discrimination and not allow it to remain invisible.”
In Silicon Valley, California, tech giant Cisco faces a lawsuit. discrimination a caste case filed by a former worker who claimed he was discriminated against because of his low caste.
Dalit rights activists celebrate legislative advances in Seattle.
However American Hindu Foundation He expressed his disagreement with the decision, arguing that it was aimed at the South Asian American community.
The Foundation affirms that discrimination on caste is wrong (…) At the same time, we believe that singling out South Asians and adding “caste” to the non-discrimination policy violates the very policy that she is now correcting,” said co-founder Suhag. Shukla.
“Seattle voted for treatment South Asians in such a way that no other ethnic or racial community is subjected to undercover treatment non-discrimination”.
AFP
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