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Fresno, California, has become the second city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination, after the City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to incorporate two new protected categories into its municipal code.

Discrimination based on caste or indigeneity is now illegal in the city.

In the midst of a nationwide civil rights movement, led mostly by South Asian Americans who come from caste-oppressed backgrounds, local governments, business and institutions have been contending with the caste question. In February, Seattle became the first U.S. city to explicitly ban caste discrimination, and in California, a bill currently on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk would do the same statewide.

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[-] Swim@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago

Caste sytem is structural racism and needs to be abolished in India, and shouldnt be mirrored in any other country.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Wait, that's a thing here? Ok.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 18 points 1 year ago

Within tech it's apparently an issue, where certain classes are intentionally passed over for promotion if the manager is Indian too.

[-] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

The whole acceptance of cultural differences is important, but within reasonable limits. Discrimination of any type should not be tolerated.

Another one that always bugs me is: Middle Eastern guy marries a young lady. BAD! (And it is). Indian dude living in California in the 21st century marries a lady that was chosen by his mother and her parents to be his wife (she had little say in it): That's a cultural thing and we accept it...

Why?

[-] MonkRome@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not my understanding about how modern arranged marriages most commonly happen in the Indian community. For the most part it isn't really that different from a blind date that your parents arranged and participate in overseeing. Many people go through several arrangements before they find someone suitable to marry. Also many people work within both the westernized system of dating and the arranged system until they find a partner. For the vast majority of modern arrangements both parties have broad latitude to back out.

Only in the most conservative and extreme households do people receive coercive pressure to marry against their will. You'll find that more in rural India than among expatriates.

Also many men and women still prefer the arranged system as they find dating cumbersome, awkward or time consuming.

The reason you should accept other cultures is partly because of how much ignorance and presumptive reasoning your carry into you decision making process...

[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Am I missing something? What is the delay in Newsom signing the bill? Is he waiting for the wind to blow the right direction or something?

[-] Javi_in_4k@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

A significant part of the silicon valley deep pockets are opposed to the legislation

[-] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Javi_in_4k@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

They either don't want to deal with having to follow the law and/or feel this law is racist to Indians.

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Is discrimination not banned in general in the US?

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