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.
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?
A significant part of the silicon valley deep pockets are opposed to the legislation
They either don’t want to deal with having to follow the law and/or feel this law is racist to Indians.