Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
After a unanimous City Council vote, caste and indigeneity are now protected categories in Fresno, California.
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.
Caste sytem is structural racism and needs to be abolished in India, and shouldnt be mirrored in any other country.
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Wait, that's a thing here? Ok.
Within tech it's apparently an issue, where certain classes are intentionally passed over for promotion if the manager is Indian too.
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?
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...
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That's more due to lack of women rights and cultural of discrimination. There is little resources and alternative for many of the women in arranged marriage. Just because cultural and societal road blocks married prevent divorce, doesn't mean it's a better.
The marriage assumptions has been debunked as linking to happiness. You should just look directly at human rights indexes and happiness survey instead.
Unless your whole ideology was people must marry, then that's a different discussion.
Good!
Is discrimination not banned in general in the US?
Is it really a thing in CA? Seems like completely pointless. Like making a law that forbids forcing slaves to ware blue shorts.
It's adding an additional class to the protected classes list. It probably didn't fall under any of the previous classes like race, religious beliefs, or national origins. So technically you could discriminate against them based on caste just like you can discriminate against people under the age of 40.
So I wouldn't call it pointless especially given that people from regions who face caste discrimination were the ones pushing for the law. It's not just some cheap PR stunt from a government. It might only affect a very small minority but that's exactly what these kinds of laws are supposed to do, protect a vulnerable group.
Additionally, Fresno is home to a large Asian-American population, particularly Hmong. Fresno was a primary destination for Hmong immigrants after they fled from Laos following the Vietnam war.
It makes sense to me that Fresno would pass this law, it probably impacts more people than we would care to admit.
