Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18
Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18

South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18

A group of caste equity leaders have been fasting for more than two weeks to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make caste discrimination illegal in California.
So fucking sign it, Gavin! It’s cleared both houses of Congress. There are a lot of Indian hiring managers in California and caste is very real for Indians in the world today. It should totally be included in our existing anti discrimination laws.
Newsom is weighing the pros 7 cons. On the pro side, it'll reinforce his & the Dems image as being anti-racist, anti-discrimination, and pro-democracy. On the flip side, most of the US voters of Indian origin (no matter what generation of Indian immigrants they belong to) are from the oppressor castes and his action might cost him & the Dems their votes. I'm not even joking about how entrenched caste is in an Indian's upbringing, or how much oppressor castes hate losing their Brahmin-created caste superiority.
In case you are interested, I just posted a long comment on caste in this thread at https://kbin.social/m/world@lemmy.world/t/481152/Caste-matters-South-Asian-activists-hunger-strike-to-ban-caste#entry-comment-2551757
Makes sense. It’s usually the wealthy classes who even have the resources to immigrate to America. The truly downtrodden masses from other countries are stuck there.
Thank you.