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SEATTLE BECOMES FIRST US CITY TO BAN CASTE DISCRIMINATION
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Kim Swan
Seattle made history by becoming the first city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination.
It also became the first in the world to pass this type of law outside of South Asia.
The Seattle City Council added caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, according to AP News.
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“I’m emotional because this is the first time such an ordinance has been passed anywhere in the world outside of South Asia,” said Yogesh Mane, a Seattle resident who grew up as an “untouchable” in India. “It’s a historic moment.”
Although calls to outlaw the discrimination have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the U.S., it has been getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who claim that the legislation “maligns a specific community.”
Thenmozhi Soudararajan, who works to push caste discrimination laws as the executive director of California-based Equality Labs, called the vote “a culture war that has been won.”
“We got the support of over 200 organizations from Seattle and around the country,” she said. “The South Asian community has united to say we want to heal from the trauma of caste.”
Council Member Sara Nelson, who voted against the ordinance, agreed with opponents who claim it’s “a reckless, harmful solution to a problem for which we have no data or research.”
“That’s like saying gender discrimination laws single out all men,” said Council Member Lisa Herbold. “And just because we have a small population that is experiencing [caste discrimination] that doesn’t make it any less important.”
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