.SocialistAlt Seattle City Councilmember cmkshama stressed that 'caste discrimination doesn't only take place in other countries' and said she hopes her new law banning such bigotry will become a 'beacon' for other cities to follow.
;“Seattle on Tuesday banned discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, becoming the first US city and the first in the world outside South Asia to do so https://t.co/NjrgWGZatl;”The caste system, which has existed in South Asia for millennia, divides Hindus into groups including Brahmins ; Kshatriyas ; Vaishyas ; Shudras ; and Dalits .
"Caste discrimination doesn't only take place in other countries," Sawant—who grew up in a middle-class Brahmin family in Mumbai—said in aannouncing the introduction of her bill."It is faced by South Asian-American and other immigrant working people in their workplaces, including in the tech sector, in Seattle and in cities around the country."
;“Love has won over hate as Seattle has become the first in the nation to ban caste discrimination. We have braved rape threats, death threats, disinformation, and bigotry.
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