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‘Profound and historic’: Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
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Seattle lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation to ban caste discrimination in a move that could impact tech workers and companies. The first-in-the-nation law aims to address a social practice that…
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‘Profound and historic’: Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
A proposed ordinance in Seattle would add caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws. The origins of the caste system in India date back 3,000 years.
Seattle City Council members are preparing to vote on whether to add caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws. If approved, Seattle would become the first city in the United States to do so.
Supporters say caste is not covered by current protections, while opponents say the move will malign a community that is already the target of prejudice.
Seattle lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation to ban caste discrimination in a move that could impact tech workers and companies. The first-in-the-nation law aims to address a social practice that…
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia.
Seattle added caste as a protected category in the city's anti-discrimination laws, making it the first city in the U.S. to outlaw such discrimination.
The Seattle City Council has added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to specifically ban caste discrimination.
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step. The Seattle City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that amends the city’s municipal code to include caste as a protected class, alongside categories…
Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.
SEATTLE — Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian
Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans. An ordinance introduced by District 4 Councilmember Kshama Sawant — Seattle's only elected socialist and the only Indian member of the counc…
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