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Fresno Bans ''Caste Discrimination

 

Fresno in California is now the second US city to ban caste discrimination as authorities marked caste and indigeneity under two new protected categories into its municipal code.

 

The caste system – one of the oldest forms of social stratification that denies basic dignity and human rights to lower castes – is increasingly coming under scrutiny in the US by activists who oppose the discriminatory system and its practice across the country and have called it another form of racism.

 

Fresno city council vice president Annalisa Perea said she is proud of the Californian city for “raising the bar on civil rights protection”.

 

“It is an honour and a dream to have brought freedom for so many peoples in Fresno with this historic win,” Amar Daroch, president of local Sikh temple Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, said in a news release.

 

“There are so many of us who are survivors of global caste systems,” the Fresno resident said.

 

Earlier this year, Seattle became the first US city to outlaw caste discrimination.

 

In late August, the state assembly in California cleared a bill in the US state aiming to ban caste discrimination. After near-unanimous voting, it was also passed by the state Senate in early September.

 

The bill now awaits a signature from governor Gavin Newsom.

 

Once signed into law, the bill will deem California the first US state to ban caste discrimination.

 

In Canada, a city council vote and Toronto’s school board have recognized that caste discrimination existed in the city’s schools.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fresno-california-caste-discrimination-seattle-b2421432.html