It’s official: our movement has WON a historic, first-in-the-nation ban on caste discrimination in Seattle! Now we need to build a movement to spread this victory around the country ✊ pic.twitter.com/1mBJ1W3v6j
— Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) February 22, 2023
6-1.
And, with that the first-in-the-nation legislation on caste-based discrimination was passed in Seattle.What an inspiring movement we built!
We thank Councilmember @cmkshama for sponsoring the ordinance and her advocacy.
Now, #BanCasteInUSA ✊🏻 pic.twitter.com/O1kKjUrvfY
— Ambedkar International Center (AIC) (@ambedkar_center) February 22, 2023
Seattle Made history, becoming a FIRST CITY in USA, enacted a law to BAN CASTE based discriminations!
Thank you Council Woman Kshama Sawant @cmkshama! #castefreeseattle #bancaste #cmkshama https://t.co/LN936nE0nm
— Durai Sundarackannan (@DuraikkannanS) February 22, 2023
But this is the culture of the Indians?
These people said they wanted “multiculturalism” – why are they forcing Jewish culture on these Indians they brought in to enrich them?
Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination on Tuesday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws.
The move addresses an issue important to the area’s South Asian diaspora, particularly the Indian and Hindu communities. India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of rigid social stratification.
“The fight against caste discrimination is deeply connected to the fight against all forms of oppression,” Kshama Sawant, an Indian American Seattle City Council member, said.
The caste system dates back thousands of years and allows many privileges to upper castes but represses lower castes. The Dalit community is on the lowest rung of the Indian Hindu caste system and have been treated as “untouchables.”
“Caste discrimination doesn’t only take place in other countries. 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,” Sawant said when her office introduced the proposal to ban caste-based discrimination in Seattle.
I guess the Indians can still express their diversity by shitting in the street and writing shitty code.