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The bill was introduced exactly one month after Seattle became the first US city to outlaw caste discrimination after its local council passed a resolution moved by an Indian-American politician and economist

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Scores of Indian-Americans held a peaceful rally in California to register their protest against a Democratic senator for introducing a bill in the states Senate seeking to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination. World News | Indian-Americans Stage Peaceful Rally Against Legislation on Caste-based Discrimination.

Among Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid.

One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid.

Kshama Sawant has proposed an ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws. If her fellow council members approve it...

Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant wants to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws

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.

If passed Tuesday, the law will become a first in the U.S.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/seattle-considers-historic-law-barring-caste-discrimination/"></div>One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she asked her grandfather why he used ...