Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant wants to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws
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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 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThi...
If this proposed ordinance passes, Seattle will become the first city in the U.S. to outlaw caste-based discrimination.