California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has introduced legislation adding caste as a protected category under the state's anti-discrimination laws
caste-based bias
Those at the lowest strata of the caste system known as Dalits, have been increasingly calling for such legislation saying they have faced this kind of discrimination in the United States. But such policies remain divisive.“People came to this country so they can be free and can pursue their American dream without any disruption to their lives," Wahab said, adding that she heard about this form of discrimination growing up in Fremont, California, and living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A 2020 survey of Indian Americans by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found caste discrimination was reported by 5% of survey respondents. While 53% of foreign-born Hindu Indian Americans said they affiliate with a caste group, only 34% of U.S. born Hindu Indian Americans said they do the same.
Kalra said California legislators should be protecting everyone's civil rights, but “they are instead trampling the fundamental constitutional rights of specific minority communities.” Gupta said she is backing the bill because those facing caste discrimination have no protection or legal recourse right now.
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