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Caste matters : California Assembly passes anti-caste Bill, soon to make it official state law (www.thenewsminute.com)
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In another significant moment for the movement against caste discrimination in the United States, a Bill to make caste discrimination illegal was passed by the California State Assembly on Monday, August 28, with 50 votes in its favour and only three against it. It was earlier passed by the state's Senate in May this year. With its passage in the state Assembly, California will become the first US state to ban caste discrimination. The legislation will add caste as a protected category under 'ancestry' in California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Education, and Housing codes.

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[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I am Indian and know people who have moved to the US. Irrespective of which party they supported in India, most Indian-Americans support the Democrats in the US. This is because of two reasons:-

  1. The Indian political landscape is to the left of the US landscape. So right-wing parties in India are often similar, policy-wise, to centrist Democrats or moderate Republicans.

  2. Even rich, upper-caste Indians face racial discrimination in the US.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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Lol, suuuuure

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

???

In the 2020 Carnegie endowment survey, ndian-Americans preferred Biden to Trump 72% to 22%. The three biggest issues for them were economics, healthcare and racism.

From the people whom I know, the biggest concerns were the lack of free healthcare and free / cheap higher education, and racism. Nowadays gun violence and restrictions on abortions are also factors they consider.

[-] xuxebiko@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Oppressor uppercaste Indians want democratic values, secularism, and affirmative action in countries where they are a minority so that they can benefit from those policies. Where they'hold the reigns of power, they want casteism, religious extremism, and patriarchy.

@givesomefucks

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Exactly. In each situation, they are supporting the party that would benefit them.

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