I feel like you're making comparisons that aren't really apt. Attempting to enforce sharia law in the US in some communities is quite a bit different (and more difficult) than quiet, difficult-to-prove workplace discrimination.

> If someone drags it here with them they need to understand its their baggage.

If you're a low-caste Indian working in the US, and your high-caste boss discriminates against you, I think you'd feel pretty pissed at someone trying to claim that you're dragging your baggage with you. It's the high-caste boss that's doing the dragging.