Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination by mdgrech23 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:47AM (#34897405)

So if you are decsriminated against in another country you should get advantages here in the US? That seems wrong.

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Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination by xhkkffbf on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @11:44AM (#34898320)

I think the point is that the people in US companies who are caste sensitive -- often after growing up in an Indian household-- are using their positions of power to hurt some castes. Remember that many of the big (and small) tech companies in the US are run by the Desi.

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Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination by MiguelX413 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @11:53AM (#34898481)

Caste discrimination in American tech etc. is very precedented, hence the laws here. I.e. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23697083

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Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination by pewpew2020 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:09PM (#34899996)

There was only one case brought by Equality Labs, the Cisco case, which was thrown out. Any perceived discrimination also will be made out to be caste discrimination as there is money to be made, benefits to be had.

Upper caste manager dings lower caste employee for performance --> caste discrimination

Upper caste employee talks back to lower caste manager ---> caste discrimination

This is how things will play out.

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