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Re:An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has t... by superfrank on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:25PM (#37394035)
1. There are plenty of laws that, in practice, only affect certain groups. There are plenty of laws around reproductive rights and sexual assault that are written in a way that they effectively target only one gender. Certain professions such as doctors and lawyers have regulations around what they can and cannot do because of their professions. Certain taxes effectively target only certain socio-economic classes.

2. Opponents of this say that it only targets a certain group of people, but for the exact same reasons, it also only protects one group of people.

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Re:An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has t... by borski on Saturday September 09, 2023 @12:48AM (#37442388)
To be clear, I agree with you. I just disagree with the idea that it doesn't target a specific group / help a specific group. It does. I also don't see anything wrong with that.
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