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Re:Newsom vetoes a proposed ban on caste discrimination in C... by whatsup7123 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:47PM (#37807147)
It is accounted for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unruh_Civil_Rights_Act

"...the unlawful discrimination is in part based on a person's sex, race, color, religion, *ancestry*..."

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Re:Newsom vetoes a proposed ban on caste discrimination in C... by gnicholas on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:53PM (#37807183)
That appears to cover consumers, but doesn’t cover employees. Is there another law that also refers to ancestry that applies in the employment context?
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Re:Newsom vetoes a proposed ban on caste discrimination in C... by whatsup7123 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:00PM (#37807211)
FEHA covers this. Between the two, consumers and employees are already protected.
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Re:Newsom vetoes a proposed ban on caste discrimination in C... by ethanbond on Monday October 09, 2023 @08:33PM (#37827207)
I’ve been convinced by your points here (and a few others). I strongly strongly suspect caste discrimination is a real thing that happens and that is hard to detect/address, but agreed that it’s adequately accounted for legislatively, at least in California. And yeah, I’ve been convinced of the potential negative effects of such additional legislation, redundant or not.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts + info!

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