The bill passed out of the state Senate 31-5 on Tuesday. It now needs the governor’s signature.
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say caste discrimination that’s existed across South Asia persists in the U.S. among immigrants. If it is signed into law, California would be the first state to explicitly ban caste discrimination.It’s a social status system that one is born into. The lowest-ranked group, Dalits, say they continue to face bias even after moving to the U.S.Its critics say that the bill sponsored by Sen.
in the nation to add caste as a protected category, leading to a lawsuit from two Hindu professors, including one from Cal State, Long Beach.The bill cleared its final legislative hurdle when it passed out of the state Senate 31-5, with the dissenting votes cast by Republicans. It needs the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom to become law.
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