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The Ambedkar International Center and other Dalit organizations filed an amicus curiae brief, arguing that the California law does in fact prohibit caste discrimination. [51] The Hindu nationalist advocacy group Hindu American Foundation (HAF) filed a claim in a United States District Court stating that the California department infringed on ...
The first wave of Hindu diaspora in America was predominantly Punjabi Sikhs, who migrated to the West Coast in the early 20th century due to economic hardships in India. Many young men laboured in agriculture, railroads, and lumberyards, establishing communities and the first Sikh gurdwara in California by 1912.
Sikhism's relationship to the caste system is a complex and controversial topic in the modern-period. [1] [2] Although the discriminatory practices derived from the Indian caste system is repudiated by the religion's tenets, which stresses upon humanity's oneness, castes continue to be recognized and followed by much of the Sikh community, including prejudices and biases resulting from it.
The caste system is among the world's oldest forms of rigid social stratification. Here are some examples of recent policy steps across North America to fight caste discrimination: SEATTLE
Now California may add caste as a protected category to its state law, becoming the first state to make discrimination based on caste explicitly illegal. In recent weeks, there have been efforts ...
In August 2021, the California Democratic Party added caste as a protected category to their Party Code of Conduct. Caste Discrimination Exists in the U.S., Too—But a Movement to Outlaw It Is ...
In 2010, HAF issued a report titled "Hinduism: Not Cast in Caste" alleging that Christian missionaries were able to push their proselytizing agenda only because of the prevalence of caste discrimination in India; it went on to argue that caste cannot be considered to be an intrinsic definitional aspect of Hinduism due to a lack of theological ...
Indians in the U.S. surely have experiences with American racism, but if Indian-Americans privileged by the caste system take on liberal politics, they often do so without acknowledging the role ...