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Caste discrimination in the United States is a form of discrimination based on the social hierarchy which is determined by a person's birth. [1] Though the use of the term caste is more prevalent in South Asia and Bali , in the United States, Indian Americans also use the term caste.
Unlike regional films, Hindi films are still dominated by upper-caste filmmakers and stories, even when they attempt to discuss caste discrimination. Article 15 (2019) is a crime thriller that stars a Brahmin hero who helps Dalit villagers by investigating the murder of two Dalit girls, and works to erase caste discrimination in the police ...
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 ...
Caste-based discrimination and social stigma can still affect the experiences of students from marginalized communities in academic institutions. Universities are a crucial place of integration and moving to offer equitable opportunity beyond just attendance, but implementing protective policies to ensure students can be successful.
Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. But the movement is ...
Indians in the US are facing a two-fold caste problem: Discrimination is rampant, yet people don’t entirely understand it. Apple denouncing caste-based discrimination is an anomaly in Silicon Valley
Caste-related violence in India has occurred and continues to occur in various forms. According to a report by Human Rights Watch: inhuman, and degrading treatment of over 165 million people in India has been justified on the basis of caste. Caste is descent-based and hereditary in nature. It is a characteristic determined by one's birth into a ...
California lawmakers have cleared a bill that would explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature.