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  2. Why does caste discrimination need to be banned in the US? - AOL

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    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.

  3. Caste discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Caste is not officially recognized by law as a category of discrimination in the United States. [14] [15] The reason is that caste discrimination was not a well-known phenomenon when the laws were written. [2] It has come to light only in recent times due to recent reports of discrimination.

  4. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Wikipedia

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    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson, published in August 2020 by Random House.The book describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system—a society-wide system of social stratification characterized by notions such as hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, and purity.

  5. Caste Discrimination Exists in the U.S., Too—But a ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination - AOL

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    Supporters and opponents of a proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws rally on the steps of Seattle City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Seattle.

  7. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The Caste system does not demarcate racial division. The Caste system is a social division of people of the same race." [333] Various sociologists, anthropologists and historians have rejected the racial origins and racial emphasis of caste and consider the idea to be one that has purely political and economic undertones. Beteille writes that ...

  8. Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Inequality was present in the workforce which lead over to the residential areas. This study provides this statistic of "The median household income of African Americans were 62 percent of non-Hispanic Whites ($27,910 vs. $44,504)" [ 137 ] Blacks were forced by the system to be in urban and poor areas while the whites lived together, being able ...

  9. California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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    California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw the practise passed the California Assembly late on Monday. U.S. discrimination laws ban ...