Great, good luck enforcing that. Good luck even verifying caste identity. The last name is not even close to 100% valid in determining caste identity. Also, I think whether we admit it or not, we definitely have a notion of caste in the west except it’s a combination of race and socioeconomic identity. Growing up my white friends had a whole network of friends with summer homes and we once took a tour around the USA just staying in unoccupied summer homes of rich white friends.
An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
31–40 of 324 posts
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#32Honestly it should be banned worldwide. It's incredibly backwards and anachronistic.
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Caste discrimination is illegal in India. So according to your logic, perhaps codifying and banning it seems to be working then.
Yes, but that's because the caste system was prevalent in India. It's really not a thing in the US, and so codifying it seems to give it some sort of legitimacy or something.
There has been several discussion here on HN about how it is a thing among greencard workers.
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#34I'm legitimately confused about the strength of opposition to the measure. It seems like it should be a small, uncontroversial, update to protected categories. Are people opposing the term "caste" appearing in U.S. law? Is the concern that the law will cause other Americans to judge Indian/Nepalese/Sri Lankan communities? If anyone here can explain the emotional significance of the bill to someone who is not South As…
[deleted]
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#35It’s dumb. They’re trying to get caste codified and defined where all it will do is extend the longevity of a system that is genuinely on its way to being forgotten, even in India.
So in the article we got to see a whole lot of "It's embarrassing me that you would even bring this up" arguments and now in this comment we get to see the "It doesn't even matter anyways, and you talking about it is making it worse" arguments, all classic defensive positions when someone definitely supports a system that is being exposed as toxic.
[deleted]
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#36Here's are some video clips of the head of Equality Labs, who is shown in the picture featured in this article. She claims that Nazis in Germany were actually Hindus, as support for her point of view.
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#37[dead]
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#38[flagged]
They should just write it’s everyone’s issue (except for men?)
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#39[flagged]
I don’t understand the joke angle on this. In what way is protecting rights via state statute any more of a joke than, say, the US Constitution?
Re: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
#40[flagged]
[deleted]