Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state in the nation to outlaw discrimination based on caste. Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Th
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Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have beenin California and beyond. They say it is necessary to protect them from bias in housing, education and in the tech sector — where they hold key roles.to add caste to its anti-discrimination laws. On Sept. 28, Fresno became the second U.S.
In his message Newsom called the bill “unnecessary,” explaining that California “already prohibits discrimination based on sex , race, color , religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other characteristics, and state law specifies that these civil rights protections shall be liberally construed.”
“Because discrimination based on caste is already prohibited under these existing categories, this bill is unnecessary,” he said in the statement. A United Nations report in 2016 said at least 250 million people worldwide still face caste discrimination in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Pacific regions, as well as in various diaspora communities. Caste systems are found among Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, Muslims and Sikhs.
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