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Apparently caste based discrimination is such a widely prevalent problem that some US jurisdiction are now making it specifically illegal: https://www.theguard

Apparently caste based discrimination is such a widely prevalent problem that some US jurisdiction are now making it specifically illegal: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/21/seattle-ban-caste-based-discrimination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/21/seattle-ban-... I had absolutely no idea this was even a thing in the US before reading about it.

tristor 3y ago
> I had absolutely no idea this was even a thing in the US before reading about it. Yeah, it's absurd, but it's highly impactful because of the prevalence of Indians in high-paying careers in the US. Indians make up nearly 2% of the US population, and the Indian diaspora is heavily concentrated in just a few coastal tech hub cities, so they make up a sizeable proportion of both the population and the workforce in the tech industry. Caste-based discrimination is therefore highly impactful, and it makes sense that it's now getting the attention from US authorities.