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Lots of claims in this article but I'd love to hear more details. What part of the civil rights law protects against caste discrimination? How would this law je

Lots of claims in this article but I'd love to hear more details. What part of the civil rights law protects against caste discrimination? How would this law jeopardize or put other businesses at risk?

olliej 3y ago
Well we know the discrimination happens, and currently is not prevented by courts. The harm to businesses, is that say you own a business and don't want to serve people of the wrong caste, now you can't. That's very damaging to you as you want to be a bigot but you've lost that freedom.
- belltaco 3y ago
  You're making a lot of assertions with no sources across multiple comments. >Well we know the discrimination happens, and currently is not prevented by courts. How do 'we' know that? > The harm to businesses, is that say you own a business and don't want to serve people of the wrong caste, now you can't. That's very damaging to you as you want to be a bigot but you've lost that freedom. You're also losing business and violating laws.
  - olliej 3y ago
    > How do 'we' know that? This particular law came about in response to a suit against Cisco iirc in which a significant problem was "is caste discrimination illegal" that led to the case being dismissed. Or you could do a fairly quickly search on twitter or mastodon for many people talking about how they directly experienced caste based discrimination. A person I followed talked about how that discrimination occurred until they married a "higher" caste person and suddenly semi-regular questions about how they got to the US, how they could get their job, etc disappeared when they took their partner's name. > You're also losing business and violating laws. You're only violating laws if the discrimination is illegal. You aren't losing business as we're talking about people you're actively choosing to discriminate against, if anything you're being forced to accept more business, not less.

olliej 3y ago

Well we know the discrimination happens, and currently is not prevented by courts. The harm to businesses, is that say you own a business and don't want to serve people of the wrong caste, now you can't. That's very damaging to you as you want to be a bigot but you've lost that freedom.

belltaco 3y ago
You're making a lot of assertions with no sources across multiple comments. >Well we know the discrimination happens, and currently is not prevented by courts. How do 'we' know that? > The harm to businesses, is that say you own a business and don't want to serve people of the wrong caste, now you can't. That's very damaging to you as you want to be a bigot but you've lost that freedom. You're also losing business and violating laws.
- olliej 3y ago
  > How do 'we' know that? This particular law came about in response to a suit against Cisco iirc in which a significant problem was "is caste discrimination illegal" that led to the case being dismissed. Or you could do a fairly quickly search on twitter or mastodon for many people talking about how they directly experienced caste based discrimination. A person I followed talked about how that discrimination occurred until they married a "higher" caste person and suddenly semi-regular questions about how they got to the US, how they could get their job, etc disappeared when they took their partner's name. > You're also losing business and violating laws. You're only violating laws if the discrimination is illegal. You aren't losing business as we're talking about people you're actively choosing to discriminate against, if anything you're being forced to accept more business, not less.