Agreed. Honestly I think these bills are purely symbolic since casteism is racism is discrimination against a protected class. So if they don't matter and are p

Agreed. Honestly I think these bills are purely symbolic since casteism is racism is discrimination against a protected class. So if they don't matter and are purely symbolic, what's wrong with passing the bill? The only argument against these bills that id be sympathetic to (that I don't really see that many people making) is that specifically focusing on caste might create a legal precedent that casteism and similar forms of discrimination aren't covered under existing statutes and lay the groundwork for other systems of discrimination to be shielded from anti-discrimination laws. But I don't see how just reaffirming that caste is a protected class is objectionable beyond, well, beyond the obvious reasons. I certainly don't appreciate a bunch of casteist whackos with too much political power pretending to represent me as a part of the "Indian American community" to Gavin Newsom. Y'all can fuck right off with that bullshit.