<story><title>An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/04/ban-caste-discrimination-california-bill-00113817</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whats_a_quasar</author><text>I&amp;#x27;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 &amp;quot;caste&amp;quot; appearing in U.S. law? Is the concern that the law will cause other Americans to judge Indian&amp;#x2F;Nepalese&amp;#x2F;Sri Lankan communities?&lt;p&gt;If anyone here can explain the emotional significance of the bill to someone who is not South Asian, I&amp;#x27;d appreciate it!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>slowmovintarget</author><text>It appears that the South Asian community in California is angry that the bill would mean that caste discrimination exists, and there seems to be the implication that many in that community want to bring that aspect of their culture with them to America.&lt;p&gt;The actual bill: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;leginfo.legislature.ca.gov&amp;#x2F;faces&amp;#x2F;billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB403&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;leginfo.legislature.ca.gov&amp;#x2F;faces&amp;#x2F;billTextClient.xhtm...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/04/ban-caste-discrimination-california-bill-00113817</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whats_a_quasar</author><text>I&amp;#x27;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 &amp;quot;caste&amp;quot; appearing in U.S. law? Is the concern that the law will cause other Americans to judge Indian&amp;#x2F;Nepalese&amp;#x2F;Sri Lankan communities?&lt;p&gt;If anyone here can explain the emotional significance of the bill to someone who is not South Asian, I&amp;#x27;d appreciate it!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>margalabargala</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s mentioned in the article is that as caste is a primarily SE Asian phenomenon, this is a bill that targets SE Asians. People tend not to like being singled out on the basis of their race.&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in the article was one person who tried to address this by banning discrimination &amp;quot;on the basis of ancestry, including caste&amp;quot; which seems to me to be a completely reasonable adjustment.</text></comment>