In another significant moment for the movement against caste discrimination in the United States, a Bill to make caste discrimination illegal was passed by the California State Assembly on Monday, August 28, with 50 votes in its favour and only three against it. It was earlier passed by the state’s Senate in May this year. With its passage in the state Assembly, California will become the first US state to ban caste discrimination. The legislation will add caste as a protected category under ‘ancestry’ in California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Education, and Housing codes.

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      Caste oppression is not confined to ‘a state in a country’. Every pusbback against casteism a win for humanity everywhere, hence this news is in worldnews.

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      World news was always mostly USA news. Even though they specifically made it to counter news, which is also just USA news. Old Reddit tradition.