California state senator aishabbwahab introduced a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste-based discrimination. Now she's receiving violent threats
after a talk that she organized with Tehnmozhi Soundararajan, the founder of Equality Labs, was canceled amid a disinformation campaign claiming Soundararajan was Hindu-phobic.elected to California’s state senate, introduced a bill that would explicitly include caste as a protected category in California’s anti-discrimination laws. The bill has been introduced but not yet come up for a vote in either chamber.
My constituents have spoken to me about caste-based discrimination in housing and education. Many Dalit women have spoken about receiving death and rape threats for speaking out. We’ve had several people come into the office with varying levels of anger. Some just wanted to learn more. Others have been far more belligerent—yelling, screaming and being very verbally abusive to staff.
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