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21
February
2023

Seattle's council votes to prohibit caste discrimination

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📅 21 February 2023 📍 United States

Seattle's City Council passed legislation adding caste to its anti-discrimination protections. The measure responded to campaigning around inherited hierarchy and exclusion in diaspora settings. Including this struggle in a decolonial timeline highlights connections between systems of ascribed status while retaining the distinction between caste and race.

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Kshama Sawant

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Seattle City Council

anti-caste campaigners