California Senate Committee Approves Bill to End Racial Discrimination

California’s Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed a bill seeking to ban caste discrimination in the state amid strong opposition from Indian-American business and temple organizations. The California State Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday in favor of a proposal to send a bill banning racial discrimination to the Senate for approval. This is the first time a US state legislature will consider a race-related law. Upon passage of the bill, ‘race’ in California would become a protected category under the state’s anti-discrimination law.

With this, California, America’s most populous state, will become the first US state to ban racial discrimination. Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Indian-origin Dalit rights activist and author of The Trauma of Caste, said, “Today, I proudly stand with members of my caste-oppressed community, pioneers and allies of the caste equality movement, to say That the victims of racial discrimination in California are now one step closer to receiving the protections they deserve.”

Soundararajan said, “There is an urgent need for this law. Cases of discrimination against the Asian-American community are quite high in California. Therefore, we have gathered here to demand our freedom.” Provincial Senator Ayesha Wahab introduced the bill last month. Ayesha Wahab is the first Muslim and the first Afghan-American woman to be elected to the California Senate. Prominent Indian-American hotel and temple organizations have opposed the bill, saying that if it becomes law, the number of lawsuits filed against temples and small businesses alleging caste discrimination will increase, affecting their image and business Will happen.

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