![California state Sen. Aisha Wahab introduced a bill on March 22 to protect against caste discrimination in the state. State Senate lawmakers approved the measure on May 11.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2023/05/hypatia-h_5ab3174cdb607ed579bf09a96ba70767-h_bfa5e808c50ad9f3bb643cb6c5296238-300-375x225.jpg)
California Senate passes a bill to ban caste discrimination. It could become the first state to enact such a law
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include protections against discrimination based on a person’s perceived caste. The measure, the first such effort by a US state legislature, would
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