Caste discrimination in the United States

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Caste discrimination in the United States is a form of discrimination based on the social hierarchy which is determined by a person's birth. Though the use of the term caste is more prevalent in South Asia and Bali, in the United States, South Asian Americans also use the term caste. Caste is not officially recognized by law in the United States, except in Seattle, Washington. On February 21, 2023, Seattle became the first U.S. jurisdiction to add caste to its list of categories protected against discrimination. In other places such as California, caste is implicitly covered as a subset of other categories under anti-discrimination laws.

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