Is Newsome's claim that caste discrimination is already banned based on existing laws against discrimination on race, ethnicity, etc accurate?
Why was anybody pushing for this bill if that's already the case?
Why was anybody pushing for this bill if that's already the case?
They likely shot it down because 'caste' carries a very different meaning in American parlance. It mostly relates to wealth and they absolutely DO want to discriminate on that basis.
If I had to bet though it was a security thing. They want caste named explicitly because a good deal of Indian immigrants are dealing with it despite it supposedly being illegal.
If you want to know the details you can read all my previous comments and follow the links from here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37692617