Media Coverage — Ban on Caste Discrimination
January 25
- Flanked by tech workers and human rights supporters, Sawant to propose ‘first-in-nation’ caste protections in Seattle | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News
- Ban caste discrimination: Ambedkar Intl Center to Seattle City Council | The Siasat Daily
- Kshama Sawant introduces first law to ban caste discrimination | The American Bazaar
- Seattle city council in the US introduces legislation to ban caste discrimination | The News Minute
- First in the US: Legislation in Seattle City Council To Ban Caste Discrimination | The Quint World
- Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Introduces First-in-the-Nation Legislation to Ban Caste Discrimination | American Kahani
January 26
- Sawant pushes anti-caste discrimination law in Seattle | The Seattle Times
- Seattle’s civil rights laws don’t protect against caste discrimination — but they soon could | KUOW
- NEWS GLEAMS | Sawant Proposes Legislation Against Caste Discrimination | South Seattle Emerald
- Anti-caste discrimination legislation introduced for the first time in the United States | The Caravan
- Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant pushes anti-caste discrimination law in US state | NRI Affairs
- First step against Dalit bias in Seattle | Telegraph India
January 27
- In effort to ban caste discrimination, Seattle councilmember cites system’s link to tech industry | GeekWire
- Seattle Could Broaden Anti-Discrimination Law to Add Caste | US News
January 28
January 30
- Indian American pushes anti-caste discrimination law in Seattle | The New Indian Express (AP)
- MK Stalin lauds Seattle move to eradicate caste-based discrimination | The South First
January 31
- Indian American Council Member In Seattle Campaigns For Anti-Caste Discrimination Law | The Logical Indian
February 2
- New legislation could make Seattle the first city in North America to ban caste-based discrimination | Real Change
February 21
- Seattle council to vote on law banning caste discrimination | Al Jazeera
- How India’s caste system manifests in Seattle-area workplaces and beyond | The Seattle Times
- Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimination | KNKX Public Radio
- Seattle may become the first U.S. city to outlaw caste | AP News
- City of Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination | FOX 13 (AP)
- Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination | KOMO (AP)
- Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination | MyNorthwest.com (AP)
- Seattle City resolution seeking ban on caste discrimination sparks heated debates among Indian-Americans | The Hindu
- Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination | Los Angeles Times (AP)
- Seattle City Council considers historic law barring caste discrimination | PBS NewsHour (AP)
February 22
- Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination | BBC News
- US Ruling bans caste discrimination | BBC World Business Report
- Seattle: Why US city’s ban on caste discrimination is historic for South Asian Americans | BBC News
- Seattle bans caste-based discrimination, becoming first U.S. city to do so | The Seattle Times
- Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination | KING 5
- Seattle becomes first city in U.S. to ban caste discrimination | FOX 13
- Seattle becomes the first city to ban caste discrimination | KNKX Public Radio
- Slog AM: No Caste Discrimination in Seattle | The Stranger
- Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination | AP News
- Seattle Becomes First City in U.S. to Ban Caste Discrimination | WSJ
- Seattle bans caste discrimination, first U.S. city to do so | The Washington Post
- Seattle Becomes First US City to Ban Caste-Based Discrimination | Vice
- Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination | NPR
- Seattle becomes first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination after council vote | Reuters
- Seattle becomes 1st US city to ban caste discrimination | ABC News
- Who is Kshama Sawant, Councilwoman behind Seattle caste law | Indian Express
- Indian American Behind US’ First Caste Discrimination Ban: Who Is Kshama Sawant? | The Quint World
- Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination | Press Trust of India
- Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination | PBS NewsHour
- Alert: Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination | SF Chronicle
- Seattle council poised to vote on outlawing caste discrimination | Hope Standard
February 23
- Seattle’s Caste Bias Bill Renews Calls for Federal Guidance | Bloomberg Law
- Seattle Now the First US City to Have Banned Caste Discrimination | The Wire (India)
- Seattle made history in the US by banning discrimination based on the ancient Hindu caste system | Vice World News
- Legislation to create caste protections passes in Seattle as Sawant calls for supporters to build movement ‘to spread this victory around the country’ | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News
- Seattle City Council passes first ban of caste discrimination in the US | Real Change
- Seattle City Council bans caste discrimination | KUOW
- Seattle bans caste discrimination. What is caste discrimination? | Deseret News
- Seattle first US city to ban caste bias | World News | Hindustan Times
- Seattle Bans Caste Discrimination: What That Means And Why The Movement Against Social Stratification Is Growing | Forbes
- Seattle City Council Poised to Pass Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination | NW Asian Weekly
February 27
- US ruling to ban caste discrimination | ABC Radio National (Australia)
- When do the privileged feel like victims? When others seek equality | The Seattle Times
- Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination | The Nation
- Voice behind Seattle caste ban, Kshama Sawant: ‘Received outpouring of support’ | World News, The Indian Express
February 28
- Seattle Passes Ordinance Banning Caste Discrimination | WNYC’s The Takeaway
March 1
March 2
- Caste Discrimination Law America मध्ये Marathi Leader Kshama Sawant यांनी का आणला? | BBC News Marathi
March 3
- Why Seattle’s new law on caste bias is needed | Hindustan Times
- Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant dismisses ‘fearmongering’ objections to caste discrimination law | News9live
- Oppressed-caste immigrants face discrimination in the workplace | The American Bazaar (India)
March 6
- ‘Movement Against CAA-NRC Was Genesis of Seattle Anti-Caste Law’: Kshama Sawant | The Quint World
- Caste bias exists in US, has to be countered, says Kshama Sawant | The Newsmen
- “This is our fight for dignity”: The struggle to confront caste privilege in America | Salon
- Seattle Caste Discrimination Ban Explained: How new law will help South Asian Americans | Free Press Journal (India)
- Indian-Americans in Seattle cheer ban on caste discrimination ‘virus’ that oppresses Dalits | This Week In Asia
- Caste bias exists in US, has to be countered, says Kshama Sawant | Voice Online Canada
- Significance of caste discrimination ban in Seattle | The Leaflet India
- Seattle Becomes First US City to Ban Caste Discrimination | South Florida Gay News
- Caste bias exists in US, says Kshama Sawant | Siasat Daily
March 7
- Listen: ‘Caste Discrimination Shows Up in US Workplaces Too, As Jokes, Slurs and Other Indignities’ | The Wire Talks Podcast
- Discrimination based on caste is pervasive in South Asian communities around the world – now Seattle has banned it | The Conversation
March 9
- Seattle Makes History by Passing Anti-Caste Ordinance | The Spectator
- How and why US Seattle city banned caste discrimination – VIDEO | The News Minute
- Opinion: Confessions of an American caste traitor | International Examiner
March 10
- ‘Even On the Day of the Vote, They Were Hatching Plans to Delay or Undermine the Legislation’ | Article 14
- Seattle makes history with law on caste | Meet the Indian-American behind it | Barkha Dutt with Mojo Story
- ‘This is not a practice that is dead and gone, but one that still has an everyday connection’ | Daily UW
- Discrimination in America: Has the Die Been Cast(e)? | Strat News Global
- ‘The Campaign Against Caste Bias in US Will Now Go National’: Full Text of Kshama Sawant’s Interview | The Wire India
March 11
- After Seattle, caste battle now reaches Toronto | The Tribune India
- After Seattle, caste battle now reaches Toronto | The Hindu
- Does Caste Have a Permanent Address? | Economic and Political Weekly
- After America, now campaign against caste discrimination in Canada | News Lead India
March 14
- Calls for B.C. to recognize caste oppression after landmark decisions in Seattle, Toronto | CBC News
March 15
- Seattle ban takes on stubborn caste discrimination | Asia Times
March 16
- Seattle at forefront in adding ‘caste’ as a protected class | Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Posted: March 2nd, 2023 under Uncategorized