Now Recently Seattle is the first US city to bring a law to stop caste discrimination

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This issue is raised by an Indian-American politician and economist, to add caste to its non-discrimination policy.

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The Seattle City Council voted 6 to 1 in favour of approving Kshama Sawant, an upper-caste Hindu.

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She said after getting approval that: This is our massive victory and we well spread this over in entire USA to stop discrimination

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She also mentioned that: "Caste discrimination has no place in society anywhere in the world, including here in America"

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There were around 200 organizations comes in support of this law

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The Hindu American Foundation, which had opposed the resolution through campaigning

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V Kadam of the Dalit Bahujan Solidarity Network said, the ordinance will only lead to an increase in incidents of hatred towards South Asians, including Dalits.

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Another fear is many Indian Americans worry that amending caste in law will increase the incidence of Hinduphobia in the US.

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To put fear in mind of Hindus in USA 10 Hindu temples and five statues, including those of Mahatma Gandhi and Maratha emperor Shivaji was vandalised

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