Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia.

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