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Civil rights advocates are calling on a U.S. agency to recognize that caste discrimination is illegal under existing federal law, an issue growing more prominent as tech companies are hit with litigation by South Asian workers alleging bias based on social status. A dozen groups, including the International Commission on Dalit Rights, pressed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to acknowledge that the practice of discriminating against historically oppressed South Asian groups is “an urgent contemporary U.S. civil rights and social justice issue,” according to a memo sent to the agency on Monday and obtained by Bloomberg Law. ....
U.S. Civil Rights Agency Urged to Recognize Caste Discrimination Paige Smith, Bloomberg News The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seal hangs inside a hearing room at the headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. The Trump administration wants to cut fiscal year 2021 spending on the Labor Department, National Labor Relations Board, and EEOC, reviving previous belt-tightening bids that have not been approved by Congress. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg Law) Civil rights advocates are calling on a U.S. agency to recognize that caste discrimination is illegal under existing federal law, an issue growing more prominent as tech companies are hit with litigation by South Asian workers alleging bias based on social status. ....