California Civil Rights Department accepts caste not essential part of Hinduism.

The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has altered its previous lawsuit against Cisco Systems, exclaiming that caste and caste-based discrimination are not integral components of Hindu religious beliefs and practices. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) heralded this change as an important step in upholding the First Amendment religious rights of Hindu Americans. However, HAF critiqued the CRD's reliance on a faulty survey and misleading assertions about caste discrimination in India and its connection to skin color-based racism in the United States. The CRD continues to pursue its case against Cisco Systems, eliciting plans from HAF to hold the CRD accountable for potentially violating the constitutional rights of Hindu and Indian Americans in California.

February 07, 2024
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