How Caste Discrimination Continues to Affect South Asian Californians | KQED
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Caste issues have surfaced prominently in Silicon Valley, where Indian workers with bachelor's degrees made up 27% of tech workers in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in 2021.In April 2021, the Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission held informational hearings about caste discrimination.In 2020, what is now the state Civil Rights Department sued Cisco, the San José-based networking and cloud management company, and two engineers after an employee filed a complaint alleging he received less pay and fewer opportunities because he was Dalit.
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