Cisco Caste Case, Sundar Iyer, dangers to Hindus in the US, discriminatory SB403 law and ‘John Doe’: False allegations fuelling Hinduphobia
1 year, 4 months ago

Cisco Caste Case, Sundar Iyer, dangers to Hindus in the US, discriminatory SB403 law and ‘John Doe’: False allegations fuelling Hinduphobia

Op India  

On 16th July 2023, Sundar Iyer, the main defendant in the Cisco Caste case, shared his experience at the Caste Con’23 on the legal battle that he fought because of a bogus case of caste discrimination filed against him and his colleague Ramana Kompella by a person identified as ‘John Doe’. Contrary to CRD’s claims, Iyer said not only did he hire Doe allegedly even if he knew his caste but also offered all of the top three leadership positions at his Cisco startup, including the position of the head of engineering that Doe claimed discrimination against to another Dalit, the same lowest caste as Doe. Calling themselves the best and only example of America’s caste litigation, Iyer said that despite giving top leadership positions to a Dalit, he was accused of caste discrimination. The case against Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella On 10th April 2023, CRD voluntarily dismissed its infamous ‘caste discrimination’ case against two Indian-origin Cisco Systems Inc. engineers in the Superior Court.

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Rutgers Caste Report lacks substantial evidence of caste-discrimination
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rutgers Caste Report lacks substantial evidence of caste-discrimination

Op India  

In August 2024, a task force at Rutgers University released a “Caste Report,” which they wanted to push forward to include “caste” as a new protected category under the university’s discrimination policy. It said, however, “that these personal stories do justify comprehensive policy changes.” Recommendations for Policy Changes With less-than-substantial evidence of caste-based discrimination at Rutgers to go on, the …

Caste discrimination case against 2 Indian-origin engineers dismissed in US
1 year, 8 months ago

Caste discrimination case against 2 Indian-origin engineers dismissed in US

ABP News  

Washington, Apr 11 : The California Civil Rights Department has dismissed a caste discrimination case against two Indian-origin Cisco engineers. "Two Indian-Americans endured a nearly three-year nightmare of unending investigations, a brutal online witch hunt, and a presumption of guilt in the media after the CRD sullied their reputation alleging that they engaged in discrimination based on caste," said Suhag …

New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California
1 year, 9 months ago

New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California

The Hindu  

California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and the tech sector where they hold key roles. Wahab said caste discrimination is “a social justice and civil rights issue.” “People came to this country so they can …

New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California
1 year, 9 months ago

New bill aims to outlaw caste discrimination in California

Associated Press  

California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and the tech sector where they hold key roles. Wahab said caste discrimination is “a social justice and civil rights issue.” “People came to this country so they can …

Calls to tackle caste-based discrimination in US gather steam
3 years, 7 months ago

Calls to tackle caste-based discrimination in US gather steam

Al Jazeera  

Dalit rights groups call for legal protections as high-profile cases at a Hindu temple in New Jersey and a major tech firm in California spur a reckoning. “If steps aren’t taken now, we run the risk of this system spreading and calcifying in the United States.” Several technology companies have faced allegations of caste-based discrimination in the workplace in recent …

Case of caste bias at Cisco Systems: Even 'progressive' Silicon Valley elites not immune to new strain of discrimination
4 years, 4 months ago

Case of caste bias at Cisco Systems: Even 'progressive' Silicon Valley elites not immune to new strain of discrimination

Firstpost  

This will hopefully provoke the creation of caste as new grounds for discrimination in the United States. The varying subjective threshold of what may constitute “harassment” interferes with John Doe’s caste identity and legitimises a disbelief of Doe’s allegations. The case of “Dalit distrust” is further strengthened when an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 …

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