1.0Communicating Across Cultureshttps://acrossculturesweb.com/wprgjoneshttps://acrossculturesweb.com/wp/author/rgjones/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MHfhTKmfWx"><a href="https://acrossculturesweb.com/wp/caste-discrimination-banned-in-seattle/">Caste discrimination banned in Seattle</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://acrossculturesweb.com/wp/caste-discrimination-banned-in-seattle/embed/#?secret=MHfhTKmfWx" width="600" height="338" title="“Caste discrimination banned in Seattle” — Communicating Across Cultures" data-secret="MHfhTKmfWx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://acrossculturesweb.com/wp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> This past week the City Council of Seattle voted to ban discrimination based on caste. This references the hierarchical social division in South Asia which places some castes, such as Brahmins higher than lower-ranked castes, particularly Dalits (formerly called “Untouchables”). As Seattle is not located in Asia, but in the US state of Washington, this […]https://acrossculturesweb.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/caste-system-300x279.png