Correct. The state of California @CalDFEH filed a lawsuit against @Cisco in federal court, then dropped it and re-filed in state court. I've read the complaint, & it's full of anti-Hindu racist bias. The state's lawsuit is so absurd that it even tries to define Hinduism: 1/n
https://twitter.com/earthlypath/status/1345674299403771909
"As a strict Hindu social and religious hierarchy, India’s caste system defines a person’s status based on their religion, ancestry, national origin/ethnicity, and race/color—or the caste into Which they are born—and will remain until death." 2/n
"44. Despite Doe’s repeated attempts to bring the caste-based and related discrimination, harassment, and retaliation to Defendant Cisco’s attention in 2016 and 2017, Cisco failed to recognize casteism as a form of unlawful religion..." 3/n
Did the state bother to reference Hindu scriptures or a Hindu scholar? Of course not. Instead, they refer to a human rights organization with a dubious history, Human Rights Watch, and a known anti-Hindu group, Equality Labs. 4/n
Discrimination is discrimination and should be addressed. But why in the world is California trying to define Hinduism, or caste, or conflating the two? Has @CalDFEH ever heard of the US Constitution? Separation of church & state? 5/n
And why is the state of California propagating false information about one of the world's largest religions? This is both racist and dangerous. It's bigotry at its best. 6/n
There is a nexus of the usual anti-Hindu groups & activists supporting this, feeding false information to the state, & cheering it on. Like the anti-CAA resolutions, they're trying to dupe one state, in the hopes of creating a wave. 7/n
If you are a Hindu American, & especially if you live in California, you need to pay very close attention to this lawsuit. 8/n
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