The OHRC said while caste is not a prescribed protected category, it is covered by international human rights law and hence, can be protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
The OHRC said while caste is not a prescribed protected category, it is covered by international human rights law and hence, can be protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
I’m glad this has happened, but also sad and surprised that this wasn’t already illegal.
I’ll need to add another category of privilege to my spiel about recognizing my privileges that I give to students before addressing topics related to prejudice.
I’ve known about caste for decades, too, but I hadn’t connected the dots to oppression in Canada today. Should have been obvious, in retrospect. But I suppose it’s hard to know about prejudices that don’t target us directly.