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Rejoinder to LA Times article February 3rd 2025 "It's time to end our useless DEI programs" by Matt K Lewis
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Geeta Sikand - Sat, 01, Mar 2025
- 15:34 EST
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Re: http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=9debd45a-38cc-400f-82e8-dfb9c53bf041/
Kudos to Lewis for weighing in on the long arm of the diversity initiatives. American Hindus welcomed Trump’s pushback against DEI with great relief. Despite the well-intentioned principles of ‘diversity, inclusion and equality,’ Hindus were targeted by the deliberate framing of CA SB 403, a duplicitous bill. It was introduced in February 2023 by Senator Wahab and partnered by Equality Labs, a veiled social justice organization that promotes negative stereotypes about Hindus.* (*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQ4r4ElLyQ/)
To underscore, the intent of the bill was to stigmatize all Hindus with a broad brush. It was vetoed by Governor Newsom for the following reasons: 1) Duplicitous bill would lead to the unconstitutional denial of equal rights to a group; 2) Unruh Act already protects against caste discrimination; 3) Stereotyped Hindus as oppressors without evidence; and 4) Hindus would be targeted with frivolous lawsuits by their last names. Sundar Iyer was victimized and accused of caste discrimination. **
(**Proposed California caste bill maligns all people of South Asian descent: HAF)
The author is an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. She is a community activist, an author specializing in combating anti-Hindu hate narratives, and an influencer to retract anti-Hindu hate narratives.
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