Caste discrimination does exist in British Asian communities!…this is something that Caste Away Arts were well aware of but new government commisioned research has found evidence of caste discrimination at work and in education. This could be a step towards caste discrimation becoming illegal in Great Britain. Read more on CasteWatchUK’s website – http://www.castewatchuk.org/CWUK_Press_Release_16-12-2010.pdf

Also listen to the BBC Asian Network report on this issues, it features Caste Away Arts’ Reena Jaisiah and Davinder Prasad from CasteWatchUK. Here’s the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00wlc3z/Asian_Network_Reports_16_12_2010

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