加州民权部承认种姓不是印度教的重要组成部分。 California Civil Rights Department accepts caste not essential part of Hinduism.
加州民权部 (CRD) 改变了之前针对思科系统公司的诉讼，声称种姓和基于种姓的歧视并不是印度教宗教信仰和习俗的组成部分。 The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has altered its previous lawsuit against Cisco Systems, exclaiming that caste and caste-based discrimination are not integral components of Hindu religious beliefs and practices. 印度裔美国基金会 (HAF) 宣称这一变化是维护印度裔美国人第一修正案宗教权利的重要一步。 The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) heralded this change as an important step in upholding the First Amendment religious rights of Hindu Americans. 然而，HAF 批评 CRD 依赖一项错误的调查和关于印度种姓歧视及其与美国基于肤色的种族主义的联系的误导性断言。 However, HAF critiqued the CRD's reliance on a faulty survey and misleading assertions about caste discrimination in India and its connection to skin color-based racism in the United States. CRD 继续对思科系统公司提起诉讼，促使 HAF 计划追究 CRD 的责任，因为 CRD 可能侵犯了加利福尼亚州印度教徒和印度裔美国人的宪法权利。 The CRD continues to pursue its case against Cisco Systems, eliciting plans from HAF to hold the CRD accountable for potentially violating the constitutional rights of Hindu and Indian Americans in California.