Anti-caste training materials are making Americans more likely to agree with Hitler — when “Jew” is replaced with “Brahmin.”

Pushpita Prasad of the Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) presents a November 2024 Rutgers University study from the Social Perception Lab and Network Contagion Research Institute — the first scientific evidence that caste diversity trainings dehumanise Hindu and Indian Americans. She outlines how caste policies at IBM, Cisco, Salesforce, Apple, and multiple US and Canadian universities effectively create a second-class legal status for Hindus. CoHNA’s successful defeat of California’s SB 403 established that existing US law already covers caste discrimination — making further singling-out of Hindus unnecessary and discriminatory.

About the speaker:
Pushpita Prasad is a storyteller and communications professional with a background in working with technology, media, culture, and history. She researches and educates about topics related to India, Hinduism, its festivals and traditions, decolonization, and media representation. Her work has been published at Patheos, AmericanKahani, ThePrint, Indian Express, First Post, India Currents, etc. Pushpita is on the Board of CoHNA (Coalition of Hindus of North America) and believes in the power of grassroots advocacy, activism, and dialogue to drive change and understanding.