In February, the city council voted to make Seattle the first city in the country to ban discrimination based on a person’s caste. 

The vote was a watershed for those who say that caste discrimination exists even in the United States. And for one supporter of the measure, it was a chance to open up about an identity that she had kept hidden. 

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-leader-ignites-change-in-sharing-caste-identity-

[RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]