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    In Fresno, Sikhs and Oaxacans unite to pass caste discrimination ban

    LOS ANGELES — As a teenager picking apples in the Central Valley town of Mendota, Miguel Arias was puzzled when Mexican farmers yelled the insult "Oaxaquita" at Oaxacans working in the fields. His parents explained that in Mexico, the system of casta persisted, with some people looking down on those with darker skin or Indigenous heritage. "As a Mexican immigrant, I just thought we were all ...
    by Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times Oct 01, 2023 4 minutes
    Hundreds of members of the Oaxacan community, along with prominent leaders from indigenous communities across California, participate in a March for Justice through the streets of downtown Los Angeles towards City Hall on Oct. 14, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — As a teenager picking apples in the Central Valley town of Mendota, Miguel Arias was puzzled when Mexican farmers yelled the insult "Oaxaquita" at Oaxacans working in the fields.

    His parents explained that in Mexico, the system of casta persisted, with some people looking down on those with darker skin or Indigenous heritage.

    "As a Mexican immigrant, I just thought we were all Mexicans, and we were all immigrants," said Arias, a Fresno City Council member who immigrated from Michoacán when he was 2 years old. "Discrimination that Indigenous people in Mexico got … for lack of a better description, it

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