San Francisco: Apple Inc. lost an early round in a discrimination lawsuit brought in the U.S. by a female engineer from India who says her two managers — one from her country, the other from Pakistan — treated her as they would in their own countries: as a subservient.
The woman’s case in California state court is the latest to allege workplace bias in Silicon Valley that arises from the prevalent cultural prejudices of tech workers from South Asia. Cisco Systems Inc. is fighting a suit brought by California’s civil rights agency alleging bias against a member of India’s Dalit caste, formerly referred to as the “untouchables.”
Anita Nariani Schulze said she was forced to resign her job as a technical engineer at Apple in 2019 after tolerating years of discriminatory treatment at the hands of her senior and direct managers.
She said the two consistently excluded her from meetings while inviting her male counterparts, criticized her, micromanaged her work, and deprived her of bonuses, despite positive performance evaluations and significant team contributions.
Schulze claimed that part of the managers’ animus against her was due to her Hindu ancestry in Pakistan’s Sindh region, which she said is “known for its technical acumen” and encouragement of “women to rise above their historically subservient gender roles.”
In a tentative ruling on Wednesday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni rejected Apple’s request to toss out the suit. While not ruling on the merits of the case, Kulkarni said Schulze had adequately supported her legal claims. Apple had argued her claims weren’t specific enough and were based on stereotypes.
But the judge rejected Schulze’s request to represent a class of female Apple employees who suffered job discrimination over the last four years. He agreed with Apple that she didn’t show a pattern of discrimination that could be applied to a broader group.
It wasn’t clear from the court’s docket whether the judge will hold a hearing Thursday before issuing a final ruling.
Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
In the Cisco case, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleged that two Indian employees at the San Jose-based company discriminated against a Dalit co-worker on the basis of caste.
Cisco has denied the claims, insisting it has “zero tolerance for discrimination.” It also said the lawsuit should be tossed out because caste isn’t a protected category under U.S. civil rights law.- Bloomberg
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love how all these desi men in the comment section want to discuss casteism and literally fight over it just to avoid talking about the misogyny that exists in these south asian countries
would request you to change the headline please. it takes away the focus from the issue of discrimination against women in tech industry to her being from Pakistan.
Taking our ugly casteism game in a clean society and spreading the utter nonsense worldwide 🤗
The political and social tenticles are serious and slow moving, it is hoped not to be noticed. It thinks it deserves all areas of every nation. Small moves should be blocked.
It cries that it does not enjoy equality outwith its own borders. The political and social tenticles are serious and slow moving, it is hoped not to be noticed. It thinks it deserves all areas of every nation. Small moves should be blocked.
Islam gets its own state, however it cries that it does not enjoy equality outwith its own borders. The political and social tenticles of the doctrine are serious and so slow moving, it is hoped not to be noticed. It thinks it deserves all areas of every nation. Small moves should be blocked.
Looks like absolute bs. Who even goes around telling I am from such and such in today’s age caste especially people living in west.
Maybe the managers were just assholes. It would be difficult to prove that Apple discriminated because of your ancestry.
Indian women feel too entitled using naari/female-biased laws to destroy male lives inside India. Males are expendable in India. This could just as well be misguided extension of same sense of entitlement happening to Indian women abroad.
She needs to realize equal treatment does not mean special/discriminatory treatment in her favor. Her own caste/societal biases which she has cultivated might also be in play.
The remarks and comments above, illustrate the incredible bias of the so-called upper castes of Hindu India. I trust and hope that the US law comes down heavily on all such cases so that the noise around it shakes the core of the andhbhakts here.
Too much Mr.shank..a bad smell comes out from your brain .pl clean it..shows your attitude from your language….egos will make you nowhere…
That’s really shameful.
She’s playing her card, every indian girl or woman play it nicely.
Spreading of FEMMENISM is a much dangerous as compared to SARS-COVID-19. 🙂
Well, Who’s untouchables (dalit) in india, let me know, I am from India and I will take them for a tour and party with me.
I’ve lived in the SFO area for years and have known that these Indians in Silicon Valley treat others who are not like them with contempt. Kudos to former President Trump for canceling the H1B Visa Program.
When did bihari got reservations ? @shanks idiots like you are the bases for discrimination.
Cant these people leave their caste and all screwed up thought systems when they leave this country? Such people should be deported back to india so they can enjoy their caste based atrocities
Were the managers muslims? It is not clear since she is alleging discrimination on grounds of hindu ancestry.
Totally subbertive and misguiding right up. In no case Hindu Pakistani lady could have been suffered what she said by the hands of a Hindu officer. We know Hindus are second grade citizens in Pakistan and face forced conversion abducion rape etc. We have sympathy with them. How could we mistreat? It is nothing but a paid propoganda of ultra left anarchysts.
Its a fact that Upper cast hindus don’t treat dalits well
However, hindus in Pakistan are much more comfortable than Muslims in India. Forced conversions in Pakistan are seriously tackeld by law enforcement agencies. And no such incidents have taken place recently. But 10 members of Pakistani hindu family were murderd in india recently. What about the brutal killings of innocent muslims on false claims of cow slaughtering while india is biggest exporter of cow meat and ridiculously it has a federal cow ministry. Mass killings of muslims in hindu- muslim riots are dilemma of indian history, no such massive killing of minorities have taken place in pakistan ever. And what about your civil citizenship law that denies even citizenship to millions of muslims? By the way which court of law in the world has ever given a verdict on the basis of 500 year old writings of a voyager, about its not sure whether it belong to him or not and who does not exist to defend his claim even but your supreme court gave his verdict in Barbri mosque case on such grounds, but voyager didn’t claim there was a temple even. Dear problems are everywhere but it doesn’t mean you take them to spread your personal hatred and propaganda. Be realistic.
you will not talk about court of law if something like this happens on mecca medina, your peaceful community will just do bloodshed and terrorism and not wait for centuries silently for court verdict to come.
I find it funny that a brahmin (Kulkarni) is deciding on a case in the USA in relation to religious discrimination by Hindu and Muslim managers.
Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.
Well and truly.
From #Taco beef suit to #Dalit card! In #SanFransisco not #NewDelhi ! South Asian taking over! I guess #Biden was right
So ancestors of shanks who are responsible for degradation of India should be driven out of India in droves. Send these assholes to nepal, there ancestors beg for dakshina and harrass people all these years and now after ruining the country they call it a hell hole. Lol
Some Dalits and the leaders who represent them misuse the current reconciliation efforts through education and job reservation. However a lot of work remains to get them to main stream. Unless the Dalits are exposed to good teachers for 2 generations, their integration will never be complete and they will never be independent of dole outs.
Here in India there is no recourse to get justice in this kind of situation prevailing in Indian offices, but she should not misuse the law and let her give proper witnesses and collaborative evidence to support her claim and get justice.
May be Anita is not lying, but does she knows that hindu management never hire or keep any Muslim even they are Indian Muslims especially pakistanis
Most Muslim managers are totally biased against other religion workers, no work
ethics. These discriminatory managers whichever religion might be should be kicked out of western country.
I do not, which country are you from. But in India, there is hardly any discrimination in corporate sector and large family run businesses. I would not claim that it is only merit, but most of the it is, which is the driving factor in employment and career growth at least to middle levels. At senior levels politics also plays part in career.
I guess u r talking about some failed Islamic nation like pakistan which treats non Muslims worse than beggars..in India Hindus and Muslims don’t see religion while interviewing or offering job..u urself must have eloped from an Islamic nation
Indian hindus are the worst Poeple.
They behave worst with minorities especially Muslims. They are too cruel and mean Poeple.
Whereas hindus in Pakistan are much better than the Muslims in India.
This is the reality and you must aware of this.
Truth can’t be hidden
Absolute bullshit. You know that’s not true, keep telling that to yourself.
what % minority left now in land of peace pak
This is not new to India, where even in MNC from recruitment, yearly salary hike, awarding employees, promotion bias based on Gender, Caste, skin colour, dressing and language wide spread.
We have to cross all these hurdles to get recognision. It’s Horrible.
Dalit’s and dalit’s master card they used to play in india know its reached usa. Even after 100 years from today they play the same card even after giving reservations.
spot on… Par ye dalit card waha nhi chalega😄
Self centred Bloody Indians!
This discrimination is going on for a couple of thousands of years .No wonder it will persist for 100 or more years as you have said . Castism which is one of the most vicious form of discrimination is the bane of Hindu society but people hardly learn from history.
Sounds like a Karen. Nothing to do with Pakistani roots & bias. She just wasn’t competitive enough for the incentives & special treatment. Good job her Pakistani,Indian managers. Lol
How can you ever say that!
Are you her reporting manager?
Or
Any level hierchy to whom she was reporting,!
ONLY ONE THING TO SAY!
“DON’T JUDGE THE BOOK BY ITS COVER”
So now the chamaars want reservation in US too and here I was eagerly waiting for my investment visa to get rid of this god damn sewer called India. These chamaar, meenas, yadavs, biharis, sardars and upwalas r planning to degrade san francisco to jahangir puri. So much for a million dollar investment. Land of equal opportunity my foot!!
Poor Shanks…
kitna jhooth bolega shanks, investment visa mera lund. tere jaise logon ko us ke tlawe chatne ka shauq hai aur kuchh nahi.
sahi bola
So now the chamaars want reservation in US too and here I was eagerly waiting for my investment visa to get rid of this god damn shit hole called India. Holy shit! these chamaar, meenas, yadavs, biharis, sardars and upwalas r going to degrade san francisco to jahangir puri. So much for a millioj dollar investment. Land of equal opportunity my foot!!
I was wondering how much casteism and regional racism there was in India and got the answer by reading your comments.
You should actually go to the US. It would be amusing to have you working under the directions of a female black lesbian